Crystal Pan Balish tells us about Scottish Opera’s production of Warriors!
23 June 2018
The Emperor's Incredible Army was successfully performed in
Beijing by three artists of Scottish Opera and 890 Primary 5 (12
years old) pupils from Fangcaodi International School on Friday 3rd
November.
This project is unique in China - in that no other school has so
far performed a work commissioned by a UK Opera house featuring
such an iconic period in Chinese history. Furthermore, Fangcaodi is
the first and only school in China to undertake a version of the
cross curricular teaching pedagogy that harnesses the expressive
arts subjects of music, drama and visual arts (in the form of our
opera) as vehicle to help support the integration of learning and
teaching within the Chinese curriculum. This approach is one which
Scottish Opera's education programme has been successfully
delivering since the early 1990s and we are delighted to partner
with Fangcaodi in this pioneering collaboration for China.
We were delighted to welcome the following distinguished
guests:
- Mr. Zhu Ercheng, vice president of Beijing Charity
Association
- Mrs. Liu Bingxin, professor of Beijing Institute of
Education
- Mr. Zhao Teng, member of UNESCO Association of Beijing
- Mrs. Su Zhaohui, teaching and research fellow of Chaoyang
Education Research Center
- Mr. Tony Burton, Board Member of Scottish Opera
- Mr. Li Qisheng, Secretary General of Beijing Science Education
Development Foundation
- Mr. Huang Jianchun, President of Beier Training School in
Dongcheng District, Beijing
- Mrs. Zhao Li, Senior Trade and Investment Manager Scottish
International Development Beijing
- Mrs. Mu Ying, Party Secretary of Fangcaodi International
School
Furthermore, Ms Anjing Wang, Deputy Head of Scottish Affairs
Office at the British Embassy and her colleagues were able to
promote the project on their website - please see the link - plus
other related social media platforms.
Scottish Affairs Office Beijing www.scotland.cn
An educational online platform:
http://edu.people.com.cn/n1/2017/1107/c1053-29631847.html?from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TfZ0xa1RTtdVYT9alBX0tA