(China Daily) |
Mao is a conscious innovator, and she constantly agonizes over the difficulty of attracting young theatergoers.
"What can I do to enhance the appeal of Yue Opera and at the same time retain its core values?" she often asks herself.
She knows she is not living in the best era for her art form and is sometimes reminded that, had she worked in another medium, she might have achieved more.
"Any form of culture has its own season to bloom," she says. "We may not be in this season, but we can be steppingstones toward the next."