Kunqu Opera performers perform at China Institute in Manhattan, New York, the United States, Jan. 8, 2023. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua) In Peking University Hall on Sept 13, an air of reflective ...

Gu Weiying is a first-class actress with Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre (in Beijng) and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC, China's top legislature). She specializes in performing ...

Kunqu performers of the Kunqu Society of New York in costumes and makeup at a City Hall event in June 2019. [Photo/KUNQU SOCIETY OF NEW YORK] Traditional art form maintained by dedicated practitioners ...

Originating from Qiandeng town, Kunshan in East China's Jiangsu province, Kunqu Opera has a history of more than 600 years. Two dancers present the Kunqu-featured dance in the opening ceremony. [Photo ...

Traditional Chinese Kunqu opera is a tough sell for new audiences. Productions can span over 20 hours and minimal props and setting offer little help in understanding the story. But when is a ...

Kunqu Opera actor Shi Xiaming (R) and actress Kong Aiping stage a flash mob performance near the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Sept. 13, 2023. Artists from east China's Jiangsu Province presented ...

TAIZHOU, China, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With its delicate and melodious aria, and graceful and elegant movements, Kunqu Opera, born in the waterside town of Kunshan in Jiangnan, has become ...

Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest forms of opera still existing in China, with its origins dating back to the end of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). It has distinguished itself by the virtuosity of its ...

Xie Suqian (R), a pupil of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" of Shipai Center Primary School, performs Kunqu Opera for her father and sister at home in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu ...

NANJING, China, July 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebecca, the masterpiece of director Alfred Hitchcock tells the illusory and mysterious life story of a woman. It mirrors the traditional Chinese story of ...

Shao Tianshuai, a Kunqu Opera actress of the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre in Beijing, is preparing to return in Legend of the Golden Magpie, a performance originally scheduled for March, China Daily ...