Singing and dialogue, choreographic conscience and fighting, acrobatics and manipulation of objects, figurative sensitivity and anthropological design of the characters, formal precision and super-human warmth of the interpretation: all these are the skills of the actor of the Chinese tradition. A theatre that has been defined "Opera" with a certain restrictive approximation, though this definition is justified by the "lyricism" of the music, of the stories and of the librettos.
Among the Theatre/Operas of the various regions of China, the Beijing Opera is the most complete as far as the variety of used languages is concerned and probably the most rigorous and precise as far as style is concerned.
S.
Vito al Tagliamento (PN)
13th-29th October 2000
4th year: Beijing Opera, total art
workshops,
classes, conferences,
demonstrations, performances and more
between
Commedia dell'Arte
and the Theatre of Arts
Workshops conducted by: Chen Shu Fang, Chen Zhen Zhi, Claudia Contin, Ferruccio Merisi
Communications by: Ferruccio Merisi, prof. Nicola Savarese, prof. Bruno De Marchi, Scuola Battista Tan Pao, prof. Francesco Gatti, Francesca Ciol, Nadia Medina, dott. Tiziano Susanna, m. Gino Battista, prof. Paolo Pegorer, Sergio Basso, prof. Eugenia Casini Ropa, prof. Giovanni Azzaroni.
Performances and events with: Chen Shu Fang, Chen Zhen Zhi, Claudia Contin, Massimo De Mattia, Beppe Chierichetti, Roberto Castello, Luigi Dadina, Ujwal Bhole, Compagnia Attori & Cantori e Compagnia della Scuola Sperimentale dell'Attore.
Exhibition of paintings by: Zhou Zhi Wei