Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

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Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

Executive director Yue Shihan at the theater training program in Beijing. Provided to China Daily Independent streak Xiao Ke's idea of launching the theater training program comes from his passion for theater. The drama turned out to be a huge success, and also made Xiao Ke a big fan of theater. Twelve years ago, he launched Xiao Ke Theater, which …

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Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Provided to China Daily It's not every day that Yu Jinhao, a 43-year-old corporate leader who lives and works in Tianjin, finds himself standing in front of a crowd of strangers, crouching low, arms dangling by his side, and hopping across a …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Provided to China Daily It's not every day that Yu Jinhao, a 43-year-old corporate leader who lives and works in Tianjin, finds himself standing in front of a crowd of strangers, crouching low, arms dangling by his side, and hopping across a …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Provided to China Daily It's not every day that Yu Jinhao, a 43-year-old corporate leader who lives and works in Tianjin, finds himself standing in front of a crowd of strangers, crouching low, arms dangling by his side, and hopping across a …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Provided to China Daily It's not every day that Yu Jinhao, a 43-year-old corporate leader who lives and works in Tianjin, finds himself standing in front of a crowd of strangers, crouching low, arms dangling by his side, and hopping across a …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Executive director Yue Shihan at the theater training program in Beijing. Provided to China Daily Independent streak Xiao Ke's idea of launching the theater training program comes from his passion for theater. The drama turned out to be a huge success, and also made Xiao Ke a big fan of theater. Twelve years ago, he launched Xiao Ke Theater, which …

Music Theater Beijing Xiao Xiao Ke Offers Amateurs

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Students of Xiao Ke's theater training program have their first lesson in early November in Beijing. Provided to China Daily "Of course, singing is not difficult for me," he said. Fu Peipei, a 41-year-old business owner based in Beijing who loves dancing and acting, was inspired by her family to apply for the program. "I've spent so much time focusing …

Offers Amateurs

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Provided to China Daily It's not every day that Yu Jinhao, a 43-year-old corporate leader who lives and works in Tianjin, finds himself standing in front of a crowd of strangers, crouching low, arms dangling by his side, and hopping across a …

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Veteran artist offers amateurs chance to shine

China Daily

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Defining roles Sun Jiao, the producer at Xiao Ke Theater, said launching the acting training program was a bold idea to offer more people the opportunity to perform in public. "Originally, we planned to eliminate about 30 people after the first week …

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Making a song and dance of it

China Daily

A scene from Rebecca, which was staged in Beijing last week. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Co-initiated by the Tianqiao performing arts center and the Central Academy of Drama, the forum gathered industry leaders, musical producers, directors and performers …

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Making a song and dance of it

China Daily

By Chen Nan | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-11-25 07:50 A scene from Rebecca, which was staged in Beijing last week. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Co-initiated by the Tianqiao performing arts center and the Central Academy of Drama, …

Theater China Beijing Musical Musical Theater

4 weeks ago

Making a song and dance of it

China Daily

A scene from Rebecca, which was staged in Beijing last week. This surge in popularity was a key topic at a recent forum about musical theater at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday and Thursday. Co-initiated by the Tianqiao performing arts center and the Central Academy of Drama, the forum gathered industry leaders, musical producers, directors and performers …

Theater China Beijing Musical Musical Theater

2 months ago

Street Dance Takes Over Beijing, From 'Bad Boy' Image to Mainstream Trend

China Daily

Japanese freestyle dancer Kyoka's street dance culture is rising in popularity in China, with more than 30 branches training over 150,000 people. The dance is becoming increasingly accepted and recognized by the mainstream, with young professionals seeking an escape from their demanding work lives through street dance.

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4 months, 1 week ago

Young talent takes center stage

China Daily

Theater immersion training provides an opportunity to those not used to the spotlight, Yang Feiyue reports. Jiang Yisen headed out from home at 5 in the morning of July 18, and spent more than 10 hours switching between buses and high-speed trains before arriving in Huichang county, East China's Jiangxi province, to pursue his dream in theater. Jiang is about …

Theater Jiang

4 months, 1 week ago

Young talent takes center stage

China Daily

Theater immersion training provides an opportunity to those not used to the spotlight, Yang Feiyue reports. Jiang Yisen headed out from home at 5 in the morning of July 18, and spent more than 10 hours switching between buses and high-speed trains before arriving in Huichang county, East China's Jiangxi province, to pursue his dream in theater. Jiang is about …

Jiang Stage Theater

4 months, 1 week ago

Young talent takes center stage

China Daily

Theater immersion training provides an opportunity to those not used to the spotlight, Yang Feiyue reports. Jiang Yisen headed out from home at 5 in the morning of July 18, and spent more than 10 hours switching between buses and high-speed trains before arriving in Huichang county, East China's Jiangxi province, to pursue his dream in theater. Jiang is about …

Theater Jiang

4 months, 2 weeks ago

The art of Xin Liu, a new ‘Company,’ musical laughs with Tim Minchin and the best art and culture in L.A. this week

LA Times

An image from Xin Liu’s digital video “The White Stone,” part of the Benton Museum of Art’s exhibition “Open Sky.” Greetings and welcome to another edition of the Essential Arts newsletter, a place where we may not care THAT much about the Olympics but we still bring you gold when it comes to the best theater, fine art, music and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Xiao Ke's musical a heartfelt tribute to mothers

China Daily

Xiao Ke plays the leading role in the Chinese musical, Song of Heart. The enchanting Chinese musical, Song of Heart, debuted at the Xiao Ke Musical Theater in Beijing on May 30, with performances scheduled until June 23. Written by renowned singer-songwriter Ke Zhaolei, who's known by his stage name Xiao Ke, this musical marks a touching dedication to mothers …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Xiao Ke's musical a heartfelt tribute to mothers

China Daily

Xiao Ke plays the leading role in the Chinese musical, Song of Heart. The enchanting Chinese musical, Song of Heart, debuted at the Xiao Ke Musical Theater in Beijing on May 30, with performances scheduled until June 23. Written by renowned singer-songwriter Ke Zhaolei, who's known by his stage name Xiao Ke, this musical marks a touching dedication to mothers …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing People's Art Theater showcases rising talent in adaptation of 'Plaza Suite'

China Daily

Plaza Suite is staged by students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater. Seven students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater took the stage in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday, presenting their yearlong training results in a Chinese play Plaza Suite. According to Feng Yuanzheng, a veteran actor and the president of Beijing People's Art …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing People's Art Theater showcases rising talent in adaptation of 'Plaza Suite'

China Daily

Plaza Suite is staged by students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater. Seven students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater took the stage in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday, presenting their yearlong training results in a Chinese play Plaza Suite. According to Feng Yuanzheng, a veteran actor and the president of Beijing People's Art …

Art Training Students Chinese Beijing Feng Plaza Suite

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing People's Art Theater showcases rising talent in adaptation of 'Plaza Suite'

China Daily

Plaza Suite is staged by students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater. Seven students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater took the stage in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday, presenting their yearlong training results in a Chinese play Plaza Suite. According to Feng Yuanzheng, a veteran actor and the president of Beijing People's Art …

Art Training Students Chinese Beijing Feng Plaza Suite

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Beijing People's Art Theater showcases rising talent in adaptation of 'Plaza Suite'

China Daily

Plaza Suite is staged by students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater. Seven students from the training class of Beijing People's Art Theater took the stage in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday, presenting their yearlong training results in a Chinese play Plaza Suite. According to Feng Yuanzheng, a veteran actor and the president of Beijing People's Art …

Art Training Chinese Beijing Feng Plaza Suite Students Acting

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Movie gets theatergoers all gloved up

China Daily

Wang Dexin, the boxing director for the movie YOLO, uses a tennis ball to practice boxing. "When I first got into boxing, I thought it was a sport for strong men," Wang says. Guang Ming, head coach and director of the Xindoushi boxing club in Shanghai's Jing'an district, says YOLO has made many people view boxing as a sport that …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Audiences have a chance to open door to get Inside No 9

China Daily

A scene from the theater production Inside No 9, a new show at the Shanghai Grand Theatre. A large number of innovative performance spaces have emerged in town in the past few years, according to Zhang Xiaoding, general manager of the Shanghai theater. "We have been thinking about introducing a popular resident show in the existing theater spaces of the …

Inside No 9 Studio Theater

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

Yueju Opera production Lyu Bu and Diao Chan at the Fengyi Pavilion by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. CHINA DAILY Fu Yixuan, secretary-general of the China Theatre Association, recalls some of his best days in college and his experience of producing plays in a school theater. "Scripts, makeup, stage sets, music and lighting, we did everything together in …

Theater Stage

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

Yueju Opera production Lyu Bu and Diao Chan at the Fengyi Pavilion by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. CHINA DAILY Fu Yixuan, secretary-general of the China Theatre Association, recalls some of his best days in college and his experience of producing plays in a school theater. "Scripts, makeup, stage sets, music and lighting, we did everything together in …

Theater Stage

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

Yueju Opera production Lyu Bu and Diao Chan at the Fengyi Pavilion by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. CHINA DAILY Fu Yixuan, secretary-general of the China Theatre Association, recalls some of his best days in college and his experience of producing plays in a school theater. "Scripts, makeup, stage sets, music and lighting, we did everything together in …

Theater Stage

1 year ago

Setting the stage for future talent

China Daily

The Peking Opera production Madame White Snake by the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. Since 2012, the Beijing People's Art Theatre has been working with Beijing No 166 High School to build a theater base, which offers theater training programs to over 40,000 students. During the New Era International Showcase of Campus Theatre, organized by the China Theatre Association …

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1 year ago

Arts schools perform musicals in key competition

China Daily

Scenes from Chinese musical, Jiang Jie, performed by students of Beijing Film Academy. Eight art schools staged musical productions at Beijing Dance Academy on Saturday and Sunday, as part of the ongoing 13th "Taoli Cup" National Dancing Education Showcase of China. Students of the Beijing Film Academy performed excerpts of its original musical production, Jiang Jie, which tells the story …

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1 year ago

Arts schools perform musicals in key competition

China Daily

Scenes from Chinese musical, Jiang Jie, performed by students of Beijing Film Academy. Eight art schools staged musical productions at Beijing Dance Academy on Saturday and Sunday, as part of the ongoing 13th "Taoli Cup" National Dancing Education Showcase of China. Students of the Beijing Film Academy performed excerpts of its original musical production, Jiang Jie, which tells the story …

Dance Chinese Beijing Perform Musical Academy Beijing Dance Academy

1 year, 1 month ago

In Wuzhen, all the world's a stage

China Daily

Hong Kong physical theater production Fall and Flow pays tribute to martial arts fiction and action films. To make the most of the Ancient Courtyard Theater, director Ata Wong Chun-tat and his troupe Theatre de la Feuille, which was founded in Paris in 2010, staged Fall and Flow, a production that pays tribute to martial arts fiction and kung fu …

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1 year, 1 month ago

In Wuzhen, all the world's a stage

China Daily

Hong Kong physical theater production Fall and Flow pays tribute to martial arts fiction and action films. To make the most of the Ancient Courtyard Theater, director Ata Wong Chun-tat and his troupe Theatre de la Feuille, which was founded in Paris in 2010, staged Fall and Flow, a production that pays tribute to martial arts fiction and kung fu …

Martial Arts Hong Kong Kong Wong

1 year, 1 month ago

Musical gets into the zone of creativity

China Daily

Xiao Ke will premiere his latest musical, Art District, at his theater in Beijing on Saturday. Over the years, Beijing's 798 Art Zone in Chaoyang District's Dashanzi area has undergone a massive transformation, from dusty factory complex to epicenter of China's contemporary art scene. It's somehow natural that it's Xiao Ke who has written the musical, as his theater, which …

Art Xiao Zone Xiao Ke

1 year, 1 month ago

Musical gets into the zone of creativity

China Daily

Xiao Ke will premiere his latest musical, Art District, at his theater in Beijing on Saturday. Over the years, Beijing's 798 Art Zone in Chaoyang District's Dashanzi area has undergone a massive transformation, from dusty factory complex to epicenter of China's contemporary art scene. It's somehow natural that it's Xiao Ke who has written the musical, as his theater, which …

Xiao Zone Xiao Ke Musical Art Musical Art District

1 year, 2 months ago

Young talent set to shine as creativity celebrated

China Daily

Bi-An 5.0, a piano recital that combines new media presentation, has been specially commissioned by the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. Leading artists from home and abroad, including chairman of the council for the RAW program Tan Dun, director of Cultural and Diplomacy at the Asia Society of America Rachel Cooper, and renowned Kunqu artist Zhang Jun, will hold lectures …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Young talent set to shine as creativity celebrated

China Daily

Bi-An 5.0, a piano recital that combines new media presentation, has been specially commissioned by the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. Leading artists from home and abroad, including chairman of the council for the RAW program Tan Dun, director of Cultural and Diplomacy at the Asia Society of America Rachel Cooper, and renowned Kunqu artist Zhang Jun, will hold lectures …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Shanghai leads way with nocturnal art studies

China Daily

Liu Xuelian, second from the left, nicknamed Mango, joins friends during her cross-talk show in Shanghai late last month. CHINA DAILY Courses in city attract thousands of applicants Liu Xuelian, nicknamed Mango, a 27-year-old test engineer in Shanghai, made her cross-talk debut on stage at the Shanghai Mass Art Center on July 20. Wu Penghong, curator at the Shanghai Mass …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Shanghai leads way with nocturnal art studies

China Daily

Liu Xuelian, second from the left, nicknamed Mango, joins friends during her cross-talk show in Shanghai late last month. CHINA DAILY Courses in city attract thousands of applicants Liu Xuelian, nicknamed Mango, a 27-year-old test engineer in Shanghai, made her cross-talk debut on stage at the Shanghai Mass Art Center on July 20. Wu Penghong, curator at the Shanghai Mass …

Art Shanghai Courses Teaching Locations

1 year, 7 months ago

Acting master class

China Daily

Artists of Beijing People's Art Theatre and young actors and actresses of the company's latest training program in Beijing on April 19. For more than 70 years, Beijing People's Art Theatre has been considered the flag bearer of Chinese drama. The three venues are the Capital Theatre, the home of Beijing People's Art Theatre; Juyin Theatre, also located in the …

Art Theatre Beijing Master Class

1 year, 8 months ago

Beijing People's Art Theater cultivates new talent

China Daily

Feng Yuanzheng, president of Beijing People's Art Theater. On April 19, Beijing People's Art Theater announced its latest training program for young actors in the capital. In 2019, the theater launched its first training program for young actors, which attracted hundreds of hopefuls from around the country. Feng noted the theater will offer young actors opportunities to perform onstage as …

Art Theater Feng Young Actors

1 year, 9 months ago

INTERVIEW | ITFoK curator Deepan Sivaraman: ‘Exposure to top quality international theatre the aim’

The Hindu

Published : Mar 23, 2023 10:35 IST - 5 MINS READ Performers were hit badly during the pandemic; they lost their sites of practice, reflection, and expression. When we speak of the urgency of protecting and supporting liberal thinking in art-making, we may also have to be mindful that our theatre fraternity and audience need more exposure to top quality …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Dance drama festival kicks off in Beijing

China Daily

A scene from the Chinese dance drama, Sing A Song for the Party. An original Chinese dance drama, Sing A Song for the Party, by Beijing Dance Academy, will be staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Oct 7 and 8. The dance drama will open the NCPA's annual program, Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits …

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