Cui Keqin
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in December 1956 in Maoming City, Guangdong Province. A national first-class actor and an expert entitled to the special government allowance of the State Council. From 1974 to 1976 he studied puppet performance at the Guangzhou Secondary Specialized School of Culture and Arts, learning Guangdong rod puppet performance under his teacher Li Xin. Engaged in puppet art for more than forty years, he has attained considerable accomplishment in puppet performance and direction. He specializes in the huadan (young female) role while also performing other role types, is equally adept at civil and martial plays, and adapts to every form of puppet and human-puppet theatre. He has starred in twenty puppet plays and directed more than ten. The puppet piece Chang Chou Wu (Long Silk Sleeve Dance), which he devised and performed, integrates new elements into traditional puppet performance and attains an artistic realm in which performer and puppet become one. He began taking disciples in the 1990s, and actors he trained, including Lü Jingxian, have become the backbone of Guangdong puppet performing art.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Puppetry (Guangdong Puppetry), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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