Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and grasps the ...

Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting, currently appearing in The Masked Heroine, started training in the art form in her ...

Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting performs poses that can take months to perfect, and leave more than a few bruises.

Young Peking opera artists are devoting years to mastering its demanding techniques, hoping to win over today's audiences ...