THEATER ARTS MAPEH 8-K12-CURRICULUM.pptx

Asian Theatrical Forms that will serve as a guide

1. Theater Arts
and Festivals of
| Asian Region

2. is a combination of
music, vocal performance, pantomime, dance, and acrobatics.
It started in the late 18th century and became organized
and famous in the mid-19th century.

3. Kabuki is a traditional Japanese popular drama with sit
dancing performed in a highly stylized manner. A ri
music, dance, mime, and spectacular staging and co
has been a major theatrical form in Japan for four
The term kabuki originally suggested the unortho
shocking character of this art form. In modern Japaı
word is written with three characters: ka, signifying "sol
“dance”; and ki, “skill.”

4. Usually, the actors interrupted the pl
responding to the crowd praises, The a
also allow them to call their favorite
performer during the play.

1. Jidaimono - historical plays

2.Sewamono - focuses in commoners
(townspeople and laborers)

3.Shosagoto - dance performances

5. a type of shadow
Puppet Theater in Indonesia. It was
originated in Java, Bali and Lombok
province. It is usually accompanied by
‘the Gamelan. It portrays mainly about
good and evil.

The stories are usually drawn from
‘the Hindu epics namely:

+ Ramayana is a love story
1 Mahabharata is about great battles
Serat Menak - a
story about the
heroism of Amir
Hamza.

6. is a famous shadow puppet, a
show originated at the Southern part
of Thailand. It is used for public
entertainment during village festivals,
temple affairs, and other celebrations.

1. Nang Talung, leather puppets that has movable joints
controlled by strings and usually about 50 centimeters high.
Nang Yai is the teacher and presenter of Nang Talung.

1. Nang Yai, cowhide and rattan made puppets that measuring
around two meters high and do not have movable joints but
has a same style.

7. Spring Festival or Chinese New Year was
celebrated by many countries with Chinese
populations including mainland China, Vietnam,
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia,
‘Singapore, Thailand, and Philippines.

Balinese Dance Festival of Indonesia is a
Hindu tradition that a part of religious and
artistic expression of Balinese people

8. Spring Festival or Chinese New Year was
celebrated by many countries with Chinese
populations including mainland China, Vietnam,
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia,
‘Singapore, Thailand, and Philippines.

Balinese Dance Festival of Indonesia is a
Hindu tradition that a part of religious and
artistic expression of Balinese people

9. is centered from Sado Island, Jap

It delivers two meanings: heartbeat and children of the di
Drums are very significant most especially for the laborers
Japan because they use it for some rituals, dance festivals
rice harvests, and religious ceremonies.

12. a traditional Japanese drat
that is known for the stylization of its drama and the
elaborate makeup worn by some of its performers. The
kabuki stage features a flower path walkway
which extends to the audience: . stages in front
of the audience and along the sides that helps create a
bond between the performers and the viewers; mawaro
butal, interior of the theatre: , platform that rises
from below the stage, and , a walkway that cuts
through the audience seating are to connect the stage with
the back of the theatre.

13. The rise of the Onnagata and government control

After the ban on female performers, groups of adolescent male performers (the Wakasu Kabuki) started
to incorporate the women’s dances into their shows. Male actors who specialised in playing female
roles (the Onnagata) also became popular. However the problems with prostitution and fighting still
continued as these actors proved as popular as the women had. At certain points the government
banned the Wakasu, and 1652 saw the introduction of Yaro Kabuki - the all male adult cast. The
government fought to ‘clean up’ Kabuki, by attempting to remove ‘immoral’ elements of the plays that
have been described as, ‘irregular, racy, violent, and, at times, sensational and cheap’ (Woods)

Onna Kabuki - Female Kabuki

Wakasu Kabuki - Adolescent Boy Kabuki

Yaro Kabuki - All Male Kabuki

Onnagata - Male actor specialised in playing female roles

14. Hanamicho

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17. Kogakudo

18. The performers are all male which are separated
into two main categories, the (female
roles) and aragoto (male roles). Most of its main
characters are aragoto because of its super-
stylized masculine and heroic style.