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Peking opera

Dominant form of Chinese opera blending music, dance, and acrobatics.

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Four principal role categories exist in this performance style: sheng (gentlemen), dan (women), jing (rough men), and chou (clowns).[1]

Making and release

Peking opera was born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes brought Hui opera to Beijing in 1790 for the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.[2] Initial performances of Peking opera were presented for the imperial court, with public access coming at a later time.[2] Scholars generally agree that Peking opera reached its complete formation by the year 1845.[1] During the Qing dynasty, this performance form enjoyed great popularity at court and is now considered one of China's cultural treasures.[3]

The Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) saw traditional Peking opera criticized as "feudalistic" and "bourgeois."[4] More than 1,400 works make up Peking opera's repertoire, drawing from Chinese history, folklore, and modern life.[5]

What the cited sources add

The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Department of Theatre and Dance presented the Chinese Jingju art form with its production of "The White Snake"[6] Wichmann-Walczak was the first non-Chinese to perform Jingju in the People’s Republic of China.[6] She is also the first honorary and first non-Chinese member of the National Xiqu Institute.[6] The Jingju training program and production of "The White Snake" received support from multiple university and foundation sources.[6]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Peking opera" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Peking opera" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Mark C. Elliott, "Emperor Qianlong: Son of Heaven, Man of the World", Longman Publishing Group, 2009, p. 3 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Peking opera" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Peking opera" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lu, Xing, "Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution", University of South California Press, 2004, p. 143–150 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Peking opera" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "Mānoa: English-language world premiere of Jingju (Beijing "Opera") play", University of Hawaii News. facts only, no text reused. hawaii.edu

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