PAK Suet-sin of YPT
PAK Suet-sin was practically a different person after 1956. What happened? Sin Fung Ming Troupe was formed. The slumbering phoenix woke up. Back-stage, a young lady in her twenties led a team of her seniors by 10 to 20 years in resolute reforms. On-stage, she presented mesmerizing performances, elevating Canto-opera, a popular entertainment, to a celestial level...
Brief Biography
PAK Suet-sin (1928 – ), born in Shunde County, Guangdong Province, as CAN Suk-loeng, she is a daughter of the famous Canto-opera actor Baak Keoi-wing.
Apprenticed to SIT gok-sin at the age of 13, she performed in such troupes as “Gam Tim Faa”, “Taai Soeng”, “Jat Jyut Sing”, “Hung Wan”, etc. Then she worked with YAM Kim-fai for San Sing Troupe. The two became the best artistic partners ever since. She created Sin Fung Ming Troupe in 1956. With vigorous help from TONG Tik-sang, Mrs. SUN Yang-nong, etc, she embarked on the reform of Canto-opera. She performed in such classics as “Peony Pavilion”, “Floral Princess”, “Purple Hairpin”, “Reincarnation”, establishing the unique standing of Sin Fung Ming in the history of Canto-opera. In 1960, she trained new recruits with YAM Kim-fai, thereby creating Chor Fung Ming Troupe as their successors.
PAK Suet-sin is dedicated to Canto-opera reform. She sought professional advice and put it into practice in improving various areas including scripts, singing skills, design of postures and routines, costumes, make-up, settings and props. She also demonstrated her capability in troupe organization and personnel management. In terms of performing art, she spent strenuous efforts in learning from different genres of Xiqu and sought advice from various mentors. Her earnestness is widely acknowledged.
Extract from “Memories of Sin Fung Ming in Full Blossom”, 1995, Joint Publishing
A Fading Flower
Tribute to PAK Shuet-sin (1995)
Director: Rex NG
Assistant Director and Photographer: KWAN Pun-leung
If a person left his job, took a long vacation, to fulfill his dream, and produced a short film, in response to a mentor in arts ... Fragrant Death‧A Fading Flower was born like this. Further in retrospect, "we met in dreams" when I first knew of this artist Ms. PAK Suet-sin (1928- ) from her damaged movies and records. That was the first instance when I was inspired by the power of art; thereafter, whenever I reflect upon my life, or make plans for the future, I always rely on this source of inspiration.
It has received awards
in various film festival, including:
1. Italy: “COPPA CASSA DI
RISPARMIO DI FIRENZE di Montecatini Terme”
in “FilmVideo’97”
2. United States of America: “Bronze CINDY”
in “The 38th Annual International CINDY
Competition 1997”
3. United States of America: “Honorable Mention”
in “The 45th Annual Columbus
International Film & Video Festival” (1997)
4. United Kingdom: “Bronze Seal Award”
in “International Film & Video Festival 1997”
5. Austria: “Ebenseer Baren in Bronze”
in “Festival der Nationen” (1997)
Floral Princess 65th Anniversary
a series of 9 events
Floral Princess | Professional Edition
ArenA | Write on, as THE tribute to YAM-PAK-TONG
Floral Princess | Theatre Student Edition
Floral Princess | Theatrical Concert Student Edition
Floral Princess | Recital Student Edition
Call Loud Yeah! | Black Box Theatre Festival
Seoi-bo-long Video Festival
A Collection of Coeng-ping Images 65
Raining Petals: An Orchestral Re-imagining
