peling opera n kabuki

Question 1

• Sometimes called Beijing Opera
• Combines music, vocal
  performances, pantomime, dance,
  and even acrobatic movements
• Dates back to later 18th century,
  full development in mid-19th
  Century (Qing Dynasty)

Answer 1

Peking Opera

Question 2

How do Performers Train?

Answer 2

• They are handpicked by master teacher at
  young age with parent’s permission
• 7 years practice: Wake up at 5AM,
  practicing acting and combat skills in the morning
• Seniors perform outside theaters at night

Question 3

2 sets of Tunes:
(happiness)

Answer 3

Xipi

Question 4

2 sets of Tunes:

(sorrow and melancholy)

Answer 4

Erhuang

Question 5

(slow)

Answer 5

Manban

Question 6

(moderate-fast)

Answer 6

Yuanban

Question 7

– civil division, accompanies singing

Answer 7

Wenchang

Question 8

– military division, accompanies acting, dancing, and fighting

Answer 8

Wuchang

Question 9

Four Levels of Song:

Answer 9

1. Songs with Music
2. Verse Recitation
3. Prose Dialogue
4. Non-verbal Vocalizations

Question 10

design principle that shows relation of parts of an artwork to each other and the whole with regards to size, placement, and amount.
(insert: symmetry)

Answer 10

Proportion

Question 11

main male
lead roles

Answer 11

Sheng

Question 12

commonly invloved with beautiful women
- handsome and
young
- sings in high shrill voice

Answer 12

Xiaosheng

Question 13

• combative character
  (great martial arts skills)
• Trained to do acrobats
• Natural voice for
  singing.

Answer 13

Wusheng

Question 14

• dignified older role
• gentle and cultivated
  disposition in life
• wears sensible
  costumes

Answer 14

Laosheng

Question 15

Female
Character

Answer 15

Dan

Question 16

vivacious and
unmarried
woman

Answer 16

Huadan

Question 17

– old woman

Answer 17

Laodan

Question 18

– martial
woman

Answer 18

Wudan

Question 19

– martial
woman

Answer 19

Wudan

Question 20

• virtuous and elite woman

Answer 20

Qingyi

Question 21

– female warrior

Answer 21

Daomadan

Question 22

– young
married girl
or woman

Answer 22

Guimendan

Question 23

(Primary and Secondary roles)
- Performer must be a forceful
character
- Strong voice to exaggerate gestures

Answer 23

Ching/Jing

Question 24

Red Face

Answer 24

Loyalty and goodness

Question 25

White face

Answer 25

Evil

Question 26

Black Face

Answer 26

Integrity

Question 27

• Usually a secondary role
• Name means “Ugly”
• Connotes combination of
  ugliness + laughter which
  can drive away evil spirits

Answer 27

Chou

Question 28

• “Beautifying makeup”

Answer 28

Junban

Question 29

• “mask-like” makeup

Answer 29

Lianpu

Question 30

– court robe worn only by imperial family members,
prime ministers, or generals.

Answer 30

Mang

Question 31

– worn as casual
clothing by imperial member or upperclass

Answer 31

Pei

Question 32

– a kind of armor
worn by warriors

Answer 32

Kao

Question 33

– casual clothes by the middle class and ordinary persons

Answer 33

Zhezi

Question 34

“The Art of Singing and Dancing”

Answer 34

Kabuki

Question 35

What does kabuki mean

Answer 35

Ka “song”, Bu “Dance”, and Ki “Skill”

Question 36

Men who portray women are known as

Answer 36

oayama
or onnagata who spoke in falsetto voice chants.

Question 37

4 Forms of Japanese
Traditional Theater:

Answer 37

Bunraku, Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki.

Question 38

– incidental music

Answer 38

Debayashi

Question 39

– traditional narrative music accompanied by shamisen

Answer 39

Gidayubushi

Question 40

– musicians, gagaku ensembles, wooden clappers to announce beginning and ending of presentation

Answer 40

Shimoza Ongaku

Question 41

Stage features
the “True Stage”
- Aside from pillars to enclose it, it has
curtains called Joshiki-maku with black, dark green, and yellow stripes that are symbolic to kabuki

Answer 41

Honbutai

Question 42

– the “lift”
- Platform that can be raised and lowered

Answer 42

Seri

Question 43

– “revolving stage”
- Set on giant circular platform that can be rotated to reveal another set on opposite side

Answer 43

Mawari Butai

Question 44

– the “Flower Path”
- Narrow strip of stage that extends from main to stage right passing through back of the audience making distinctive sound upon entrance of performers
- Used as entrance and exit with metal rings on a steel bar at the end of the path

Answer 44

Hanamichi

Question 45

– the “terrapin”
- Small lift place on the narrow hanamachi near the main stage

Answer 45

Suppon

Question 46

– the ‘floor’
- A small section allocated for the
Takemoto

Answer 46

Yuka

Question 47

– narration accompanied by
shamisen

Answer 47

Takemuto

Question 48

– the ‘black bamboo curtain’
- Small space concealing the singers and
musicians

Answer 48

Kuromiso

Question 49

• rope dolly-system to lift harnessed
  performers in the air for air performance
  or fights
• no longer common but used during Edo
  era

Answer 49

Kakesuji

Question 50

Basic Process of Kabuki Makeup (Kesho)
1. Face and neck covered with oil and then thick cover of
white cream called

Answer 50

Oshiroi

Question 51

2 Distinct Styles of Kesho

– majority of characters

Answer 51

Standard

Question 52

– used for
superheroes and villains

Answer 52

Kumadori Style

Question 53

aristocratic clothes, samurai battles

Answer 53

Jidaimono

Question 54

everyday clothes of commoners contemporary setting plays

Answer 54

Sewamono

Question 55

costumes for special dances; dance drama or minimal narrative dialogue

Answer 55

Sosagoto