Beijing Broadway
08/08/2005 @ 6:00 am
Her dream is to perform someday as a singer and dancer on the Chinese equivalent of Broadway, New York’s world-famous theater district, and although she’s only 17, Dai Yichen has some very big dreams.
Beijing-based reporter Jim Yardley offers a nice profile of a very pretty girl in the New China.
Yichen is one of 30 students at a private fine arts school on the outskirts of Beijing who are far removed from the days when Mao demanded that culture serve the Communist Party. They are studying how to perform in US-style musicals, an academic major about as improbable as American teenagers dedicating themselves to Peking Opera.
Poor Mari….she’s my favorite. If I ever become a j-pop singer and part of the...
Shes definitely at the top of my hot list.
perfeckt 10:10
In many ways she is the innocent her mother describes, or perhaps just a typical teenager. She said she pays no attention to politics and has never thought about joining the Communist Party. She also sounds very traditional when asked what she thinks she must do to succeed in the new China.
“As long as I study hard and love my parents, I’m quite content with what I have,” she said. She added, “My mother’s expectations are high. She wants me to grow into a person with talent and education, with manners and a career.”
I liked that quote.
August 8th, 2005 at 1:00 pm