Script related issues

We left for the Chinese opera theater house the other day. After being enlightened by the performance and the talk by one of the main actors, we learnt the following things:

1) Every Movement is a dance
2) Every sound is music
3) Movement is relied upon for expressing emotion
4) There is an element of poetry

That's not all. After talking with a director of the group, I rejoiced like never before after finding out that:

1) More English is used in Chinese opera nowadays
2) There is no defined structure to follow for the script
3) Comedy can be inserted as with the element of surprise
4) Sound effects and outside voices can be used
5) Lighting effects eg. spotlights can be used

HOWEVER the proposed script I had was still unsatisfactory as
1) There was no poetry
2) It seemed "unworkable" to say the lines in a melody and dance to them
3) Too modern (I still question the viability of this statement. See above for reasoning)

I have been contemplating the possibility of starting on a new script because of all the established characters, turn of events and the structure of the lines. But because of the time constraint and partially the fact that I love this script (and thus the audience would love it too), I decided to keep the original while editing the beginning of the play. Thus there will be an effect of the story slowly becoming more modern and new as it progresses. I hope this will be considered acceptable so we can quickly start rehearsals.

All the best guys!
Isaac Wong