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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Chinese opera"”.
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Shakespeare in China
… China at the beginning of the 20th Century, the Chinese have translated the English playwright's plays and performed them on the Chinese stage either in the form of spoken drama or the traditional Chinese opera. No matter which approach is chosen to perform the dramatist, it is an intercultural …
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Clinical aspects of traditional and contemporary narratives of femininity and masculinity in intimate relationships in China today: Jungian and post-Jungian perspectives
… culturally/socially assigned. By interviewing Chinese couples and amplifying a Chinese opera - Peony Pavilion - I point out that, in China, the feminine and the masculine aspects of emotional behaviours are not as clearly divided and opposite to each other as in the West. I address how …
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Masks
Masks is inspired by a type of Chinese opera called Chuanju, which comes from the Sichuan region in southwest China. In Chuanju, each character has his or her own type of face makeup. For example, semi-transparent makeup is often used for females and young men, while yingyang makeup splits a face …
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Translating Peking opera for the London stage: Lady Precious Stream
Peking Opera remains one of the most widely-staged forms of Classical Chinese Opera in China today. The overall aesthetic impact of Peking Opera in performance reflects Confucianism’s emphasis on the harmony – cosmic, social and personal – that arises from the observance of the natural order of …
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Modernising Cantonese opera through contemporary sound production design
Xiqu (Chinese opera) is a very old art form in China that has had a significant influence on the development of world theatre at large. Cantonese opera is one of the Xiqu genres in Southern China. It shares a strong inseparable historical and cultural background with Hong Kong. In 2009, the United …
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Queering the body: cross-dressing performance and identity politics in Cantonese opera of post-1950s Hong Kong
… women’s cross-dressing performance in Cantonese opera (yueju) productions in Hong Kong since the 1950s. Stemming from ethnographic research conducted from 2012 to 2016, my study concerns issues of women’s history, fandom, and social identity (gender, cultural, and national). Taking a …