China Study Tour: Beijing Opera

One of the highlights of my China Study Tour with Primary Source during the summer of 2012 was a visit to an opera house in Beijing. This video is from the Chinese opera "Meeting at the Crossroads". While watching the performance with several other teachers on the tour, I was impressed by the costumes and acrobatics. Though much of the plot was lost in translation, dances, gestures, and expressions helped to convey the meaning.