深圳外国语学校国际部举办拉丁文化周 宝安区学生参...
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Campus 06 Shenzhen Daily Wednesday June 14, 2017 Email: [email protected] 深圳外国语学校国际部举办拉丁文化周 A Ding [email protected] A Latin Culture Week was held at Shen Wai International School (SWIS) from June 6 to 8. The event introduced to the SWIS community the diverse cultures and cuisines of Latin America, Spain and Portugal. The event was organized by approximately 15 Latin families that hailed from a variety of Latin countries like Venezuela, Brazil and Spain. Ana Salaverria, one of the main organizers of the event, said the event had been in the works for about two months. “Three months ago, the school approached us and expressed the wish to showcase the Latin culture to the students. Then about two months ago, we made up a group and started prepara- tions with the help of the school,” she said. Event participants sampled many delicious dishes from a range of countries and enjoyed watching a variety of performances, including Latin songs, dances and even a football skill show. Children were allowed to take home souvenirs from the event such as flags and badges represent- ing the diverse range of Latin countries. Luis and Alvaro from Spain are students at the school and their family has been living in Shenzhen for four years. They all love their life in the school and especially enjoy playing football with their schoolmates. Both of them enjoyed the Latin week very much. This celebration of Latin culture is extremely significant as it reflects the cultural diversity rep- resented by and embraced at SWIS. SWIS aims to provide distinctive high-quality education to students by employing talented expat teachers and introducing distinctive curriculum, teaching models and management practices. Latin Week sparkles at SWIS Since the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) together with Shanghai Theater Academy ran a course on Kunqu opera in 2014, the university has produced a number of students who have become obsessed with this traditional Chinese form of opera. This is also the first time in the university’s his- tory to offer credits for opera courses. The teach- ers from Shanghai go to Hong Kong once every two weeks to teach a six-hour course which covers the basic theories of Kunqu opera and gives students opportunities to learn the skills and perform. Now the students have become huge fans of the opera and are quickly becoming the backbone of the opera community in Hong Kong. Chen Jianzhang is one of those students. Chen is a finance major at the university, but in the rehearsal room, he is a professional Kunqu opera actor play- ing the role of a man in the classic “Sifan,” or “The Nun Dreams of the Secular Life.” As an intern in a bank in Hong Kong last summer, Chen was not allowed to ask for leave, so he had to fly back and forth between Hong Kong and Shanghai to study opera on the weekends. This April, Chen and his 16 classmates once again embarked on their journey to Shanghai to study Kunqu opera. Before the official introduction of the Kunqu opera course in 2015, a trial course on the opera initiated by Dr. Lee Woo-sing and Dr. Koo Ti-hua was held in 2014. Lee is the founder of Lee Woo-sing College which teaches the course and Koo is a member of the Culture Committee of UNESCO Hong Kong Associa- tion and a student of Kunqu master Yu Zhenfei. According to Koo, in just two years, the course has become so popular that it often has a full class- room. “At the beginning, there were only a dozen of students, but last semester we had 130 students signing up for the course but eventually we narrowed it down to 37 after a strict screening process. Every- one including those from outside the university were once welcome to take the course, but now it is only open to students and alumni of the university due to the limited size of the classroom,” Koo said. “These students take this course very seriously and they are even more hardworking than some opera majors,” Pan Jiehua, a teacher from Shanghai Theater Academy. However, in Lee and Koo’s eyes, more parties including the government and society in general should become involved in the cause of promoting Kunqu opera. Kunqu represents the essence of traditional Chi- nese performance arts, an artistic blend of poetry, painting, music, singing, dance and drama. Its achievements in the realms of literature, drama, music and fine arts have nurtured every Chinese opera form, earning Kunqu the title of “the mother of a hundred opera forms.” In 2001, Kunqu was recognized by UNESCO as one of the inaugural “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity,” the highest honor bestowed upon Kunqu yet. (Yang Mei) CUHK students fascinated with Kunqu Opera 港中大学生热衷赴沪学昆曲 CUHK students learn Kunqu Opera. SD-Agencies Students enjoy Latin Culture Week. Photos by Sun Yuchen
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Campus 06 Shenzhen Daily Wednesday June 14, 2017Email: [email protected]
宝安区学生参加宝博会深圳外国语学校国际部举办拉丁文化周
A Latin Culture Week was held at Shen Wai International School (SWIS) from June 6 to 8. The event introduced to the SWIS community the diverse cultures and cuisines of Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
The event was organized by approximately 15 Latin families that hailed from a variety of Latin countries like Venezuela, Brazil and Spain.
Ana Salaverria, one of the main organizers of the event, said the event had been in the works for about two months.
“Three months ago, the school approached us and expressed the wish to showcase the Latin culture to the students. Then about two months ago, we made up a group and started prepara-tions with the help of the school,” she said.
Event participants sampled many delicious dishes from a range of countries and enjoyed watching a variety of performances, including Latin songs, dances and even a football skill show.
Children were allowed to take home souvenirs from the event such as fl ags and badges represent-ing the diverse range of Latin countries.
Luis and Alvaro from Spain are students at the school and their family has been living in Shenzhen for four years.
They all love their life in the school and especially enjoy playing football with their schoolmates. Both
of them enjoyed the Latin week very much.This celebration of Latin culture is extremely
signifi cant as it refl ects the cultural diversity rep-resented by and embraced at SWIS.
SWIS aims to provide distinctive high-quality education to students by employing talented expat teachers and introducing distinctive curriculum, teaching models and management practices.
Latin Week sparkles at SWIS
Since the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) together with Shanghai Theater Academy ran a course on Kunqu opera in 2014, the university has produced a number of students who have become obsessed with this traditional Chinese form of opera.
This is also the fi rst time in the university’s his-tory to offer credits for opera courses. The teach-ers from Shanghai go to Hong Kong once every two weeks to teach a six-hour course which covers the basic theories of Kunqu opera and gives students opportunities to learn the skills and perform. Now the students have become huge fans of the opera and are quickly becoming the backbone of the opera community in Hong Kong.
Chen Jianzhang is one of those students. Chen is a fi nance major at the university, but in the rehearsal room, he is a professional Kunqu opera actor play-ing the role of a man in the classic “Sifan,” or “The Nun Dreams of the Secular Life.” As an intern in a bank in Hong Kong last summer, Chen was not allowed to ask for leave, so he had to fl y back and forth between Hong Kong and Shanghai to study opera on the weekends. This April, Chen and his 16 classmates once again embarked on their journey to Shanghai to study Kunqu opera.
Before the offi cial introduction of the Kunqu opera course in 2015, a trial course on the opera initiated by Dr. Lee Woo-sing and Dr. Koo Ti-hua was held in 2014. Lee is the founder of Lee Woo-sing College which teaches the course and Koo is a member of the Culture Committee of UNESCO Hong Kong Associa-tion and a student of Kunqu master Yu Zhenfei.
According to Koo, in just two years, the course has become so popular that it often has a full class-room. “At the beginning, there were only a dozen of students, but last semester we had 130 students
signing up for the course but eventually we narrowed it down to 37 after a strict screening process. Every-one including those from outside the university were once welcome to take the course, but now it is only open to students and alumni of the university due to the limited size of the classroom,” Koo said.
“These students take this course very seriously and they are even more hardworking than some opera majors,” Pan Jiehua, a teacher from Shanghai Theater Academy.
However, in Lee and Koo’s eyes, more parties including the government and society in general should become involved in the cause of promoting Kunqu opera.
Kunqu represents the essence of traditional Chi-nese performance arts, an artistic blend of poetry, painting, music, singing, dance and drama. Its achievements in the realms of literature, drama, music and fi ne arts have nurtured every Chinese opera form, earning Kunqu the title of “the mother of a hundred opera forms.” In 2001, Kunqu was recognized by UNESCO as one of the inaugural “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity,” the highest honor bestowed upon Kunqu yet. (Yang Mei)
CUHK students fascinated with Kunqu Opera
港中大学生热衷赴沪学昆曲
CUHK students learn Kunqu Opera. SD-Agencies
Students enjoy Latin Culture Week.Photos by Sun Yuchen
