Kinds of THEATRE

ASIAN Theatre

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Indian Theatre it is one of the most ancient forms
of theatre and it features a detailed
textual, sculptural, and dramatic
effects which emerged in mid first
millennium BC. Like in the areas
of music and dance in the Indian
theatre is also defined by the
dramatic performance based on
the concept of Nritya, which is
a Sanskrit word for drama but
encompasses dramatic narrative,
virtuosic dance, and
music. Historically, Indian theatre
has exerted influence beyond its
borders, reaching ancient China
and other countries in the Far
East.
CHINESE Theatre
Shang
There are shreds of evidence
that suggest that theatre in
China might have started as
eat into their body and make
them communicate with the
people regarding their queries,
with the help of their skills in
dancing and music.
rly as 1500 BC, which was the
age of the Shang Dynasty.
Han and Tang
During the Han Dynasty,
shadow puppetry first emerged
as a recognized form of theatre
in China. There were two
distinct forms of shadow
puppetry, Cantonese southern
and Pekingese northern. The
two styles were differentiated
by the method of making the
puppets and the positioning of
the rods on the puppets, as
opposed to the type of play
performed by the puppets.
Yuan
During the period of Mongol rule in
China, the Yuan Dynasty (1279-
1368), there were great
developments and evolution in the
area of performance art. It was
during this period that a style of
theatre referred to as poetic musical
drama, or as zaju gained greatly in
popularity and reached what is
viewed as its Golden Age. Therefore,
this style later came to be known as
Yuan chu ("Yuan Songs"), Mongol
theatre, or Yuan drama.
JAPANESE Theatre
Noh
is a major form of classical
Japanese dance-dram that has
been performed since the 14th
century. Developed
by Kan'ami and his son Zeami,
it is the oldest major theatre art
that is still regularly performed
today.
Kabuki
is a classical form of Japanese
theatre, mixing dramatic
performance with traditiona
dance. Kabuki theatre is known
for its heavily stylised
performances, its glamorous,
highly decorated costumes,
and for the
elaborate kumadori make-
upworn by some of its
performers..
Bunraku
is Japan’s professional puppet
theater. Performed with chanting,
a three-stringed shamisen and
puppets, each of which is usually
manipulated by three people, and
also known as “joruri” (narrative
chanting), it developed at the end
of the of the 16th century, about
the same time that the samisen was
introduced from Okinawa and
kabuki performances started in
the Kyoto area.
Butoh
is a form of Japanese dance theatre that
encompasses a diverse range of activities,
techniques and motivations for dance,
performance, or movement. Following World
War II, butoh arose in 1959 through
collaborations between its two key founders,
Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno.