Before her Chinese opera show, Xu successfully ran a student workshop sponsored by the Washington International School, which taught kids how to create opera masks.

Chinese opera mask is basically among the main methods, which performers use as makeup. Since opera masks are used in representing various human emotions, the frequent on-stage change of facial ...

On June 28, 2025, in Sichuan Province, China, @johnson shared a video of a Sichuan Opera face-changing performance. In the ...

Since then, the traditional opera’s facial makeup has progressively envisioned a drift of harmonization. So while the opera performance is firmly based on allusion, such as footwork, gestures, and ...

The show features pieces from Xu’s own collection of masks, costumes, fans and models as well as 10 contemporary artworks she solicited on the theme of Chinese opera. Also on display are 20 ...

Sung examined 76 masks painted by artist Steve Lu in his 1968 book "Face Painting in Chinese Opera." Sung digitally scanned and resized the images for uniformity for her computer analysis.

Nuo Opera mask carving is classified into two categories in Xiangdong－the school of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the school of the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

After a few months preparation, organized by the Confucius Institute at Bangor University, the Peking Opera Mask Painting Activity was held at Pontio shop on February 1, 2014, for the celebration ...

At first glance, the Chinese opera mask with red pom poms and pearls decorating an intricate crown looked just like an animation. But it was not just animation. It was a virtual mask, following ...

On the screen, an animated Chinese opera mask decorated with red pom-poms and pearls moved side to side. Its mouth opened and shut. Spindly fingers danced next to it. But the animation was not just a ...

Chinese opera is thousands of years old and comprises 360 styles. Lovrick, a professor at the University of Toronto and George Brown College, said there’s a lot to learn about it.