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INTRODUCTION

The Chinese Opera Institute (COI) was established in August 1995 as a non-profit organisation with the support of the National Arts Council. It is a training and research centre responsible for the promotion of all facets of Chinese opera. Dr. Chua Soo Pong is the founding director.

The COI plays a unique role in Singapore by holding talks and courses throughout the year to encourage opera practitioners here to expose themselves to different genres and techniques in Chinese opera, as well as to familiarise and educate the public on Chinese opera.

These include topics on music, physicality, staging, training, specific genres, character types and contemporary development in Chinese opera. As a training and research centre, COI has launched an annual symposium since 1997, featuring artistes and academics in Chinese opera. This provides an arena for discourses on this multi-faceted art form.

 

新加坡戏曲学院简介

新加坡戏曲学院在国家艺术理事会的支持下,于一九九五年八月成立。创院院长是蔡曙鹏博士。它是一个从事培训及研究的教育与学术机构,有着普及和提高戏曲的双重任务。它也积极促进国内外戏曲文化交流活动。

自成立以来戏曲学院极力在大专学院与学校,展开艺术教育活动。至今已到百多间中、小学校举办讲座与示范表演,为青少年提供了认识和学习戏曲的机会。

戏曲学院的少儿班成立于1998年3月,由院长蔡曙鹏博士担任艺术指导。学员是5岁至12岁的小朋友。少儿戏曲班先后参加了日本富山国际儿童戏剧节和芬兰儿童戏剧节,深获好评。明年六月该班将赴欧参加德国林根国际儿童戏剧节,演出潮剧《刺梁骥》。少儿班学习内容包括绕口令、讲故事、毯子功、舞蹈、戏曲唱念和戏曲文化课。并且定期参加舞台演出,增长知识,锻炼身心,培养群体精神。

不仅如此,戏曲学院积极促进国内外戏曲文化交流活动,先后在各大院校和200多所中、小学校举办讲座、开课和示范演出。创作了《聂小倩》、《老鼠嫁女》、《罗摩衍南》、《绣鞋奇缘》等一批剧目,先后应邀在中国、美国、日本、韩国、加拿大、丹麦、伊朗,泰国等31个国家艺术节演出。1998年,创立少儿戏曲班,培养青少年演员。戏曲学院极力开展学术研究活动,先后主办了传“统与革新”、“传统戏剧教育”、“台湾与新加坡歌仔戏”、“戏曲导演”学术研究会,并出版了戏曲学院丛书:蔡碧霞的《狮城潮剧情》、《狮城梨园散记》,王芳的《京剧在新加坡》,黄秀琴的《新加坡南音初探》和蔡曙鹏主编的《华族戏曲的改革与创新》。