A TALE OF CONTINUITY AND CREATIVITY

In the classic Peking Opera San Cha Kou (or The Crossway), two male roles battle each other fiercely yet quietly in the night. The stage characters pretend to be shrouded in darkness, lunging at one another by listening, smelling and touching, but never seeing. To Chao Fan, an actor with the China National Peking Opera Co., this type of performance, one without an actual physical setup, is the charm and essence of Peking Opera.