Traditional Asian

Theater
RACHIELLE N. NOVENCIDO
Teacher
 THEATER ARTS
• Is one of the standard
traditions of the people in
Asia, particularly in Japan
and China.
• It mirorrs or reflects life
• Its key principle is selectivity
• Can convey clarity of story,
order, and wonder which is
rarely found in ordinary life.
Traditional Asian
Theater
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 WAYANG KULIT
Shadow Puppet Theater
- Is popular in Indonesia and some countries all
over the world.
- It is one of the oldest traditional storytelling
which includes puppet material with
background music.

“Wayang” is an Indonesian term

for THEATER
“DALANG”
 A specific name for the puppeteer
“Kulit” means skin which refers to and storyteller who operates the
puppet theater performance puppets while narrating the story
whose materials are made of  Providing the sound effects
leather has control rods  Conducting the Gamelan
 GAMELAN
 is an orchestra
consisting largely of
several varieties of
gongs and various sets
of tuned metal
instruments that are
struck with mallets.
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Theater
in
 PEKING OPERA
• is not created by a composer, but is based on
sets of traditional, codified tunes, with the
singing mainly following two sets of tunes
• Anhui – the province where Peking Opera is
a combination of four big opera troupes

Two divisions of musical

instruments

“Wenchang”
-mainly used to accompany the “Whuchang”
singing of the actors and -mainly used to accompany the acting,
actresses dancing and fighting.
“Wenchang” “Whuchang”
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Theater
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 KABUKI THEATER
• Is written in three letters where each
letter describes the elements
incorporated in this theater arts.
• Oldest puppet theater in Asia
• “Okuni”- female dancer

“KA” “BU” “KI”

“SING” “DANCE” “ACT”

 MUSIC OF KABUKI
“HAYASHI” Noh Performance
is a group of performers who
provide musical accompaniment
for another theater in Japan called  Located on the
“Noh”.
stage
“SHAMISEN”
Kabuki Hayashi
players are added to the Hayashi
along with, depending on the play,
traditional percussion instruments
such as TAIKO, with instruments  Located in a small room
and others including those are just off-stage and not
used for sound effects.
visible to the audience
AMEN