This document discusses different theatrical forms from China and Japan. It provides information on the roles and characters in Peking Opera from China, which includes the main role of Sheng and other roles like Dan, Jing, and Chou. Details are also given on Kabuki drama from Japan, including elements like Mie poses and the categories of Onna-gata and Aragoto roles. Students are assigned a performance task to illustrate costumes from China or Japan and take a quiz testing their understanding of information from the document.

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6. ACTIVITY !!
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17. China is known for its
traditional theater art form, the
Peking Opera or Beijing Opera
which combines music, vocal
performance, pantomime, dance
and acrobatics. It started in the
late 18th century and became
fully developed and recognized
by the mid-19th century.

18. Roles
and
Charact
ers
1. SHENG - is the main role
in Peking Opera.
a. Xiaosheng – actors are often involved
with beautiful women by virtue of the
handsome and young image they project.

19. Roles
and
Charact
ers
1. SHENG - is the main role
in Peking Opera.
b. Wusheng – is a martial character for
roles involving combat. They are highly
trained in acrobatics and have a natural
voice when singing.

20. Roles
and
Charact
ers
1. SHENG - is the main role
in Peking Opera.
c. Laosheng – is a dignified older role.

21. Roles
and
Charact
ers
2. DAN – refers to any female
role in Peking Opera

22. Roles
and
Charact
ers
3. Jing – a painted face male
role who plays either primary
or secondary roles.

23. Roles
and
Charact
ers
4. Chou – is a male clown
role. The chou usually plays
secondary roles whose name
also means “ugly.”

25. KABUKI OF JAPAN
Kabuki is a form of traditional Japanese
drama with highly stylized song, mime, and
dance, now performed only by male actors.
Japanese originally used this as a verb
meaning act dissolutely,” later interpreting
the word as “ka” for song, “bu” for the
dance, and “ki”for art/skill

26. Elements of Kabuki
Mie – in which the actor holds a
picturesque pose to establish his
character and his house name yago, is
sometimes heard in a loud shout
(kakegoe)An even greater compliments
can be paid by shouting the name of the
actor’s father Kesho. Actors are
separated into two main categories:
Onna-gata refer to female roles and
Aragoto refer to the male roles.

28. Onna-gata refer to female roles

29. Aragoto refer to the male roles

31. Choose between China and
Japan and creates an
illustration or draw theatrical
or festival costumes of their
chosen country. They will use
an Oslo Paper.
Performance Task

32. RUBRICS:
Creativity 15%
Applied the
Principles of Art
15%
Appropriateness
of Design
20%
Total: 50%

33. QUIZ TIME !!

34. Test I. Directions: Choose the correct answer inside the box.
Peking/ Beijing Opera
Kabuki
Sheng
Mei
Dan
1. A form of traditional Japanese drama and now performed
only by male actors.
2. An element of Kabuki.
3. It refers to any female role in Peking Opera.
4. Known as the traditional theatrical form of China.
5. He is the main role in the Peking Opera.

35. Test II. Enumerate
the types of Dan in
Peking Opera.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

36. ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT

37. Look for any festivals in the Philippines
that is similar with the festivals of Japan or
China and write a short paragraph
showing the relationship of the selected
festival of Japanese or Chinese from that
of the Philippines in terms of form and
reason for holding the celebration.

38. THANK YOU
CLASS!!