MA 2nd term

Japanese kabuki theater

1st topic?

Acting styles

Make up

Male actors playing female roles

Stage tricks

Singing and music

Costumes and props

Parts of Japanese Kabuki Theater

Acting styles

Actors use big movements qnd expressive faces

Make up

Wear special make up

Male actors playing female roles

Male actors dress up as a girl

Stage tricks

Hidden doors/ moving floors

Singing and music

More emotional and exciting

Costumes and props

Adding entertainment

Kabuki

Popular drama with highly sliced/oa

Rich blend of music, dance

Examples that connects with kabuki

Ka song

Bu dance

Ki skill

Kabuki stands for:

Chinese shadow puppetry

2nd topic?

Chinese shadow puppetry

Form of theater acted by colorful silhouette figures made from leather or paper

Puppet making

Shadow play

Puppet manipulation

Voices and music

Storytelling

Enumeration for chinese shadow puppetry:

Puppet making

Made of thin leather

Shadow play

Light behind the puppet

Puppet manipulation

Puppeteers use rods or strings

Voices and music

Actors provide voice for the puppets

Musicians use drums anf flutes

Storytelling

Ancient tales and legends