Last Thursday we had the opportunity to view some high school drama students demonstrate their learning about the Beijing Opera. After watching the performance, our students were interested in hearing more. Betty Chang, our Performing Arts teacher, provided some further insight. She showed them the following clip and provided this information in case you want to go over it with your child:
The particular clip they watched is of the Monkey King.
The Monkey King traditionally is a very mischievous character but
excellent at martial arts. He magically transforms hairs plucked from
his body to anything he wishes! In this particular youtube clip,
however, it demonstrates his martial arts and acrobatic skill sets. He
twirls the baton, balances swords on his baton, etc.
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