China Seminar | 10 February 2005
National Treasure: Jinju
Aficionados of the Peking Opera, more correctly called the Jinju, have been lamenting for some years that this art form is not commanding proper attention among especially the young. To quiet this lament, six young journalists from China currently at the University of Hawaii as Parvin Fellows will help celebrate Chinese New Year (February 9) with a presentation of the many facets of this performing art. Unlike previous jinju sessions at the China Seminar, this will be a treatment of this artistic genre by young Chinese who are not theater professionals. As such, it holds sociological interest for us as well.
LI, Yuling, OU Sa, TU Qi from Xinhua News Agency, and WANG Zhenghua, ZHANG Nan, ZHU Zhe from China Daily will be using various media (PowerPoint, sound track and the like) to present topics related to jinju: genre, make-up, costumes, gestures, stage props, and music. The Parvin Fellowship program brings young journalists from China for a year’s study with the journalism faculty at the University of Hawaii’s School of Communication under the direction of Gerald Kato.