To better understand how animals like spiders communicate with pattern and color, a University of Cincinnati biology student is turning to ancient dramatic art. Biology doctoral student Jenny Yi-Ti ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese performer He Hongqing can change his facial expressions, and make up, on stage in a flash, but it's not due to skills learned at drama school. The man deemed China's ...

It’s the Year of the Pig on the Chinese calendar, and Taste of Szechuan in Cherry Hill has a special way to mark the occasion. Co-owner WuDan Dan has arranged for a demonstration of face changing, an ...

Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang's world premiere transforms the Chinese legend of the Monkey King into a vibrant new work for San Francisco Opera.

National Theatre of China vice-president Wang Xiaoying ­arrived with a large creative team to begin work on a Black Swan-commissioned production of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle, which will ...