Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting, currently appearing in The Masked Heroine, started training in the art form in her ...

Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting performs poses that can take months to perfect, and leave more than a few bruises.

Young Peking opera artists are devoting years to mastering its demanding techniques, hoping to win over today's audiences ...

Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a ...

SHANGHAI — Princeton University undergraduate Kathy Zhang has spent three years poring over classics textbooks, but on Monday morning, she started a class of a different kind: Peking opera. From Aug.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Peking Opera is debuting in Chinese classrooms as part of an effort to promote traditional arts, drawing mixed reviews from students who find it hard to learn the complex gestures ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Jackie Chan didn't take acting lessons or attend a fancy conservatory. The biggest star in kung fu cinema learned his craft from a retired Peking Opera star who turned his apartment ...

On a Sunday afternoon in Beijing, applause rises from a modern theatre as Zhang Wanting performs a breathtaking pose in The ...

The White Snake, common today, was prepared date/version of Tian Han's 58, the Peking Opera Theatre of Beijing is quite different. From the Mei school Zhang Xinyue < Lake borrowing an umbrella > start ...

Jackie Chan didn't take acting lessons or attend a fancy conservatory. The biggest star in kung fu cinema learned his craft from a retired Peking Opera star who turned his apartment into a performing ...