Arts 8 (4th Grading)  Huadan – are vivacious and

unmarried women
 Jing – is a painted face male role
CHINESE PEKING OPERA who plays either primary or
secondary roles. This role entails a
 Bejing Opera forceful character, which means that
 Started in 18th Century and fully it must have strong voice and able to
developed in 19th century. exaggerate gestures.
 During Qing Dynasty it extremely  Red – denotes loyalty and
popular and become one of the goodness
cultural treasures of China  White – evil
 Black – integrity.
Peking Opera Training
 Chou – is a male clown role. Usually
 Pupils are often handpicked at a plays secondary role whose name
young age by a teacher and trained also means ugly.
for seven years.  Ugliness and laughter could
 After 1911, training took place in drive away evil spirits.
more formally organized schools.
Visual Performance Elements
 5 o’clock start of training.
 Color Used in Peking opera
Roles and Characters
1. Red – devotion, courage,
 Sheng – is the main male role in bravery, uprightness and
Peking Opera loyalty
 Xiaosheng - actors are often 2. Black – roughness and
involved with beautiful fierceness
women by virtue of the 3. Yellow – fierceness,
handsome and young image. ambition, and cool
 Wusheng – is a martial headedness
character for roles involving 4. Purple – uprightness,
combat. They are highly sophistication and cool
trained in acrobatics and headedness
have a natural voice when 5. Reddish purple – just and
singing. noble character
 Laosheng – is a dignified 6. Blue – loyalty, fierceness,
older role. These characters and sharpness
have a gentle and cultivated 7. White – dangerousness,
disposition and wear sensible suspiciousness, and
costumes. craftiness. Community seen
 Dan – refers to any female role in on the stage is the white face
theatre. for the powerful villain.
 Laodan – an old woman 8. Green – impulsive and
 Wudan – a martial woman violent and stubbornness
 Daomadan – young female 9. Xiaohualian – is a small
warrior patch of chalk on and around
 Qingyi – are virtuous and the nose. Clowns of
elite women traditional drama who wear
this special makeup show a
 mean and secretive
character.
Stages and Costume
Stage: Modern stage have been
constructed with higher audience seating
divided into two parts by an embroidered
curtain called Shoujiu.
Costume: Xingtou, popularly called as Xifu

WAYANG KULIT IF INDONESIA

Wayang refers to kinds of puppet theaters.
Shadow puppet.
Gamelan a traditional musical ensemble in
Indonesia, typically refers to a percussion
orchestra composed predominantly of tuned
gongs of various types and metal-keyed
instruments.
The stories are usually drawn from Hindu
epics:
1. Ramayana
2. Mahabharata
3. Serat Menak – a story about the
heroism of Amir Hamza
Wayang Sandosa – has employed
spotlights, colored lights and other
innovations.
Elements of Performance

 The puppeteer – Dhalang

 A hammer used by the dhalang to
knock – Cempala
 Metal plate – Kepyak
 Indonesian orchestra – Gamelan
 Light source – Blencong
 Female singer – Pesindhen
 Male singer – Penggerong
 Screen frame – Gawang
 Screen – Kelir
 Puppet box - Kothak