In this drama 101 class we went over a plethora of ancient periods of theatre throughout the world(aka Greek, Roman, ranassiance, modern, and musical etc.) and each had its focal point and has made a lasting impression on the face of world theatre as we know it today, But one period that we neglected to go over in the class was the art of theatre throughout Asia. This seemed like a very interesting topic since we hadn’t even had heard or mentioned it in class. Like many forms of theatre around the world Chinese theatre evolved from the act of religious rituals. This paper will outline the ancient Chinese theatre from past to present. One thing to note that the single most interesting thing about Chinese theatre is that it doesn’t lack a large
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The shamans often danced and sang to provoke spirits often in the amusment of others to please or entertain them usually boardoering the dramatic. They would often wear elaborate and complicated costumes that would involve the audience.These dances were performed often to what would be considered noble man and kings during the Zhou period.Second is Jesters Acting, and Horn Butting, Jesters often those that were court entertainers that acted for audiences with satire and jokes. In the the chinese language they were called you,chang,or pai and would be occompanied by musicians who would form what would loosely be considered troupes like in the shakesperan era. Jesters were most commonly played by midgets or those that were extremely tall which gave them leanience to make fun of nobles like in the case of one extremely tall individual who portrayed sun shuao an early chinese prime minister, this satire however if depicted by common folk would often be met with imprisoning or death.Next is the act of Horn butting,the human race has been interested in the battling of animals since the Greco-Roman times and has captivated the minds of audiences since some of the first recoreds of entertainment.Well in chinese culture to depict old fights between animals particularly of the horned variety, the people of china would hold events where actors would dress as animals with horned head gear an battle aka act out the fight for the amusement of a crowd but would often also involve comedy for the entertainment of the king. Third is Tang dances,during the Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) was
The shamans often danced and sang to provoke spirits often in the amusment of others to please or entertain them usually boardoering the dramatic. They would often wear elaborate and complicated costumes that would involve the audience.These dances were performed often to what would be considered noble man and kings during the Zhou period.Second is Jesters Acting, and Horn Butting, Jesters often those that were court entertainers that acted for audiences with satire and jokes. In the the chinese language they were called you,chang,or pai and would be occompanied by musicians who would form what would loosely be considered troupes like in the shakesperan era. Jesters were most commonly played by midgets or those that were extremely tall which gave them leanience to make fun of nobles like in the case of one extremely tall individual who portrayed sun shuao an early chinese prime minister, this satire however if depicted by common folk would often be met with imprisoning or death.Next is the act of Horn butting,the human race has been interested in the battling of animals since the Greco-Roman times and has captivated the minds of audiences since some of the first recoreds of entertainment.Well in chinese culture to depict old fights between animals particularly of the horned variety, the people of china would hold events where actors would dress as animals with horned head gear an battle aka act out the fight for the amusement of a crowd but would often also involve comedy for the entertainment of the king. Third is Tang dances,during the Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) was