Traditional Asian theater Flashcards
What is Wayang Kulit?
Distinctive shadow plays among Asian Dramas and Uses flat puppets.
What are the characteristics of Wayang Kulit?
Puppets, characters, and the Dalang.
What are some of the other needed elements?
performers, equipment for the play, and the performance elements.
What are Wayang Kulit puppets made of?
Leather
What is Kelir?
The screen where the dalang sits behind.
What is Blencong?
Oil lamp
What is the Gamelan ensemble?
The musical instruments
What is Chempala?
Wooden knockers
What is Sabetan?
Movements of the puppets
What is Binem?
Dialogue
What is Tembang?
Songs
What are the instruments in Wayang Kulit in the Gamelan orchestra?
Saron
Rebab
Gender Panerus
Gender Panembung or Slenthem
What is Saron?
It normally has seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame (rancak). It is usually about 20 cm (8 in) high and is played on the floor by a seated performer.
What is Rebab?
Is a two stringed bowed and the blown suling flute enhances the melody.
What is Gender Panerus?
In gamelan, it has the highest pitch in the gender family.
What is Gender Panembung or Slenthem?
In the gender family, it plays the lowest pitch and the theme or anticipates the theme.
What particular story or idea is being presented in the Wayang Kulit?
Mahabharata and Ramayana
What is the Kabuki theater?
Is more entertaining because of its colorful make-ups, movements, skills, and other spectacular effects and to its unique and unveiling characters on stage.
What does Ka-bu-ki mean?
Ka-song bu-dance ki-skill
Who created Kabuki?
Izumo no Okuni- A Japanese shrine maiden who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of Kabuki.
What happened to the Kabuki? What problem did it create on women and what was the solution?
It became a prostitution, hence, became an all male performance.
What are the characteristics of Kabuki?
Dance
Costume
Make-up
Music
What are the instruments and music that accompany the Kabuki?
Hyoshigi, Hayashi, Debayashi, Hyudorodoro, and Geza.
What is Hyoshigi?
for the movements of curtains and signal sounds.
What is Hayashi?
musicians behind the actors and actresses.
What is Debayashi?
Nagauta/Joruri
What is Hyudorodoro?
Drum, played when there is a ghost.
What is Geza?
Special effects (atmosphere or the scenery change).
What is Peking Opera and the history of it?
It is believed that after the four Anhui operatives came to Beijing, Chinese Peking Opera has grown past to its development because of the emperor Qianlong. He gave joy or permission for the actors and actresses to play Peking Opera in the public.
Where is Peking Opera often played?
Teahouse or temples.
What are the instruments in Peking Opera?
Solo song
Musical speech
Instrumental Music
What is Solo song?
Aria- solo vocal part of an actress
What is musical speech?
Actors speak like songs or to music.
What is Instrumental music?
Wuchang- martial arts. Wenchang- civic instrumentation.
