Ancient Peking Opera finds new fans in New York

BUFFALO, New York - It was a cold evening on Friday in Buffalo, the second largest city in the US state of New York as the temperature dropped down to 2 C after a day of heavy snow.

Yet it was as warm as a spring day in the Slee Hall at the State University of New York at Buffalo where an audience of about 200 applauded and shouted encouragement to the performers during the "Amazing Chinese Opera" show, featuring US and Chinese artists from the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University.

The performance was the closing event of the university's International Education Week, an annual initiative to celebrate and promote international education and exchange.