BEIJING — When “The Legend of the White Snake” opens Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, an American audience will get its first glimpse of Zhang Huoding, one of China’s biggest ...

Yuan Shihai, a star of classical Peking opera whose career spanned seven decades, has died. He was 86. Yuan died Dec. 11 of illness, the official Xinhua News Agency and newspapers said, without giving ...

Yuan Shihai, 86, a former star of classical Peking opera, died of undisclosed causes Dec. 11 in Beijing. Born in 1916, Yuan began studying the distinctive, high-pitched Peking opera singing style when ...

BEIJING (AP) — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high ...

Yuan Shihai, a star of classical Peking opera whose career spanned seven decades, died in December in Beijing. He was 86. Yuan died of an illness, the official Xinhua News Agency and newspapers said, ...

Long Yu has come a long way since the day in 1976 when he accidentally killed a duck. The duck was going to die anyway, but not until it had been properly fattened up in the breeding factory where ...

Let's discuss wizard theater and the rise of classical Chinese theater and Beijing Opera. This week we're headed to China to learn about the ancient origins of theater there. We'll look at the early ...

Zhang (left), blending martial arts and acrobatic movements, performs during a show at Jixiang Theatre in Beijing. Photo: AP Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang ...

An aesthetic education forum hosted by Peking University for the fourth time was held on May 11, bringing together artists, ...

3 ATTACK ON TITAN: SYMPHONY FROM PARADIS Will Present World Premiere at Royal Albert Hall For the first time ever in Australia the Beijing Golden Sail Symphony Orchestra will perform for one concert ...