IMPROVISATION AS EVOLUTION : THE TAIWANESE GEZAIXI
type: CreativeWork
description: This thesis aims to study the various ways in which the Taiwanese Gezaixi has developed through a constant process of improvisation. This improvisation is manifested in its adoption of and interaction with other theatre traditions; the flexible interchanging of its internal elements to generate variations of itself; and finally its reaction to external forces. These external forces include cultural policies, the rapid modernisation of society and the changing social and economic climate.
abstract: This thesis aims to study the various ways in which the Taiwanese Gezaixi has developed through a constant process of improvisation. This improvisation is manifested in its adoption of and interaction with other theatre traditions; the flexible interchanging of its internal elements to generate variations of itself; and finally its reaction to external forces. These external forces include cultural policies, the rapid modernisation of society and the changing social and economic climate.
author: LOON SEONG YUN
date published: 1997
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:32:30Z
provider: National University of Singapore
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: National University of Singapore