Costume Demonstration

Scent of Thunderbolts: A Cantonese Opera Experience & Workshop, October 26, 2024. Courtesy of Toronto Biennial of Art, videographer: Miles Rufelds.

Alice Chan of Starlight Chinese Opera demonstrates how to get into warrior costume by dressing a workshop participant. (1:57 minutes)


[Uplifting atmospheric soundscape with distant audience sounds] [Audience laughs; speaker continues explaining off-mic] [More indistinct explanation, followed by laughter] Speaker: Okay. [Clapping] You put on a costume, and you need to… …do some exercising. [Laughter] You have to pay for it, right? You have to pay for it. [Soft, awed whispers] [Audience laughter]