The show's production director Wang Jinghua told Xinhua the performance will introduce Canadians to a major slice of China's culture and performing arts history. 'It's a dance piece that focuses on traditional theater and features all the skills so well, and it tells the stories of the hardship and the hard work of the Beijing opera actors so well,' Liu said.

Liu Siyuan, a professor of theater and film with Canada's University of British Columbia, told Xinhua that it was really nice to see a dance piece done in this way. The show is presented by the China Arts and Entertainment Group, and includes select dancers from the Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble of Shanxi Academy of Arts. 'Opera Warriors' is presented as part of the cultural exchange program called Image China, which introduces China's traditional culture and contemporary arts to the world.

The performers have been training for three years to prepare for this show, whose story is brought to life by the feats of strength amid beauty and grace. The story follows their lives through their loves, losses, fears and shared struggles to bring beauty to the stage. The five-act performance tells the story through dance and movement of three talented Beijing Opera actors in the early 20th Century.

5 - The Canadian premiere of 'Opera Warriors' was staged at Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Canada's West Coast city of Vancouver Tuesday night.

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