an old Peking Opera venue especially popular with foreign travelers, Pourazar deftly applies white, red and black paint to his face, creating the likeness of the mischievous character.

China has more than 300 forms of traditional opera, of which Peking Opera is the most popular. Peking Opera evolved from Kunqu Opera, an even more ancient art of drama listed by UNESCO in 2001 ...

A staff member prepares a robot for a Sichuan opera face-changing performance at the AI-themed temple fair at Wukesong Wanda ...

Peking Opera is one of the oldest and most popular forms of traditional Chinese opera. We watch young students at the capital’s prestigious Peking Opera School practising for a performance in ce ...

The debut show in Nepal featured songs and dances, acrobatics, magic show, instrumental music, Peking Opera and face-changing, an ancient Chinese dramatic art of Sichuan Opera, drawing frequent ...

The Program in East Asian Studies and the Department of Music are delighted to present a series of in-person workshops during Wintersession hosted in collaboration with the Princeton University ...

The performance presents a newly imagined Peking Opera, combining the classic repertoire with modern stagecraft and interactive cultural experience. Led by esteemed masters and featuring a re ...

The debut show in Nepal featured songs and dances, acrobatics, magic show, instrumental music, Peking Opera and face-changing ...

Pourazar's lifelong passion for Peking Opera began by chance. In 1993, the then 32-year-old computer animator attended a performance at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and was instantly captivated.