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17-690: Today, a few degree-granting, western-style educational institutions specialize in Chinese opera, like the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing and the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts in Taipei . In learning Peking opera, attending students developed skills in martial arts , acrobatics and tumbling , music and dance and performed these skills for audiences. The schools produced

34-567: A generation of stunt performers , action choreographers , actors and film directors including some of the most famous stars of Hong Kong action cinema . Public interest in Peking Opera waned in the late 1960s and during the Cultural Revolution most of the schools were closed. Historically, pupils had been handpicked at a young age by a teacher (or sifu ) and trained for a period of seven to ten years, on contract from their parents. As

51-539: A number of stunt performers and actors, most notably Lam Ching Ying , Josephine Siao and Hsiao Hou of Shaw Brothers fame. Mars went on to become a member of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team ( Sing Ga Ban ) and several others became members of Hung Ga Ban , Sammo Hung's stunt team. Other notable students included Chin Kar-lok , Chung Fat , John Lone , and Connie Chan Po-chu . A similar school in Taipei , Taiwan

68-546: A number of works with historical themes. Tian Han was the prototype for the figure of "Kuang Wentao" (played by Bo Gao) in the 1959 biopic Nie Er , which retold the story of the composition of the Chinese National Anthem on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. For the 50th anniversary in 1999, he was represented directly in the film The National Anthem , played by He Zhengjun . His story

85-577: Is a Chinese public university in Fengtai District , Beijing which offers B.A., M.A. and M.F.A. degrees in Chinese opera . Niu Junfeng is a notable alumni from National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. Xu Weizhou is also a notable alumni. Currently there are 2,500 students and 250 faculty members. It was founded in 1950 as China Drama School, and Tian Han was its first principal. Wang Yaoqing became its principal in 1951. By 1954, when Yan Yong became

102-606: Is considered by drama historians as one of the three founders of Chinese spoken drama, together with Ouyang Yuqian and Hong Shen . His most famous legacy may be the lyrics he wrote for " March of the Volunteers " in 1934, which were later adopted as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China . During the May Fourth Movement in 1919, Tian became famous for the vigorous anti-imperialist and anti-feudalist activities in

119-473: The Department of Literature of Shanghai Art University. Later, he joined The League of Chinese Left-Wing Dramatists. In 1934, he collaborated with the activist Liu Liangmo on the patriotic anthem, March of the Volunteers . Tian used various aliases and pen names including his courtesy name Tián Shòuchāng ( 田壽昌 ), Bóhóng ( 伯鴻 ), Chén Yú ( 陳瑜 ), Shùrén ( 漱人 ), and Hànxiān ( 漢仙 ). Tian, then Chairman of

136-735: The Union of Chinese Drama Workers and Vice-Chairman of the All China's Federation of Literary and Art Circles, was targeted by the Gang of Four and attacked during the Cultural Revolution in 1966 for his historical play Xie Yaohuan (1961), which was regarded as an attack on Chairman Mao 's policies and the CCP leadership. Criticism of this play, along with two other historical plays ( Hai Rui Dismissed from Office by Wu Han and Li Huiniang by Meng Chao ), were

153-549: The circle of artists and intellectuals he gathered. Tian was educated at Tokyo Higher Normal School (present-day University of Tsukuba ) in Japan. Returning from Japan in 1921, Tian established the Creation Society together with Guo Moruo and Yu Dafu , and other Chinese intellectuals. The Southern China Society, also headed by Tian, played a leading role in promoting dramatic performances in southern China. In 1927, Tian taught at

170-524: The direction for the workers, peasants and soldiers". Tian was subsequently persecuted by the Gang of Four and incarcerated as a "counterrevolutionary" in a prison which was run personally by Kang Sheng , and died there in 1968. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, he and Xie Yaohuan were “rehabilitated posthumously” (considered to be rehabilitated after death) in 1979. Although a proponent of western style theater (話劇 huàjù ) in China, Tian also produced

187-582: The evenings. Corporal punishment was commonplace and it was not uncommon for the entire group to be beaten with bamboo canes if one student made a mistake during a performance. Schools with less harsh training methods began to appear in 1930, but all schools were closed down in 1931 after the Japanese invasion. The modern schools, such as the China Drama Academy and the Spring and Autumn Drama School opened after

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204-538: The opening salvos of the Cultural Revolution. Tian was denounced in a 1 February 1966 People's Daily article entitled "Xie Yaohuan is a Big Poisonous Weed" (田汉的《谢瑶环》是一棵大毒草 Tián Hàn de Xiè Yáohuán Shì yī kē Dà Dúcǎo ). The Jiefang Daily called Xie Yaohuan a "political manifesto". The play was condemned for, among other things, of "being a wholesale inheritance of China's theatrical legacy and promoting traditional plays", "disparaging revolutionary modern plays" and "promoting bourgeois class liberalism and obfuscating

221-589: The principal, it was under the leadership of China's Ministry of Culture . It became the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in 1978. 39°51′42″N 116°20′10″E  /  39.8618°N 116.3362°E  / 39.8618; 116.3362 This article on a university, college or other tertiary educational institution in China is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tian Han Tian Han ( Chinese : 田汉 ; 12 March 1898 – 10 December 1968), formerly romanized as T'ien Han ,

238-451: The teacher provided food and accommodation for the pupils during this period, they accrued a debt to the teacher that was later repaid through performance earnings. After 1911, training took place in more formally organised schools. Typically, students at these schools rose at five o'clock in the morning for exercises. The daytime would be spent learning the skills of acting and combat, and the senior students would perform in outside theatres in

255-589: The war, in around 1952. The China Drama Academy was a Peking opera school in Hong Kong, run by Yu Jim-yuen . Attendees included Jackie Chan , Sammo Hung , Yuen Biao , Yuen Wah , Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen . The Spring and Autumn Drama School was another Peking opera school in Hong Kong, and was to some extent the China Drama Academy's "rival". It was run by Madame Fan Fok-Fa , who had been China's first female martial arts actress. The school also produced

272-466: Was a Chinese drama activist, playwright, a leader of revolutionary music and films, as well as a translator and poet. He emerged at the time of the New Culture Movement of the early 20th century and continued to be active until the Cultural Revolution , when he was denounced and jailed for two years until his death, before being "posthumously rehabilitated" by the Chinese authorities in 1979. He

289-637: Was attended by another group of people who subsequently worked in the Hong Kong film industry . It was known as the Fu Sheng (Fu Xing Ju Xiao) or Lu Kwan Peking Opera school. Although still called a Peking Opera school, students actually learned Taiwanese opera, sung in Hokkien dialect rather than Mandarin. National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts (NACTA; Chinese : 中国戏曲学院 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó Xìqǔ Xuéyuàn )

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