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• Shadow Puppet Theater


  A well-known Indonesian theater popular not only in their own country but spread in several countries around the world
• Wayang Kulit


  One of the oldest continuous traditions of storytelling in the world which includes the use of puppet materials and background musical accompaniment to make it interesting to the audience
• Wayang Kulit is in central java
• Shadow Puppet Theater - is a well-known Indonesian theater popular not only in their own country but spread in several countries around the world.
• Wayang Kulit - in central java is one of the oldest continuous traditions of storytelling in the world which includes the use of puppet materials and background musical accompaniment to make it interesting to the audience.
• Wayang - is an Indonesian and Malay word for THEATER. When the term is used to refer to kinds of Puppet theater, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as "WAYANG". Kulit means skin and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that are carefully cut into a very fine tools and supported with carefully shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods.
• The audience is the most important person in Wayang Kulit performance.

  The "Dalang" prepares all the materials used like the cloth and the light for the shadow.

  The puppet on the right side signifies the good character, on the left side the bad.

  The open space between them about two meters wide represents the stage.
• The puppeteer is called the "Dalang".

  He is characterized by his being creative, humorous and flexible.

  He manipulates the puppets, sings and taps out the signals to the orchestra.

  He also speaks the parts of all the characters. The use of voice interchanged is the main ability of a dalang to give more life to a different character.
• A Gamelan ensemble is comprised mainly by bronze percussion instruments augmented by other percussion instruments, strings, and a flute.
• 1. SARONG - xylophone of heavy bronze bars
  2. GENDER - bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneath
  3. BONANG - set of bronze bowls
  4. GONG & KEMPUL - hanging gongs
  5. KENONG & KETUK - single inverted bronze bowl
• 1. GAMBANG - wooden xylophone
  2. REBAB - two stringed fiddle
  3. SULING - flute
  4. KENDANG - horizontal drum beat with the fingers on both ends
  5. TJELEMPUNG - a zither or thirteen double strings.
• Kabuki combines music, drama, and dance.
• Until the 1680s, real swords were used in sword 
• The traditional form of popular theatre began at the end of the 16th century 
• Tradition has it that kabuki was first performed by Okunis in 1603. 
• • Ipponchoshi or the continuous pattern - used in speeches building up to an explosive climax in the aragoto(oversize, supernatural, rough hero) style,
• • Nori technique - adapted from the chanting of joruri,
• • Yakuharai technique - the subtle delivery of poetical text written in the Japanese metrical form of alternating seven and five syllables.
• gagaku(classic court music imported from China during the 18th century),
• Dances and movements are accompanied by shamisen music
• kagura (performed in Shinto shrines),
• no (chant derives from shomyo, the sophisticated and rich tradition of Buddhist chanting),
• nagauta (long song)
• golden age in the first half of the 19th century
• Naugata music is very flexible, can be performed by one shamisen or by an entire orchestra of twenty musicians,
• Basically, the Peking opera has two main styles of music, namely: erhuang and his-p'1.
• It arose in the late 18 th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19 th century.
• Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre
• extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty
• Sheng


  The main male role in Peking opera
• Dan


  Any female role in Peking opera
• Jing


  • A painted face male role who plays either the primary or secondary roles
  • Requires a forceful character, strong voice, and able to exaggerate gestures
  • Red denotes loyalty and goodness, white denotes evil, and black denotes integrity
• Chou


  • A male clown role, usually playing secondary roles
  • The name means "ugly"
  • Reflects the traditional belief that the clown's combination of ugliness and laughter could drive away evil spirits
• • Red - devotion, courage, bravery, uprightness and loyalty
  • Black - roughness and fierceness
  • Yellow - fierceness, ambition and cool-headedness
  • Purple - uprightness, sophistication and cool-headedness
  • Reddish purple - just and noble character
  • Blue - loyalty, fierceness and sharpness
  • White - dangerousness, suspiciousness and craftiness
  • Green - impulsive, violent and stubbornness
  • Xiaohualian (the petty painted face) - is a small patch of chalk on and around the nose. Clowns of traditional drama who wear this special makeup show a mean and secretive character.
• • Xingtou, popularly known as Xifu, in Chinese origins of Peking Opera. Oblong wings (chizi) attached to a gauze hat indicate a loyal official while in contrast a corrupt official is made to wear a gauze with rhomboidal wing.
  • PROPS: utilizes very few props, will almost have a table and at least one chair, whichcanbeturned through convention into such diverse objects as a city wall, a mountain, or a bed. Awhip is used to indicate a horse, and an oar symbolizes a boat.
• is a form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime and dance, now performed only by male actors.

  it is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate makeup worn by some of its performers. is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning

  "to lean" or" to be out of ordinary, " kabuki can be

  "bizarre" theater.
• • Flowing water- is usually represented by fluttering rolls of linen; or creatures like insects and foxes.
  • Fans- are used to symbolize wind, a sword, a tobacco pipe, waves or food.
• • Black hooded robesso - they are invisible to the audience.
  • Kimono and obi- the female characters generally wear this elaborate costume.
  • Pleated hakuma trousers-are worn by characters of sexes.
• 1. Hanamichi- a flower path, a walkway which extends into audience via which dramatic entrances and exits are made.
  2. Kogakudo- kabuki theaters that have stages both in front of the audience and along the sides help create a bond between the actors and viewers.
  3. Mawaro butal- the interior of the theater contains a revolving stage.

  4. Suppon- a platform that rises from below the stage.

  5. Hanamicho- a walkway that cuts through the audience seating area to connect the stage with the back of the theater.
• 1. Mie- actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character andhishousename yago.
  2. Yago- sometimes heard in a loud shout.
  3. Kakegoe-an expert audience member, serving both to express andenhancetheaudience's appreciation of the actor's achievement.Kesho- the name of the actors father. Actors are separated into two main categories:Onna-gata- refer to the female roles.Aragoto- refer to the male roles.