Theater Arts and Festival ( China and Japan)- MAPEH 8 - ARTS 4th Quarter

1. THEATER ARTS
AND FESTIVALS
(CHINA AND
JAPAN)

2. PEKING OPERA
CHINA

3. KABUKI
JAPAN

4. TAIKO DRUM
FESTIVAL
JAPAN

5. SPRING NEW YEAR
FESTIVAL
CHINA

6. PEKING
OPERA

9. STAGE
-Square platforms
-above the line of
sight of the
viewers
-Divided into two
parts by an
embroidered
curtain called a
shoujiu.

10. Xingtou – popularly known as Xifu in Chinese. Costumes enable the
audience to distinguish a character's sex and status at first glance if
civilian or military, officials or private citizens. They also give
distinctions between good and evil or loyal and wicked characters
COSTUMES

11. PROPS
Peking Opera utilizes very few props.
Performances will almost always have
table and at least one chair, which
turned through convention into such
diverse objects as a city wall, a
or a bed.

12. SPRING NEW YEAR
FESTIVAL
CHINA

13. • "Spring Festival,"
marks the end of the
winter season.
• The festival begins on
the first day of the first
month in the traditional
Chinese calendar and
ends with the Lantern
Festival which is on the
15th day.

14. Chinese New Year's Eve,
where Chinese families
gather for their annual
reunion dinner, is known as
Chúxī or "Eve of the Passing
Passing Year."
Chinese New Year is often
often referred to as the
the "Lunar New Year".

15. CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
• People will pour out their
money to buy presents,
decoration, material, food,
and clothing.
• Thoroughly cleanse
the house, in order to
sweep away any ill-
fortune and to make
way for good incoming
luck.

16. • Windows and doors will be
decorated with red color paper-cuts
and couplets with popular themes
of good fortune or happiness,
wealth, and longevity
• On the Eve of Chinese New Year,
supper is a feast with families. Food
will include such items as pigs,
ducks, chicken, and sweet
delicacies.

17. • The family will end
the night with
firecrackers.
• Children greet their
parents early in the
morning by wishing them
a healthy and happy new
year, and receive money
in red paper envelopes

18. DRAGON
DANCE
The dragon dance is a highlight
of Chinese New Year
celebrations held worldwide in
Chinatowns The dragon
SYMBOLIZES POWER,
STRENGTH, AND GOOD LUCK

19. PROPS
Firecrackers
Umbrella
Fans
Dragon Puppet
Tamborines

20. KABUKI
JAPAN

21. • form of traditional
Japanese drama with
highly stylized song,
mime, and dance, now
performed only by male
actors.
• “ka” for song,
• “bu” for dance, and
• “ki” for art/ skill

22. VISUAL ELEMENTS
1. Mie - in which the actor
holds a picturesque pose
to establish his character
2. Keshō Actors are separated
into two main categories:
Onna-gata - female roles and;
Aragoto - male roles

23. • Flowing water is usually
represented by fluttering roles
of linen; and creatures like
insects and foxes.
• Props often have symbolic
meanings. Fans are used to
symbolize wind, a sword, a
tobacco pipe, waves or food.
• Costumes are swung from
sticks or manipulated by
helpers who come on stage
dressed in black hooded robes
so they are invisible to the
audience
PROPS

24. •The female characters
generally wear an
elaborate kimono and
obi. Pleated hakuma
trousers are worn by
characters of sexes.
Costume changing is
considered as an art
Costumes

25. TAIKO DRUM
FESTIVAL
JAPAN

26. KODO- TAIKO DRUMMING
TROUPES
• professional taiko drumming troupe in
Their name, "Kodo" conveys two meanings:
• 1. "heartbeat" the primal source of all rhythm
and, read in a different way;
2. "children of the drum," a reflection
of Kodo's desire to play their drums simply,
with the heart of a child.

27. The main focus of
the performance:
•Uchite is the Taiko
drummer
•Different drums such
as taiko, and o-daiko

28. • In history, drums were used in
ancient times to signify the
boundaries of a village. Peasant
events such as the rice harvests
were celebrated with drums.
Drums were also used to pray
for rain and other religious
ceremonies. Additionally, drums
lead warriors into battles in
order to scare off the enemy.