摘要
American theater scholar Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak is an apprentice of Shen Xiaomei,a student of famous Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang.Wichmann-Walczak has studied Peking Opera for well over four decades,and she still prefers to call the art form by its Chinese name,"jingju."She invites jingju performers to the United States to train students to perform plays,and she translates scripts into English and compiles publications to promote the traditional Chinese art form."Once our bodies and voices have an in-depth,long-term and personal experience in jingju,guided by master artist-performers,then jingju becomes a part of our own personal aesthetics,and nourishes us for the long term,"Wichmann-Walczak says.
美国戏剧学家魏莉莎是著名京剧大师梅兰芳的再传弟子,师从沈小梅。潜心研究京剧40年,她通过各种方式不断推动中国京剧在美国的传播。魏莉莎说:“在京剧表演艺术家的指导下,一旦我们以身体、声音深入学习和感知这门艺术,京剧就会变成我们自身审美的一部分,其魅力沁入人心,影响深远。”
