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A discussion of the life and times of the 17th Century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu who has been dubbed the Shakespeare of the East.
Zubin Mehta leads the Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and stars Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin and Barbara Frittolo in a grand, open air performance of Puccini’s great opera staged in...
Chinese silk-stringed zithers and folk dances, including a performance of a Peking Opera. Also shows village life, the Chinese type of Buddhist prayers, and temple architecture, painting and calligraphy.
Based on the memoirs of Li Tianlu, who appears as himself, this story follows the life of Taiwan’s most famous puppeteer and is the history of Taiwan life from 1909 to 1945. Includes several long, unbroken...
Part 1: Examples of musical instruments being manufactured and played by master musicians and orchestras. Interwoven in the musical sequences are scenic shots of Chinese landscapes. Part 2: Rare scenes of...
Before 1949 and Liberation, acrobats in China were likened to tramps, thieves and vagabonds. After the Revolution, new attitudes to all forms of art were adopted and acrobats were re-established amongst the...
The Peking ballet was turned into a ‘model’ company by Chiang Ching during the time of Mao Tse-Tung’s leadership. This film describes what became of the company during that time. It gives a sense of...
Four episodes portraying some Chinese legends and symbols, by the original cast from Peking, filmed during performances in Paris and London. 1: The Greatness of Love. 2: Where Roads Meet. 3: Autumn River. 4:...
Training young children for future participation in China’s classical theatre.
Shows Yang Sheng, a master of the traditional Fukein hand puppet theatre, with a variety of his puppets. Shows the manual dexterity required of the puppet operator. The film contains a complete hand puppet...
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