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Peking Opera Master's Life Staged in Berlin |
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More than seven decades later, Berlin's House of World Cultures has invited the Beijing Peking Opera Company to perform a five-scene "dramatic poem" based on the life of China's famous Peking Opera artist Mei Lanfang in Germany. |
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Grand Dame of Yueju Opera |
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Lin Meimei (younger sister Lin) is what many Yueju Opera fans call Wang Wenjuan even today, though the renowned actress is now 79 years old. |
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Rossini's Final Work to Premiere in Beijing |
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The Petite Messe Solennelle, the final work of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, will make its premiere in the Century Theater in Beijing on May 4. |
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Chengdu's Jinsha Takes Centerstage |
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Inspired by the Jinsha Relics discovered in the outskirts of Chengdu, the musical extravaganza, Jinsha, has been playing to sell-out audiences since its first show at Beijing's Poly Theater on April 8, 2005. There are now plans to take the musical on the road later this year, according to Ye Dan, producer of the musical, in an exclusive interview with China.org.cn on April 15. |
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Sino-French Arts Blossom in Spring |
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Cross-cultural exchange between the French and Chinese hasn't stopped even though the bilateral events of the Year of China in France and the Year of France in China ended last September. |
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Dancers Inspired by Master's Footsteps |
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The National Ballet of China will present French choreographer Roland Petit's "Carmen," "L'Arlesienne" and Act 3 of "Raymonda" at Tianqiao Theatre on May 5 to 7. |
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Zimbabwe Rhythm Breezes into China |
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Harare, Zimbabwe Gilbson Sarari has been wearing a huge smile on his face in recent days. The head and director of Zvido Zvevanhu Arts Ensemble of Zimbabwe can barely contain the news that his group will tour China at the end of this month, an event that has already made headlines in the country's capital Harare. |
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Traditional Chinese Music Gets a Modern Sound |
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"Music in Splendid Attire," an aural and visual feast newly presented by the National Orchestra of Traditional Chinese Music, is currently being performed in Australia with its fusion of traditional and modern elements. |
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Long-awaited Debut |
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The Rolling Stones have tried to bring their rock 'n' roll to the Chinese mainland for decades. |
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The Stones Rolling to Shanghai |
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After more than 40 years together, the Rolling Stones will be making their first appearance on the Chinese mainland at the weekend. |
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Hometown of Yueju Opera Marks 100th Anniversary |
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Compared with the 600-year-old Kunqu Opera, the 100-year-old Yueju Opera is considered a young member in the family of Chinese operas. Unlike the grand and noble Peking Opera, the virtually all-women Yueju Opera is characterized with romanticism and subtlety. |
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Century-old Art |
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Yueju Opera is the second biggest form of Chinese opera, placed only after Peking Opera. Having originated in East China's Zhejiang Province, Yueju Opera is most popular in Zhejiang and Shanghai but is also widespread in Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces. |
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Chinese Elderly Models to Walk on Singapore's Stage |
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Thirty-two middle-aged and elderly models, all from Central China's Henan Province, will walk on the stage of an international dance and costume competition in Singapore, said Li Haoying, Director of Henan Model Art Research Association, on Tuesday. |
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Dance Star Displays True Grit |
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On her first day to work, Liu Min was stopped at the gate by the guard. That was an autumn day in 1999 and the guard at the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Art would not believe the beautiful woman with a ponytail was a senior colonel. It took him a call to find out that the person in military uniform with insignia of two patches and four stars was the new deputy dean of the dance department. |
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Rolling Stones Rolls to Shanghai |
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Next weekend China makes yet another spectacular pirouette on the international stage of the 21st century as the world's greatest rock band, the Rolling Stones, play their first Chinese mainland concert. |
