As a 10-year-old in Los Angeles, he'd buy 10-cent tickets at Graumann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

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Peking Opera, also known as Jingju, is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.

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Robert De Niro is the latest star to have his hand and footprints set in cement outside the famous Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

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Hollywood's elusive magic is best experienced inside the Chinese Theatre - a bona fide movie palace that opened in 1927 under the direction of Sid Grauman.

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Grauman's Chinese Theatre is located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd.

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The winner of a MacArthur Fellowship, Shen creates dances that incorporate visual and storytelling elements from the theatre, Chinese opera, Eastern philosophy and traditional and contemporary visual art and sculpture.

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Chinese shadow puppetry is a form of theatre acted by colourful silhouette figures made from leather or paper, accompanied by music and singing.

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Chinese shadow puppetry (China) - Chinese shadow puppetry is a form of theatre whereby colourful silhouette figures perform traditional plays against a back-lit cloth screen, accompanied by music and singing.

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