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Fan
Xing,
1996,1997
Fan Xing is currently a graduate student at the Academy of Chinese Traditional
Opera in Beijing, where she is completing her thesis on Comparative Drama.
Ms. Fan earned a B.A. in linguistics, Chinese, and English literature
at the Beijing Language Institute. She is currently working on two publications
about Chinese Opera, Chinese Traditional Opera in the Modern Age,
and Drama Comparison between Chinese Traditional Opera and Western
Drama. Ms. Fan has often served as interpreter for foreign professors,
and in 1996, served as interpreter on The Bacchae, co-produced
by the National Beijing Opera Theater and the New York Greek Drama Company.
She recently assisted Victoria Marks and Xu Ying as teacher and actor,
as well as interpreter and translator in the Ah
Q Performance Project.
Liu Ziwei, 1997
Liu Ziwei is a Chinese Opera actor who has specializes in wu shen
(heroic male) and monkey characters. He is especially adept in acrobatic
fighting and male dance movements. Trained at the China Traditional Opera
Academy, Mr. Liu joined the National Opera Company in 1982, upon graduation,
and became an award-winning lead actor. In 1987, he received the First
Prize for the best performance in the competition of the National Beijing
Opera for younger performers. Since 1988 Mr. Liu has worked independently
as an Opera actor for the National Theater and in film and television
in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, including playing the title role of Mei
Lan Fang, the great master of Beijing Opera. Artist in residence for
Ah Q Performance Project.
 Peng
Jingquan, 1999, 2000
began learning performing skills in 1970, under the strict system of the
old traditional Chinese theatres in his home county Huayuan, China. There
he managed with imitation (like most beginners in Chinese traditional
theatre) to acquire stage-acrobatic skills, conventional patterns of body
movements, and other techniques that an authentic and qualified Chinese
theatre actor must know. After ten years of apprenticeship, he became
a professional actor and is well-known for his creation of theatrical
roles in different styles of Chinese traditional theatre. In 1980 he arrived
in Changsha and joined the Huagu Opera Troupe of the Hunan Province as
an actor and an emerging director. He is currently the artistic director
and playwright of the Huagu Opera Troupe, and is in demand as a writer
having written plays, scripts and articles for his own company as well
as for other theatre groups throughout China.
Xu Ying, 1996
From the Hunan region of China, where he began his training in traditional
Hunan Opera of Huaguxi, Mr. Xu is a director, writer and actor.
Having received his B.A. from the Hunan Art School with a focus on Huaguxi,
he continues his studies at the China Traditional Opera Institute
where he received a second B.A. in writing and opera theory. A leading
actor with the Hunan Drama Institute specializing in clown characters,
he also taught Hunan opera performance at the Hunan Art School for several
years. Currently a playwright with the China Opera and Dance-Drama theatre,
Mr. Ying is a published author of several articles on Chinese opera, and
a soon-to-be published book Beijing Opera Shock. He recently worked
with the Youth Drama Theatre, collaborating with other young playwrights
on a new production which won several awards for writing, directing and
acting. Artist in residence for Ah Q Performance
Project.
 Zhang
YiJuan, 1999
began her study of Beijing Opera when she was ten years old at the Chinese
Beijing Opera School, specializing in the roles of huadan (female role
with great emphasis placed on acting) and daomadan (female warrior role,
emphasis on singing and dancing). In eight years of study, she learned
more than 100 operas and especially studied and researched many works
of the Xun School for great female roles. She is recognized nationally
for both her performance and teaching and has taught at the Beijing Central
"Wu Qi" Art University, Chinese Beijing Opera School, and the Academy
of Traditional Chinese Opera. She has trained more than 100 huadan actresses,
teachers and students - many of them who have become well-known throughout
China. Considered a leader in her field, she is currently the President
of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera Middle School, teaches Beijing
Opera singing and performance at the Vocal Music Department of China Music
College and has written several publications on Beijing Opera.
Zhou Jing-Qiu,
1996
started training in Beijing opera at the Traditional Opera Institute when
he was twelve. He began performing major roles in the opera when he was
21 and was a principal actor in the company for the next ten years, performing
extensively and touring internationally to Europe. In 1993 he returned
to school to study directing at the Central Institute of Drama in Beijing.
He is currently an actor, writer and director. In addition to his work
for the stage, he has recently written and directed a six-part television
program focusing on introducing traditional Beijing opera to children.
He has assumed new leadership roles within the Beijing Opera company and
is now enrolled in a special government educational program geared for
future arts leaders.
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