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CYL Cantonese Opera Group (澳華青年聯會粵劇組)

Sydney·Sydney·Australia

Cantonese opera troupe of the Chinese Youth League of Australia, long associated with Madam Dao Ping Wu. Member of the Australian Federation of Traditional Chinese Performing Arts networks and a mainstay of Sydney's Chinese community stage calendar.

Youth-league wrapper around a multi-generational yueju practice: a common diaspora pattern where political/community associations host the arts club.

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Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong (Barwo Wui Goon, 八和會館)
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Hong Kong Society for the Promotions of Cantonese Opera
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