Formosan Children Trained In The Classics Of China’s Traditional Opera (1960)

Formosa (Taiwan). Documentation on file. MS overhead of students assembled for morning ceremony as flag of republic of China is raised. MCU reverse of same. CU of students singing Free China’s national anthem. Extreme CU of same. LS. of school patio as the 3-ring circus of gymnastics and tumbling gets under way. MS. of same baton waving, callisthenics, tumbling, help develop poise, dexterity, needed for interpretation of stylized Chinese Opera. MCU. Supervisors direct tumbling, leaping cartwheels, etc. as youngsters work out. MCU. of girl students turning handsprings. CU. of students swinging batons, etc. MS. of instructor supervising tumbling. CU. of instructor. MCU. of same. MS. of group participating in cartwheels-handsprings. MS. of youngest student demonstrating single stand split and balance. CU. of above. MS of class starting greasepaint makeup as a member of the faculty helps with headdress. CU students preparing greasepaint makeup. CU of students applying heavy eyebrow and eyelash paint.