'Art changes life' for children

National Center for the Performing Arts leads the push to seed young talent

"Imagine you are walking across a garden full of beautiful flowers. Your eyes are busy looking around," Wang Jin, a veteran Kunqu Opera actress from the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater in Beijing tells a group of students at a training class in Beijing.

"Press your toes into the ground and let your heels rise. Just take your steps quickly and lightheartedly."