This year marks the 120th anniversary of Chinese cinema, which began in 1905 with the film “Dingjun Mountain.” Fittingly for a country with a rich, centuries-old opera tradition, this first domestic ...

BEIJING — 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 and ...

Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) performed their shadow puppetry piece “Tiger Tales” on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) in Storrs, Conn.

Alyssa, 7, gets har face painted as members of the Taipei Li-Yuan Peking Opera Theatre visit the Dr. Phillips YMCA summer camp as part of their community cultural outreach program, on Thursday, August ...

SCHENECTADY — Linghui Tu, director and creator of “Journey of Love and Hope,” may have a seat front and center for rehearsal. But when something excites her — which is frequent — she is quick to bound ...

The University of Michigan Department of Music Theory hosted a lecture Thursday afternoon by alum Nancy Rao, distinguished professor of music and Chinese American music at Rutgers University. The ...

HEFEI, China, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Reported by Hefei Daily: On September 28, the curtain rose at the Anhui Baixi Theatre for the opening of Operas Gathering in Anhui • Stars Shining in Hefei, ...

Behind the dazzling costumes lies a story of power, patriarchy, and women reclaiming their voice. Think Mulan was one of a kind? Chinese opera’s been full of warrior women like her for centuries. Meet ...

Older generations of Chinese Americans in the Bay Area revel at the sight of traditional Chinese opera performances. But younger folks? Not so much. That's why several San Francisco teenagers launched ...