Wang Yuanyuan, founder and director of Beijing Dance Theater. [Photo by Yin Chao/China Daily] Old stories, with their sense of place and time, keep on captivating and inspiring dancer-choreogra
Actresses perform Chinese Kunqu masterpiece "The Peony Pavilion" at the Lingering Garden in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2020. Written by Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu (1550-161
In the campus version of The Peony Pavilion, all the characters are performed by students who have learned the opera for months. [Photo provided to China Daily] Kunqu, that grandest of all Chin
The third season of Everlasting Classics is coming to its end, but its mesmerizing melodies will probably linger long in people's memories.When the inaugural season of this hit variety show on Chi