Chinese traditional opera

China is an ancient civilization and a great drama country. Chinese traditional opera is unique and consists of four performance modes: singing, monologue and dialogue, doing, and fighting. In singing, Chinese traditional opera is not divided into parts according to the western classical opera, but is divided into “Gentleman, Woman, Rough fellow and Clown” according to the personality and gender of the characters. Among them, ” Gentleman, Woman, Rough fellow” are mainly sung, and “Clown” is similar to the western clown, with laughter lines and comical body language. Symbolism is an important feature of traditional Chinese opera performances. The performance of traditional Chinese opera emphasizes expressing artistic conception and expresses emotion based on symbolic performance. In the performance, three or five steps can travel all over the world, six or seven soldier means an army with millions of man , years passed in the blink of an eye, one night passed after a few seconds. The traditional Chinese opera is unique in its martial arts. It combines Chinese traditional martial arts and develops it into stage art.

Little monkey king

Monkey King Sun Wukong is a mythical figure in China, from the Chinese literary masterpiece “Journey to the West”. In this traditional Chinese opera “Little Monkey King” created for international children, the little monkeys will face many difficulties and tests. Can they become Monkey Kings finally? In thid class, students will learn the singing of traditional Chinese opera repertoire and symbolic acting and martial arts with professional sticks. Chinese traditional opera is just for children because it is full of imagination and has no limits!