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Author : Runtang Lu
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9622014518
Author : Min Tian
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9789622099074
Intercultural theater is a prominent phenomena of twentieth-century international theater. This books views intercultural theatre as a process of displacement and re-placement of various cultural and theatrical forces, a process which the author describes as 'the poetics of displacement'.
Author : Jo Riley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521570905
This work gives an 'inside' view of Chinese theatre and the actor in performance for the first time. It challenges western theatre artists such as Brecht, Grotowski, Barba and Schechner, who have extracted from Chinese theatre elements which might enrich their own theatres. It is based on personal observations of and dialogue with Chinese actors, experiences which were impossible before 1980. Riley's study is well illustrated with photographs and diagrams and is accessible to anyone interested in theatre, even those with no knowledge of Chinese or Chinese theatre.
Author : Yasmine Marie Jahanmir,Jillian Campana
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780429534003
Western Theatre in Global Contexts explores the junctures, tensions, and discoveries that occur when teaching Western theatrical practices or directing English-language plays in countries that do not share Western theatre histories or in which English is the non-dominant language. This edited volume examines pedagogical discoveries and teaching methods, how to produce specific plays and musicals, and how students who explore Western practices in non-Western places contribute to the art form. Offering on-the-ground perspectives of teaching and working outside of North American and Europe, the book analyzes the importance of paying attention to the local context when developing theatrical practice and education. It also explores how educators and artists who make deep connections in the local culture can facilitate ethical accessibility to Western models of performance for students, practitioners and audiences. Western Theatre in Global Contexts is an excellent resource for scholars, artists, and teachers that are working abroad or on intercultural projects in theatre, education and the arts.
Author : Teresa Chi-Ching Sun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780761871323
This book contends that the evolution of modern literary stage drama was an important aspect of the Chinese intellectual movement, transforming stage shows into messengers of social change, and instigated renovation of Chinese drama.
Author : Clara Yu Cuadrado
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Comparative literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010154347
Author : Min Tian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319971780
This book is a historical study of the use of Asian theatre for modern Western theatre as practiced by its founding fathers, including Aurélien Lugné-Poe, Adolphe Appia, Gordon Craig, W. B. Yeats, Jacques Copeau, Charles Dullin, Antonin Artaud, V. E. Meyerhold, Sergei Eisenstein, and Bertolt Brecht. It investigates the theories and practices of these leading figures in their transnational and cross-cultural relationship with Asian theatrical traditions and their interpretations and appropriations of the Asian traditions in their reactional struggles against the dominance of commercialism and naturalism. From the historical and aesthetic perspectives of traditional Asian theatres, it approaches this intercultural phenomenon as a (Euro)centred process of displacement of the aesthetically and culturally differentiated Asian theatrical traditions and of their historical differences and identities. Looking into the displaced and distorted mirror of Asian theatre, the founding fathers of modern Western theatre saw, in their imagination of the 'ghostly' Other, nothing but a (self-)reflection or, more precisely, a (self-)projection and emplacement, of their competing ideas and theories preconceived for the construction, and the future development, of modern Western theatre.
Author : Jin Fu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521186667
Chinese opera has a history of over 800 years. However, since the early twentieth century, following increased contact with the West, drama without music has also become popular in China. The development and prosperity of modern drama has created a new landscape for Chinese theater, which, as a whole, has become more diverse.
Author : Fu Jin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429825583
The 20th century was a dynamic period for the theatrical arts in China. Booming urban theatres, the interaction between commercial practice and theatre, dramas staged during the War of Resistance against Japan and a healthy dialogue between Western and Eastern theatres all contributed to the momentousness of this period. The four volumes of A History of Chinese Theatre in the 20th Century display the developmental trajectories of Chinese theatre over those 100 years. This volume deals with the development of Chinese theatre from 1949 to 2000, covering the fluctuations of 'drama reform', spectacles of the 'Cultural Revolution', and theatre in the immediate years before the opening up of the country. The author demonstrates how Chinese dramatic traditions endured and adapted in the face of modernity and how politics and art interacted. By combining academic rigour with a high degree of readability, this volume is both an essential guide for scholars and students in the history of the arts and general readers interested in Chinese theatre.
Author : Xiaomei Chen,Tarryn L Chun,Siyuan Liu
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780472074754
The profound political, economic, and social changes in China in the second half of the twentieth century have produced a wealth of scholarship; less studied however is how cultural events, and theater reforms in particular, contributed to the dynamic landscape of contemporary Chinese society. Rethinking Chinese Socialist Theaters of Reform fills this gap by investigating the theories and practice of socialist theater and their effects on a diverse range of genres, including Western-style spoken drama, Chinese folk opera, dance drama, Shanghai opera, Beijing opera, and rural theater. Focusing on the 1950s and ’60s, when theater art occupied a prominent political and cultural role in Maoist China, this book examines the efforts to remake theater in a socialist image. It explores the unique dynamics between official discourse, local politics, performance practice, and audience reception that emerged under the pressures of highly politicized cultural reform as well as the off-stage, lived impact of rapid policy change on individuals and troupes obscured by the public record. This multidisciplinary collection by leading scholars covers a wide range of perspectives, geographical locations, specific research methods, genres of performance, and individual knowledge and experience. The richly diverse approach leads readers through a nuanced and complex cultural landscape as it contributes significantly to our understanding of a crucial period in the development of modern Chinese theater and performance.
Author : Wei Feng
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030406356
This book traces the transformation of traditional Chinese theatre’s (xiqu) aesthetics during its encounters with Western drama and theatrical forms in both mainland China and Taiwan since 1978. Through analyzing both the text and performances of eight adapted plays from William Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, and Samuel Beckett, this book elaborates on significant changes taking place in playwriting, acting, scenography, and stage-audience relations stemming from intercultural appropriation. As exemplified by each chapter, during the intercultural dialogue of Chinese and foreign elements there exists one-sided dominance by either culture, fusion, and hybridity, which corresponds to the various facets of China’s pursuit of modernity between its traditional and Western influences.
Author : Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UVA:X030232648
Surveys traditional and contemporary Asian theatre through hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 90 expert contributors.
Author : Tan Ye
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538120644
There is a sense of timelessness in the Chinese theater: ever since its maturation, its format has not changed in any significant way. Chinese Theater matured into its final format in the 13th century and flourished during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. It is a unique, exclusive, and self-sufficient system, whose evolution has received little influence from the West and whose influence on Western theaters has been minimal and often misinterpreted. It is essentially a performer's theater; the actors attract the audience with splendid performances perfected through many years of rigorous training. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on performers, directors, producers, designers, actors, theaters, dynasties, and emperors. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese theater.
Author : Guangren Shen,Grant Guangren Shen
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0415343267
Theatre in Ming China represents a golden age of Asian performance, when an enthusiasm for theatre on the part of the national populace became a nationwide phenomena. Theatre occupied a particularly important place in the life of the elite, for whom owning a theatre troupe was highly fashionable and for whom theatre performances were an integral part of formal gatherings, various rituals and ceremonies. This book provides an overview of elite theatre in Ming China. It is based on an exploration of the original historical records, and includes comparisons with other forms of ancient theatre, and an examination of the details of theatrical performance.
Author : Esther Kim Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521850513
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.