Revise 2/26/2015 (pix) Steven Ma tours Tai Po, New Territories, surrounded 馬浚偉遊大埔被圍

 

On the 4th day of CNY, Steven looked up his opera teacher 龍貫天, who's having a show at 三門仔新村 on that day.

Apparently, on the 3rd day of CNY, Steven not only visited his childhood neighborhood, Shek Kip Mei link but also at a friend's invitation attended the 100-table-cny-banquet at Tai Po, New Territories. His arrival caused an instant commotion among the residents as they immediately surrounded him. A woman finding Steven's fair and smooth face irresistible unexpectedly pinched his cheek.

tn: I find her action incredibly rude but I guess so entranced was she by Steven's 'cuteness' and his fair and smooth facial complexion that she just had to pinch his cheek to make sure it was for real. Never mind about good manners or presumptuous familiarity - the urge to pinch was both impulsive cum compulsive. haiz! I would be horrified if some stranger suddenly pinched my cheek. Steven probably took it all in stride (like he did in this 2003 hometown video) and just stuck out his tongue and made a gwing 囧 face. (see below pix. ) Really, a man his age has no business possessing such fair and smooth facial skin. According to this old video, his being 'taken advantage' of by women wasn't his first time either.

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Eta: The cheek pinching incident reminds me of this 'poor actor'. weibo video lol! Not easy being an irresistible idol to ardent fans, you know.  

related news tag 龍貫天
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News 11-14 2014 Steven Ma attending a Cantonese Opera show

Last night Loong Kin Sang [龍劍笙(阿刨)] held her Cantonese opera show《任藝笙輝念濃情》in memory of her mentor Yam Kim Fai ( 任劍輝) at the HK Cultural Center. Many artistes including Liza Wang and Law Ka Ying, Teresa Cheung and her husband, and Steven Ma attended her show.

Steven says when he heard that Loong was having the opera he immediately called up the organizer (tn: Tsui YY) to get him a ticket. He says that the last time he saw Loong was way back in Canada, when he was out there on a gig.  At the time his (former) colleague/friend  (tn: probably Tsui Yong Yong) had a brunch appointment with Loong so he tagged along, as having lunch with Loong was indeed even harder than winning the lottery.  Since then they had not met so he truly cherishes her show tonight.  (Q: Are you going to surreptitiously observe and learn the (opera) skills from her? 偷師) Steven says it is impossible to 'steal' skills from her; she's that good.  When asked about adding shows, Steven says she should and hopes that she would, so as not to disappoint her fans who could not make it tonight.  Stevens says he hopes to meet with Loong backstage after the show to take a picture with her. (Q: So you want to collect Bao Jie stamp?) Steven says: Definitely!

When asked about his present situation he said recently he was in Taiwan on vacation, and that later he would be filming a tv series in mainland.  When asked about the recent news on TVB plans to completely overhaul the Children's program, and on TVB executive, Sandy Yu's  'blood transfusion' shake-up plan of firing 5% employees annually, and later hiring 5% new employees to replace them, Steven says he has heard of it.  He says: "Though I'm no longer a TVB employee but my sentiment towards it remains. I hope TVB will retain some of the current employees. We all have sentiment for the company, and support reforms but I hope TVB will also take into account the human aspect too."  

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Steven's weibo response: 今天 14:19
Pao Jie's performance last night was incredible. A 100 thousand likes! The two newcomer performers were also excellent, add oil! P.S. I did not collect Pao Jie stamp, instead I was 'collected' by many jiejie. (older sisters)  昨晚刨姐演出簡直無得頂，十萬個like! 兩位新人也很好，加油！p.s.我昨晚集唔到刨姐郵，不過就比好多姐姐集咗

Note: Haha! The 'stamp collector' became the "stamp collected".  The analogy of the Cantonese coined phrase, "stamp collection" (集郵) is that instead of stamps, people can collect other stuff to add to their collections. In this case, Steven wanting to take photos with Loong to add to his photos collection of famous people. 

video clip: on.cc; ontv; i-cable; headline poptv
source: appledaily 11/14/2014 07:30 無綫大換血 馬浚偉：希望可以顧到情   ; on.cc

Celebrities attending the Cantonese Opera event

March 8 2014 Steven's interview at 2:18

Steven rehearsal opera

Updated: weibo5/18/2014 Steven's latin dance moves

related post: Steven teaches you Latin Dance to the music of 最炫民族风 .

Steven reposting a video uploaded on Steven-ma.org weibo think it's tvb 2007 欢乐满东华

another source: youtube

6/12/2011 23:10 Hahahaha!  Interesting......but, my dance steps were off!  Should be on 2、3、4 and 1!  Heehee!   哈哈哈哈！有意思.....不過，我的舞步抓錯拍子了！應該是on 2、3、4 and 1才對！嘻嘻！

Applaud Steven as an artiste not afraid to try out new arts and stuff, and not bad at it too. Steven showing off the sinuous grace of a dancer in this unlikely crossover of East meets West.   Honestly, quite weird.  The couple were all angst when wailing out Dai Lui Fa but went all distant and cold when dancing their 'hot' salsa number.  Gotta say, Steven does have a lissome and lithe body like a willowy snake.  haha! 

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Comparatively, video below is Steven and Joyce singing the classic Cantonese opera song, Dai Lui Fa - (one of their numerous duet renditions on stage usually performed for a fundraising charity tv show.)

---see my comment on the latin combo dance when it first appeared online, + my much later conversation with an AF SM fan on Steven's different dances. ---

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Steven talks about his guest performance in Joyce Coi's concert and making a mistake in his singing when he repeated the same line in his duet with her.

Steven Ma attends Joyce Koi's Cantonese Opera

Translation on Steven's news portion
Last night, Steven attended the premiere of Joyce Koi's Cantonese Opera, 蝶海情僧 at Starlight Theater.   Steven said of course he would attend the premiere as a show of support to Joyce.  As to the opera will be touring different places in China, Steven laughed and said he knew only of the one in Beijing and that if he had the time he would attend it.  As a former student of Lung Guai Tin, Steven said he had stopped taking lessons on opera.  At that time, he was just learning the basic fundamentals, and that to be able to perform on stage will require long term practices.  But swarm with work as he is, he cannot afford the time to learn.  He said: "I learned the art because of my filming ancient series.  I learned some body movements, and some kung fu movement intricacies.  I thought they were difficult.  I don't have the qualification nor the courage to act on stage.  But if it is for charity then singing a piece of an act should be all right. Actually, Liza Wang and I did discuss about us doing an act but nothing came out of it."

Chinese opera makeover for his music album Dai Nui Fa

Talking of albums reminds me of Steven's dai nui fa album cover. I wish I had the foresight at the time to bookmark the interview video clip recording his makeover into an opera character for his Dai Nui Fa album cover photoshoot, now I can't find that video online anymore.  In the interview video, Steven talked about the challenges of his amazing transformation. Compare his Dai Nui Fa painted face to his painted 'harlot' face in Change of Destiny.  Big difference there!

more screencaps @ of that missing video baidu steven
banner by Juzhi @ steven's warmhouse

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2003 canto opera 馬浚偉登台唱粵曲

October 12th 2003
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With an interest all along in Cantonese Opera, Steven Ma became a student to Lung Koon Tin (龍貫天). After honing his skills for a while, Steven finally has a chance to tread the boards and he took part in a charity concert together with his teacher Master Lung and opera stars Joyce Koi and Ng Mei Ying. When he was partnering Joyce, they had a few scenes of comedy raising laughter from the audience. With this debut performance from Steven, he says that he was not nervous at all as he felt it was more like a party.

Steven was singing in aid of the Hong Kong Arthritis Fund and sung a few classic pieces with his co-stars, but he was not nervous at all. He said: "I was very serious about it, sleeping at half past ten last night and waking up at 10am this morning to practice, then drinking ash water to open my voice at lunchtime. I was not nervous because one is my teacher and the others are my friends who know me very well who will help me at the first instance if there is any flaw in my performance. Also, this is a charitable performance and the audience know I am a beginner so they will not expect much from me and it really feels like a party."

With Steven's description of a party feel, it is certainly not exaggerated because he created a few laughs together with Joyce Koi. When Steven was holding her hand to come out on stage, he suddenly said: "Your hand should be facing upwards!" Joyce explained: "I am used to playing the men's part!" When the four were singing together, Master Lung knelt down to let his lady sit on his thigh, but when it was Steven's turn, he mixed up his left and right legs and Joyce was forced to stand and making the audience laugh out loud.

Steven and Joyce have previously worked together on a TV series, but this is the first time they have co-operated in singing Cantonese opera and commenting on the performance of this newcomer, Joyce says he has done very well: "Singing Cantonese Opera is a lot more difficult than singing normal pop songs and I saw that Steven was sweating when he was singing the second song. However, for his first performance, it is certainly not bad."

related news report - Steven as 龙贯天's student ; SM debuts in Canto Opera
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Steven as guest performer in upcoming opera

AF# 1479 Posted 12 June 2009 - 07:04 AM
Stephen Chan posted news of Steven's upcoming guest performance in the Cantonese Opera. Lots of pix and 2 vids. Steven will sing the cantonese opera version of Pitnol's themesong, Dai Nui Fah.

paraphrasing his message.
June24, HK Cultural Center will hold a charity opera show to commemorate Mr. 關海山. Steven will be participating in it, too. He will sing a duet Dai Nui Fa 帝女花之香夭with Ms. 石安. Although Steven had pull an all nighter with just a few hours of sleep the night before, he appeared in top spirits and was totally absorbed in his singing practice. His eyes were swollen because last night filming was all crying scenes. Ma Zai said he had not practice singing opera for a long time, but his singing was pretty good. Please check out these precious vids. 

Joyce Koi 's 3rd time collaboration with HK Chinese orchestra

Tamaya@AF#542 Posted 16 June 2008 - 10:43 PM

[2008-05-29] Joyce Koi & Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra 3rd time collaboration to perfom in Hong Kong Cultural Center from 25/6/2008 - 29/6/2008. This is their 3rd time collaborating. Joyce invited her good friend, Steven Ma, to be her special guest for the concert. They will sing a Cantonese opera duet, 鳳閣恩仇未了. Yesterday, they rehearsed their duet for the first time.

The week prior, Steven has had a stomach flu. He joked that during the rehearsal he felt like throwing up. Joyce quipped, "Did I make you feel like throwing up?" Still a month away from opening night, Joyce revealed that she, herself, had already started rehearsing, but that, Steven, because of his illness, just got started yesterday. This wasn't their first collaboration; they collaborated last year for stage performances held in Canada. At that time, they sang a Cantonese Opera duet. Accompanied by the Chinese orchestra, their duet went without a hitch during the actual performance.

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TVB New Princess Cheung Ping

TV series Dai Nui Fa

In the TV series "New Princess Cheung Ping" superstars Steven Ma, Charmaine Sheh. and Sonija Kwok among others made an astounding effort to breathe new life into a classical Cantonese treasure!

Steven Ma topped it all by providing his talents for the recording of the relevant TV series' OST! The cover of the album shows him wearing the beautiful attire of the "New Princess Cheung Ping" series and he cannot be praised enough for his final looks. He assembled expert help for his make-up and posture, which really paid-off fine. You'll also be able to hear Charmaine She's first go at a song as she teams-up with Steven Ma for the theme of the TV series "The Fragrance of the Princess' Soul"!

Besides the promotional work for the New Princess Cheung Ping OST, Steven Ma was also busy doing charity work and as result of his recent experiences decided that $5 of the proceeds from each sold album will be donated to the needy children of SARS victims.

credit goes to VV for the translation

Steven as 龙贯天's student

马浚伟拜师龙贯天
wenweipo 文汇报  2003-6-4

馬浚偉跪地斟茶，誠心拜龍貫天為師。

马浚伟拍罢《洛神》、《帝女花》及《金牌冰人》等三出古装剧集后，对粤剧的兴趣愈来愈浓，早前他更向着名粤剧文武生龙贯天拜师学艺。拍《洛神》时，马仔认识了龙贯天，之后，他一有机会演古装戏，总会向他请教。在他心目中，早已把这位粤剧红伶视作师父，只是真正的拜师仪式却是由马爸爸和龙贯天的一群戏迷撮合而成。

　　

六月一日是龙贯天的牛一，之前一晚戏迷为他庆祝，马仔以朋友及后辈的身份带同双份礼物到贺。马仔先把第一份礼物送上，是一部脚底按摩器。「脚底按摩本来就对身体有益，旭哥演粤剧，功架十分重要，双腿要踏稳台板，必定很容易疲累，更需要多作纾缓。」他说。之后，他再送上另一份礼物，那是一只金碗及匙筷。「那是爸爸托我送的。他知道旭哥对我很好，教晓我不少粤剧的步法和造手，就想到趁他生日，送他这个金饭碗，祝他大吉大利。」当马仔手捧金饭碗时，戏迷立刻起哄。马仔说：「当时，我正讲到一直把旭哥当师父，戏迷便说，『既然买了金饭碗，何不正式拜师？』他们更替旭哥搬来椅子，请他上座。」

　　马仔向龙贯天跪地斟茶后，龙贯天盛赞徒弟很有心，但他不拘礼，只是站着接下徒儿的第一杯茶。突然收徒，龙贯天虽然有点突然，却还是高兴的。他说：「我觉得马仔是一个很努力、很认真的演员，从《洛神》到现在，他的演技有很大的进步，周世显是一个很难演的角色，他却演得十分自然，之后拍《金牌冰人》，又特地请我教他扇子功。」他笑称大家都是年轻人，不用太重视礼节，唯收下徒儿后，却会做到知无不言，全力协助马仔学艺。

　　生日会后，马仔与师父约了盖鸣晖及张可颐两位「金牌冰人」消夜，席间，他们公布师徒身份后，盖鸣晖既奇怪又兴奋说：「真奥妙！无端端点解有只马走0左入0黎？又唔同马房，拜咩师呢？」因盖鸣晖与龙贯天都是师承薛觉先，大家份属师兄妹，师兄收徒，她升级变了师姑，得戚之余，更要求龙贯天严教徒弟说：「今次真是有缘聚合，师父一定要认真0的鞭挞佢！睇吓几时整番台戏畀佢做。」她还不停提醒马仔，她是靓姑姑，他则是「过儿」，更笑言这个组合为「神经侠侣」。

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2003年05月20日 appledaily
馬浚偉正式入門唱大戲

馬浚偉昨日出席在尖沙嘴美麗華酒店舉行的「香港風濕病與香港八和會館風濕病患者籌款記者招待會」，在席上馬浚偉被大會委任成為「愛心大使」，他表示會積極操曲，準備在今年十月九日的慈善籌款晚會上表演。

阿姐讚有潛質
馬浚偉表示在圈中曾有兩位前輩大讚他唱粵曲有潛質，一個是汪明荃（阿姐），另一個是龍貫天，他說：「之前我都有跟龍貫天學唱粵曲，家我係以師徒相稱，但係就未正式入門，遲擇日做儀式，正式拜師。」至於八和會館主席陳劍聲對馬浚偉唱粵曲有何意見？她說：「 OK，唔好要求咁高，佢都係新人。」

Steven Ma debut in Canto Opera

May 23 2003

Being the Star of Compassion, Steven accepted the invitation to attend a charity function on the 9th of October where he will make his debut in Canto Opera. He even invited Joyce (a.k.a Koi - his co-actor in Better Halves) to co-act in the opera. Steven said jokingly, "This 'brother' of mine is really great, she agreed upon my request. Actually we got along rather well while filming Better Halves. I hope our cooperation sparks off well too."

Joyce has been acting as scholars conventionally in her previous operas. She doesn't mind singing with Steven. She said, "Steven has got the talent, as long as he practises more, he can do well."

credit goes to VV in StevenMaDotCom