Basic Skill
THEBASICSKILLS OF CHINESEOPERA The basic skills of Chinese opera include all aspects of technical skills, dance moves, and special tricks. Mastering the basic skills is very important for any opera performer. The socalled mastering of basic skills actually means mastering all the performance abilities and performance methods in the performing arts of Chinese opera.
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Diligent study and practice of basic skills, on the one hand, enables actors to master and accumulate the necessary artistic vocabulary for shaping the stage image; at the same time, it also changes the physical quality of the actors themselves, turning the actors from ordinary people into qualified opera actors.ww
“Singing” refers to singing skills. “Do” means to do work, that is, to perform. “Reading” means chanting. “Fighting” refers to martial arts. Opera actors have been trained in these four aspects since they were young. Although some actors are good at singing (sing to old classmates), some concentrate on Qigong (Hua
Dan) and some concentrate on martial arts (Wu Jing). But it is required that every actor must have the four basic skills of singing, reading, doing and acting in order to give full play to the function of opera as a musical performance. Better performance and portray various roles in the play.
