She photographed actors getting dressed, in sets of eight, to show the gradual transformation.
For example, the first picture of a series features a man without any makeup. The next few show the man applying layers of heavy makeup and putting on a head cloth to cover his hair, followed by an elaborate headdress with beautiful decorations. In the last few photographs, the character's femininity emerges.
The final shot shows what appears to be a woman with long hair, delicate facial features and a soft gaze.
The exhibition also displays a large-scale projection of a 17-minute film demonstrating Chinese opera and two plasma screens showing five-minute time-lapse videos.
The exhibition was originally commissioned by and shown at the Espacio Cultural El Tanque in 2011 - an old oil depot on the Spanish island Tenerife. It was shown in 2017 at the Ballina Arts Center in Ireland and this year at the Patrick Heide Contemporary Art gallery in London.
The first Peking Opera actor Shavrova met was Liu Zheng. He introduced Shavrova to others.
"I became friends with these people," Shavrova says.
"We went out to dinner together and socialized."
She came to realize the financial difficulties they face as the genre's popularity declines.
"They're doing lots of work for very little money," she says.
"They have the fan groups and followers on blogs, but a lot fewer compared to big pop stars. But they don't do it for the money. They're doing something entirely beautiful and they love what they do."
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