DANC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Onnagata, Kabuki, Wayang
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Chapter 5 outline: japan"s 400 year old kabuki theater has elaborate costumes, utilitarian props, intense sound effects, exaggerated gestures. It shows the contrast between desire and duty. It"s a classical form of dance theater just like ballet: classical means strong influences of society have recognized it. It has been near extinction: like chinese opera, java"s wayang wong, and ballet, dedicated, performers/patrons/spectators don"t let them die. It worked its way up the social ladder a. Audience cries out kirei, kirei or beautiful: the idea of women performing it was rejected because it was thought that they couldn"t do it as well. e. i. It takes away the beauty of onnagata: schools to teach this are new in japan, usually, training is done by older family members, training in one-on-one, starts young, and aims for mastery b. i. Patterns and thoughts are one with their feelings b. ii. 1.
