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...past two years, he and his team have compressed epic Kunqu scripts until they play about as long as the average movie, and introduced other innovations. The changes are finally starting to draw respectable audiences of curious Shanghainese. At last summer's three-week run of Palace of Eternal Youth, a Tang dynasty love tragedy, two thirds of the audience were under the age of 35, and the production netted $92,000 - modest by the standards of Covent Garden or La Scala, but equal to the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Theatre's revenue for the whole of 2006. "It thrills...
...imagine the scene according to cues in the lyrics). A new breed of younger artists has also been cast in plum roles, which by tradition were always reserved for veteran performers. Prominent among the fresh faces is Zhang himself. The onetime rapper played Emperor Minghuang in Palace of Eternal Youth, opposite Shen Yili, 32, who has won fame for her willowy dance technique...
...semester away from completing his bachelor’s degree in music. During his time at Harvard, Fienning made his mark through a variety of extracurricular activities. In 2006, as an active member of the Phillips Brooks House Association, he served as co-director for Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment—a summer program that teaches English to immigrants in Boston high schools. And he raised more than $900 for this spring’s Harvard College Marathon Challenge, which funds Boston-area youth. “For Henry, service was a natural response to need,” Roger...
...public at large came to see poker as positive, that would then find expression in the law,” Nesson said. Andrew M. Wood, the executive director of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, also argued that poker should be taught to youth. “It’s a fantastic way to spend your time,” Wood, a third-year student at the Law School, said. “Much better than World of Warcraft...
...according to a recent study by a center at the Harvard School of Public Health. More than 40 percent of male high school students reported having carried a knife and almost 40 percent of male students said they have been assaulted, according to the study, compiled by the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center. Of the students who had witnessed violence or been victims of violence, few had been through counseling, said Ann Scales, a spokeswoman for the Boston Public Health Commission. She said a high number of students reported symptoms of depression, but that only a few students had received...