Peking Opera Company Presents Opera Classics, 10/24

Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company (Qi Shu Fang, President & Ding Mei Kui, Artistic Director), Recipient of National Heritage Fellowship for the Arts, will present the 10th Annual Peking Opera Festival one performances only, featuring Qi Shu Fang and the Company is on Sunday, October 24th @ 7PM at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU (566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South). This performance is part of the World Stage Series presented by the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU.
 
Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company presents the 10th Annual Peking Opera Festival featuring the legendary Monkey King's battle with the Princess Iron Fan from The Journey to the West, one of China's four celebrated epic tales written during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and special selected scenes from Peking Opera classics. The performance provides a spectacular evening of music, mime, costumes, amazing martial arts, acrobatics, and traditional Chinese orchestra. Combining singing and dialogue with acrobatic tumbling and kung?fu fighting, the Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company stages an unforgettable glimpse into ancient China. The performance will be in Chinese with English subtitles.
 
The 10th Annual Peking Opera Festival- Halloween Spectacular is on Sunday, October 24th @ 7PM at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU (part of the World Stage Series). Tickets are priced at $38. Students and group discounts are available. To purchase tickets by phone please call (212) 352-3101. To purchase tickets online visit http://www.skirballcenter.org/calendar/peking_2010 and to purchase tickets in person please visit the Skirball Center Box Office at 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South) open Tuesday - Saturday 12NOON-6:00PM and two hours prior to performances. For more information, please visit www.qishufang.com.