Jingju

In the early 1920s, lian huan hua first appeared mainly as adaptations of Jingju 京剧 Peking Opera and Chinese literary classics.

Archive 2008-08-01 tellurian 2008

In the early 1920s, lian huan hua first appeared mainly as adaptations of Jingju 京剧 Peking Opera and Chinese literary classics.

Lian Huan Hua tellurian 2008

While Massenet's opera is an ultra-refined product of a tradition that long pilfered musical material from the East, Chinese Jingju opera has historically been far more self-contained.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Adapted and directed by guest artist Hsing-lin Tracy Chung, professor of Jingju at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, the production is a re-working of the famous comedy using the traditional roles of Jingju: Little sister, suitors, guests, relatives and servants ....

GotPoetry.com News 2008

This presentation examines the creative process for the Shanghai Jingju Company's adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, which included negotiations between perceptions of behavior in Shakespearean England and in contemporary China, between the length and complexity of the Shakespearean script and the lead-actor-centered demands of Jingju performance structure, between Western-based realistic acting and directorial styles and the traditional training and creation processes of Jingju, and between the original Shakespearean themes and the topical thematic interpretations of two contemporary Chinese directors.

University News 2009

This presentation examines the creative process for the Shanghai Jingju Company' s adaptation of Shakespeare' s King Lear, which included negotiations between perceptions of behavior in Shakespearean England and in contemporary China, between the length and complexity of the Shakespearean script and the lead-actor-centered demands of Jingju performance structure, between Western-based realistic acting and directorial styles and the traditional training and creation processes of Jingju, and between the original Shakespearean themes and the topical thematic interpretations of two contemporary Chinese directors.

University News 2009