The School of Beijing Opera from Asian Chat
This invitation to discover the sources of theatrical art and the birth of the actor becomes the perfect opportunity to unveil the art of Peking opera in all its splendor and magic.
“In Chinese, Peking opera is Jingju said. The term does not a place but a kind of entertainment became so popular that it has risen to the rank of national art. Based in the capital in 1790, it operates a original synthesis of various styles of Chinese theater which, according to historians, dates back to the Yuan dynasty (1276-1368).
The school was founded by the great masters of Peking Opera: Yaoqing Wang, Hao Shouchen and Mei Lanfang. Since its inception in 1952,
53 years have passed, and famous artists such as Shouchen Hao, Ma Lianliang, Xu Lanyuan have taken the lead and teach.
The school is managed by Sun Yumin, a great artist from Shanghai disciple of Grand Master Xun Huisheng.
This school bears the mark of one of its founders: Mei Langfang (1894-1961), the most famous actor in Peking opera, which specializes in female roles, which won both the Chinese public qu’occidental.
In the Thirty Years Mei Lanfang was invited to tour
Russia, Japan and the USA. Stanislavsky, Eisenstein, Brecht, Piscator and Chaplin have expressed their admiration for this great actor. It was after his meeting with Mei Lanfang that Brecht worked in his study on the distancing of the actor in the Chinese theater. ” Some of these meetings are immortalized by photographs hung in the museum school. Recently, it Tamasaburo, the great Japanese Kabuki actor who visited the school and invited to Tokyo.
Over the past fifty years, more than three thousand students have graduated in different disciplines: Peking opera, Kun opera, opera Ping, Hebei opera, puppetry, acrobatics, music, dance, fine arts, costume, lighting its …
Each year, 200 students from throughout China have selected.
They are admitted at the age of six years on the competition. “When I fix the candidates look good, medium, or large or small, intelligent and skillful in his ear sharpened to the broad and strong voice, talented in a word, I take them with enthusiasm,” says Ms Sun Yumin . The school has 850 students in total. They learn their specialty, while taking courses in general culture, English and science. After their training, they include troops and art institutes throughout China.
The school is known throughout the country, including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. She went to Korea, Japan and Russia and participated in the ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens. Some students marched through the closing ceremonies of the Year of China in France. This is the first time that their work is presented on a French scene. “
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