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Workshops for all levels
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To see a sample of our workshop 'An Actor Prepares' - Performance and Talk-demonstration, please click on the link below:

'An Actor Prepares' - Performance and Talk-demonstration

 

LJKOA on BBC online news/magazine website –
‘Chinese Opera: The ‘rebirth’ of Kunqu’
(Images from ‘An Evening of Beijing and Kunqu Opera’, Purcell Room, Southbank, 21/7/2011 presented by Asian Music Circuit Chinese Season)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14401652

 

LJKOA An Evening of Beijing and Kunqu Opera,
at Purcell Room, Southbank, 21 July 2011
Presented by Asian Music Circuit Chinese Season

The Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers (‘Tiannu Sanhua’)

       

The River Side Pavilion (‘Wangjiangting’)

       

The Assassination of the Tiger General (‘Cihu’)

       

Photos: Steve Franck

 

LJKOA Costumes Exhibition:
Enter Stage Right – Costumes from the Beijing Opera
- presented by the Asian Music Circuit at the Museum of Asian Music, London, June and July 2011

       

Photos: Jessica Hall

 

LJKOA Beijing and Kunqu Opera Gala, 7 April 2011, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS

In Praise of Flowers (‘Biaohua’)

       
Photos: David Rowe

       
Photos: Guo Kunzhang

In Pursuit of the Dream (‘Xunmeng’)

       
Photos: David Rowe

At the Palace (‘Zuogong’)

       
Photos: David Rowe

       
Photos: Guo Kunzhang

 

Chinese New Year Celebration at Victoria and Albert Museum, Jan 2011, with LJKOA team

       

Photos: Xiang li

 

LJKOA at University of Sheffield Spring Concert Series, May 2010

Jingju Opera 'Parting at the Kiln' (2010 version)

       
       

Musicians

       

Kunqu Opera 'In Pursuit of the Dream' with LJKOA Kunqu Opera Ensemble

       

Photos: Zhang Chengyong

 

LJKOA Kunqu Opera scenes at Tate Britain Family Activities, 10/2009

       

 

LJKOA 'Beijing Opera Spectacular', Waterfront Studio, Belfast, 6/2009

Sword Dance from 'The King bids Farewell to his Favourite Consort'

       

'The Heavenly Maiden Scatters Flowers' ('Tiannu Sanhua')

       

'The Parting at the Kiln' ('Pinggui Bieyao')

       

The musicians

       

Photos: Marcin Wilkowski and Ronnie Moore

 

LJKOA publicity photos 2011

In Pursuit of the Dream from The Peony Pavilion (‘Xunmeng’from‘Mudanting’)


Photos: Kelda Hole

 

LJKOA publicity photos for 2010 new production

At the Palace (Zuogong) from 4th Son Visits Mother (SilangTan Mu)


Photos: Liang Qin

 

LJKOA publicity photos for 2009 new productions

'In Praise of Flowers' from 'The Water-Seller'

       

'The King bids Farewell to his Favourite Consort' ('Bawang Bieji')

       
       

Kunqu Opera, 'The Foolish Dream' ('Chimeng') from 'The Broken Axe Mountain' ('Lankeshan')

       
       

Photos: Kelda Hole

 

LJKOA 'Parting at the Kiln' , Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 2/2007

       

Photos: Maaike Stevens

 

LJKOA Publicity Photos - 1/2007

'Parting at the Kiln' ('Pinggui Bieyao')

       
       

'Temple of the Mountain God' ('Shanshenmiao')

       

'The Drunken Imperial Concubine' ('Guifei Zuijiu')

       

Photos: Kelda Hole

 

LJKOA in Malta 21 - 23 March 2006
At the invitation of the Cultural Centre of the People's Republic of China in Malta, and Heritage Malta
In conjunction with the exhibition of 60 figurines 'Characters in Beijing Opera'

'Understanding Beijing Opera' - Talk-demonstration at the National Museum of Archaeology, Valleta

       
       

Workshop for Schools, St James' Cavalier Centre for Creativity

       

Special performance for the President of Malta and the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Malta at the China Cultural Centre

  With President of Malta and PRC Ambassador to Malta With PRC Counsellor
YJ Tang and CCC Programme Officer
Dr QB Li
 

Maltese Educational TV interview

   
       

 

Festival of the Voice 2006
LJKOA: Evocative Voices from China
Arthur Cotterell Theatre, Kingston College, 3/3/06

Kunqu Opera Scenes 'The Startling Dream' and 'In Pursuit of a Dream',
from 'The Peony Pavilion'

       
       
       

Photos: Yazid Missouri

 

'Il drago e il leone'
Il Carnevale del Teatro, La Biennale di Venezia
Venice, 23 - 28 February 2006

LJKOA Chinese Opera Make-up and Clownerie Workshops
Foyer of Goldoni Theatre, and Atrio Fonderie, Arsenale
23 - 28 February

LJKOA Make-up Team      
       
       

LJKOA performance of two fragments from the Kunqu Opera, 'The Peony Pavilion'
Corderie dell' Arsenale, 23 - 28 February

The Startling Dream (Jingmeng)

       
       

In Pursuit of A Dream (Xunmeng)

      Guest Book of the Phoenix Hotel for Artists

Photos: Jessica Hall

 

Jing and Kun Opera Performance
(The West Wing Arts Centre, Slough, November 2005)

The Drunken Imperial Concubine (Guifei Zuijiu)

       

The Startling Dream (Jingmeng) from The Peony Pavilion

       

Young Male Role Showcase (Xiaosheng Texie)

       

Pre-show Lecture-demonstration

       

Opera Orchestra and Ensemble Musicians

The Opera Orchestra Instrumental Ensemble

Photos: Jessica Hall, Jagroop Singh, Toby Evans

 

Kathy Hall –Churchill Fellow 2004
Kathy received the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Medallion from Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace, June 2006
The 48 Group Club Honorary Member Award in recognition of ‘outstanding contribution to Sino-British relations’
Kathy received her award from H.E. Ambassador
Liu Xiaoming of the People’s Republic of China,
at the PRC Embassy in London, November 2010

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