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Community Cultural Ambassador 2023
❶ Community tour of "Dismantling Excerpts"
❷ "Using Cantonese Opera to Discuss Right and Wrong" Interactive Exhibition
❸Yuan Zhaohui's lecture: "The Essence and Values of Cantonese Opera"
"Demolition Excerpts" Community Tour
Artistic Director: Professor Yuen Siu Fai
Screenwriter: Zhang Xueliang
Director: Zeng Muxue
Cantonese Opera actors: Zhang Zhaolun, Wu Minting
Cast: Zhao Zhanxi, Deng Baicong, Zeng Muxue
"Welcome everyone to 'Demolition Excerpts,' a show that respects tradition while breaking new ground!" Hosts Ben and Mark analyze the unique routines of opera, introduce classic scenes from the Cantonese opera excerpt "Dragon Plays the Phoenix," and invite the audience to vote on the ending for Sister Feng and Emperor Zhengde. Will their love story be a happy one, or a tragic one? Unwilling to settle for mediocrity, "Demolition Excerpts" producer Dai Jinjie has created an unexpected third ending—one that transcends just Sister Feng and Emperor Zhengde's story and inspires new possibilities in our own life choices!
All 12 performances have concluded successfully!
Interactive Exhibition: "Using Cantonese Opera to Discuss Right and Wrong"
In addition to showcasing traditional aesthetics and artistic creation, opera has also shouldered the responsibility of "education" since ancient times, punishing evil and promoting good through opera works, drawing lessons from the past to understand the present.
The interactive exhibition "Using Cantonese Opera to Discuss Right and Wrong" is divided into three sections: Basic Knowledge, Inside the Opera, and Outside the Opera. Using numerous opera stories as examples, it illustrates the values inherent in opera art. Through video QR codes and the psychological test " Apprentice Assessment Center ," it inspires everyone to connect these virtues to their lives.
The three exhibitions have concluded successfully!
✸ October 1–31: Tung Chung Public Library
✸ October 18–22: Yuen Long Theatre Lobby
✸ November 6–10: Rao Tsung-yi Cultural Center
Lecture on "The Essence and Values of Cantonese Opera"
Speaker: Professor Yuen Siu-fai
Professor Yuen Siu Fai, veteran Cantonese opera artist and Artistic Director of One Table Two Chairs, discusses the rights and wrongs of the opera stage!
Why does Cantonese opera always prioritize loyalty over treachery? Is this distinction between good and evil a limitation, or a core value? Why do stories always end happily, while villains remain treacherous from beginning to end? Is it simply a lack of creativity on the part of previous playwrights, or is there something more to the story?
Professor Ruan used a number of classic plays to explain the moral principles embodied in Cantonese opera. He also compared the scripts with literary works to appreciate the compilation of the same plays in different genres and eras, and explored the ideas and values of "high-level education" in opera art.
The two lectures have concluded successfully!