• Kabuki is a traditional Japanese form of theater
with roots tracing back to the Edo Period.
• footbridge (hanamichi) that leads through the audience, allowing for a dramatic entrance or exit. • Ambiance is aided with live music performed using traditional instruments. • Several male kabuki actors are therefore specialists in playing female roles (onnagata). • They serve the purpose to hand the actors props or assist them in various other ways, in order to make the performance seamless. They are called "kurogo" and are to be regarded as non- existent. • all kabuki actors have a yago (hereditary stage name), which is closely associated to the theater troupe which he is from • KABUKI THEATERS • Kabukiza Theatre • Tokyo National Theatre • Minamiza Theater • Shochikuza Theater • Hakataza Theater • Kumadori is makeup used for theatrical performances. • dark red anger, passion, or cruelty • dark blue sadness or depression • pink youth or cheerfulness • light blue or green calm • purple for nobility • brown for selfishness • black for fear. • Kimono is mainly used as a costume for Kabuki, a performing art that grew up in the Edo period. In addition to kimonos such as yukata and hanten that are worn even today, as samurai costumes, a set of hakama and jacket called kamishimo, sometimes reminiscent of a fantasy existence. • Wayang kulit, or shadow puppets, are without a doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang. • Wayang Kulit was created by Sunan Giri at the end of the 15th century and is used as a medium for preaching Islam in Gresik. • CHARACTERS • Most Wayang Kulit Kelantan characters have a single articulated arm especially for the main figures such as Seri Rama, Laksamana, Siti Dewi and Sirat Maharaja • Shadow Puppetry A flat human or animal shape fixed to thin sticks. • rod puppet is a figure operated from beneath by means of wooden or metal rods. • its simplest the rod puppet is a basic marotte or stick puppet operated with a single rod