中國非物質文化遺產在海外傳播
Sponsored by the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History in promoting multicultural arts and heritages, the Renaissance Chinese Opera Society, a nonprofit organization, is proud to travel back in time to debut sensational Sights and Sounds of Chinese Operas and other mind-blowing intangible Chinese cultural heritages to the Middlesex County College Theater on June 30th, 2018. The production is led by Master Yong-Hong Jia accompany support from various world-class Chinese opera professionals. This performance is specially designed to present a long history of highly developed Chinese art forms including excerpts from variety types of Chinese operas, which are based on regions, dialects, and local traditions. Audience will certainly appreciate the amazing vocal arts, unforgettable beauty, magic, and amazing spectacle richness of Chinese heritage art and culture.
Kunqu Opera
Kunqu Opera was originated around 600 years ago from the Kunshan mountain, which is one of the oldest forms of Chinese opera. Every art form has a heartbeat of its own. Greece is known for Greek tragic-comedy, Italy has Italian Opera, Graceful Ballet from Russian, England has Shakespeare plays, and India is famous for Indian Sanskrit Opera. In China, Kunqu is often referred to as the “Ancestor of All Chinese Operas”. Kunqu has far-reaching influences on Chinese literature, stage performance, vocal art, music, dance and wushu. Since 2001, Kunqu has been recognized as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
京劇
是崑曲發展的一個支脈，它流動著崑曲的血液。它在成長中不斷受到”百戲之母”崑曲乳汁的精心澆灌；在藝術發展中又受到崑曲豐厚的藝術財富影響。京劇劇本吸收了崑劇藝術表演中雅的精華，題材通俗易懂，唱詞直白獨成一體深受老百姓的喜愛而傳承至今。
Peking Opera
Peking Opera is regarded as the quintessence of China. Peking Opera was developed from absorbing exquisite beauty of many other dramatic forms including Kunqu. The dramas are easier to understand, and the lyrics are more straightforward compare to Kunqu, but they still preserve the scholarly characteristics. Peking Opera is the most popular form of Chinese operas. Since 2010, Peking Opera has been recognized as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
“墨的行走”
生長於藝術世家的馬德帆老師, 從小就與”墨”接上了緣。 馬老師 “墨上行走” 磅礴豪邁厚實，墨在紙上蜿蜒的變化和淋漓的潑灑，被藝術界稱為”先生”。她的《大話西遊3》創作的片頭題字，被導演劉鎮偉收藏。2017年電視劇《人民的名義》熱播中，片名”人民的名義” 五個大字端莊雄厚，帶有蒼茫歷史, 穿透人心凝結正義力量得到專家高度評價。如果說”墨的行走”是馬老師的激情，畢業於清華美術學院（原中央工藝美院）服裝設計系，當今著名的服裝設計師馬德帆老師，在職業上一絲不苟精益求精。她和眾多國家一級導演合作電影服裝設計，2010年被張藝謀導演選中為電影《山楂樹之戀》的服裝設計師。
“Strolling Calligraphy” presented by Master Ma DeFan.
Ms. Ma was raised in an artistic family. She has been deeply connected with Chinese Calligraphy at young age. Her passion in calligraphy with a unique body-size Chinese paint brush combined with elegant artistic movements carried Chinese calligraphy to a new level. Splashing the ink while strolling on a giant piece of paper to create beautiful artistic Chinese characters is highly regarded in the Calligraphy world than ever. In addition to her mastery in Calligraphy, Master Ma is also a famous costume designer in the Chinese movie world. Her creative design style has been featured in many hit Chinese films, including Director Zhang Yimou』s 2010 movie “Under the Hawthorn Tree”.
變臉
古老的故事，神同形態，以嚇唬入侵的野獸。川劇把”變臉”搬上舞台，用絕妙的技巧使它成為一門獨特的藝術文化，2005年列為非物質文化遺產。 在中國享有億萬觀眾的世界級著名的魔術大師李鵬先生，將魔術表演融入了中國傳統的變臉的藝術，在極短的瞬間變幻出不同的各色臉譜，使表演加大難度，被世界各國魔術師給與高度評價。
Sichuan Opera – “Magical Face Changes”
Face changing is the highlight of Sichuan Opera. It is said that ancient people painted their faces to drive away ferocious wild animals. Sichuan Opera absorbs this ancient skill and perfects it into an art. The performer can magically change masks in a blink of an eye. This ancient Chinese art or technique will be presented by world-class magician Master Li Peng, who will perform this mysterious art by raising his hand, swinging a sleeve or tossing the head, changing different masks instantaneously to show different emotions to the American audience.
是中國民間古老的傳統藝術。據史書記載，皮影戲始於西漢，興於唐朝，盛於清代，元代時期傳至西亞和歐洲，可謂歷史悠久，源遠流長。 2011年，中國皮影戲入選人類非物質文化遺產代表作名錄。
Chinese Shadow Puppetry
Chinese shadow puppetry is a form of theatre acted by colourful silhouette figures made from leather or paper and accompanied by music and singing. Manipulated by puppeteers using rods, the figures create the illusion of moving images on a translucent cloth screen illuminated from behind. Chinese shadow puppetry originated more than 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty. It became very popular during the Tang (618 – 907), Yuan (12711368), and Qing (16361912) dynasties, and also spread throughout Asia and Europe. Chinese Shadow Puppetry has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2011 by UNESCO.
藝術家賈永紅老師簡介：
有三十多年歷史的中興國劇社，位於美國人傑地靈的新州南部。中興劇社的宗旨是致力於促進崑劇京劇等國劇在海外的傳播，從13歲開始學習聲樂演唱得到數位國家名院名師的指點德藝雙馨副社長賈永紅，畢業和服務於北京北方崑曲劇院，是北昆的尖子演員。在承接中國崑曲劇目的同時，賈老師還在21歲就開始參加全國影視演出，並主演多部著名電影/電視劇，比如《王貴與李香香》任女主角，《人之初》任女一號，曾獲大眾電視飛天獎提名獎。1999年應美國紐約林肯中心特邀來美參加全本55出《牡丹亭》演出，主演春香，獲得廣泛好評。在1999年至2003年期間，她又隨林肯中心”牡丹亭”劇組出演法國，義大利，澳大利亞，丹麥，新加坡等多國公演。堅持弘揚中國文化，熱心參與社區活動，並常為學校，老人中心，賑災活動等義演。
About Artist Ms. Yong-Hong Jia
Ms. Yong-Hong Jia is a Chinese opera singer, an actress, and a teacher of performing arts. Ms. Jia started studying the vocal arts at age 13. She graduated from the Beijing Traditional Opera School, where she specialized in the Hua Dan (vivacious young girl) role. She performed throughout China in many major Kunqu productions. From 1991 to 1999, Ms. Jia engaged in various TV and movie productions. As a leading actress, she won many awards for her acting. Ms. Jia was invited by the New York Lincoln Center to perform in “The Peony Pavilion” production in 1999. Then, she toured with the troupe to perform worldwide. Ms. Jia and her Renaissance Chinese Opera Society was founded in New York City in 1984 as a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It relocated to South Jersey with the missions to preserve and promote precious Chinese Opera heritage, and to introduce it to the multinational cultural mosaic of American life. Ms. Jia has actively participated in community services to perform Chinese opera and folk songs for many charitable organizations in different cities across North America.
