We had a guest lecturer who taught us about traditional opera that is unique to our area in Shaanxi Province. Opera is unique to the area it is in, so it changes and is different in every province or maybe in every large city. The opera focuses on the actors then the music. They wear elaborate costumes and masks. Each color and each dress means something different and dictates the role the actor must play.
In opera there are 8 beauties: language, music, sculpture, dancing, painting, audio-visual, poetry and dress/make-up. So each beauty is shown in the opera. Each is shown some how or played out in some fashion.
The lady brought some of her students to show us. They were about 13 or 14 years old. The children are put into these performing arts schools at a young age and this is what they will do for the rest of there lives. The little girl could get her voice into a crazy high pitch- she was amazing. And the little boy was an acrobat.
It was only a brief introduction, i hope to see an entire set in Beijing.
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