- Chinese Kunqu opera performance course (acting and singing): 6 x 2-hour lessons: Saturdays 2pm-4pm, October 26 to November 30, 2019 Course fees: £84; £66 (students) This course is hosted by the SOAS Jing-Kun Chinese Opera Society at SOAS Main Building and another venue. Selections to be learnt will be from song/tune-titles (qupai 曲牌) from In Pursuit of the Dream from The Peony Pavilion 〈牡丹亭-寻梦〉by Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty Requirements: one Chinese opera paper folding-fan with minimum 30 fan sticks and 26/27 cm length; one watersleeves practice jacket (short), bought or hired; and flat, thin soft-sole shoes or just wear socks.
Instructor: Mrs Kathy Hall李惠馨， London Chinese Opera Studio Enquiries welcome: 07711 654 663 or please go to Contact Us page
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- Kunqu Opera will be performed for the first time at The Fan Museum at Greenwich on Monday November 18, 2019 at 7pm.
Kathy will be performing Kunqu Opera In Pursuit of the Dream (with English and Chinese subtitles.) Drinks reception and opportunity to visit the exhibition from 6.30pm.
Tickets: £15 /£12* Museum Friends discount Advance booking only.
email: info@thefanmuseum.org.uk www: thefanmuseum.org.uk/events
The Fan Museum, 12 Crooms Hill, Greenwich SE10 8ER Tel: 020 8305 1441
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Other enquiries:
- Jingju or Kunqu classes/workshops or 1-to-1 lessons for singing only, or singing and acting.
- Jingju or Kunqu classes/workshops or 1-to-1 lessons for beginners and improvers, all ages, in movement sets for watersleeves, round/palace fan, folding fan, cloud duster, horse-whip and silk fans, with no singing.
- Chinese Opera Make-up Workshops (with full stage make-up, head-dresses and costumes) for individuals or small groups on requests.
- Lecture-demonstrations with PPT and props for schools, universities and community centres, on request.
- Jingju performance course (acting and singing, Mei Lanfang style) from Guifei Zuijiu〈贵妃醉酒〉百花亭选段, excerpt from ‘The 100 Flower Pavilion’ from The Imperial Concubine Intoxicated (8 x 2-hour lessons, tentative dates: 11/1, 18/1, 1/2, 8/2, 15/2, 22/2, 29/2 and 7/3, 2020 (tbc) Requirements: one Chinese opera paper folding-fan with minimum 30 fan sticks and 26/27 cm length, one short Chinese opera ‘watersleeves’ practice jacket (bought or hired), and flat, thin soft-sole shoes (like ballet soft shoes) or just wear socks
Instructor: Mrs Kathy Hall李惠馨， London Chinese Opera Studio
