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Peking Opera of ChinaA Report by Group I of 8 - Centrioles
China is known for their traditional theater art form, the Peking opera, or Beijing opera which combines music, vocal performance, pantomime, dance, and acrobatics.
It started in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.
During the Qing Dynasty court, it became extremely popular and came to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China.
Pupils were often handpicked at a young age by a teacher and
trained for seven years on contract from the child’s parents.
Daytime was spent learning the skills of acting and combat and
senior students performed in outside theaters in the evening.
After 1911, training took place in more formally organized schools.
Students of these schools rose as early as five o’ clock
in the morning exercises.
Characters and Roles
ShengPeking Opera’s main role.
There are three kinds.
XiaoshengActors are often involved with beautiful women by virtue of the handsome and young image they project.
It is a martial character for roles involving combat. They are highly trained in acrobatics and have a natural voice when singing.
Wusheng
LaoshengA dignified older role. These characters have a gentle and cultivated disposition and wear sensible costumes.
DanIt refers to any female role in Peking Opera.
There are five kinds.
LaodanAn old woman.
WudanA martial woman.
DaomadanA young female warrior.
QingyiAn elite, virtuous woman.
HuadanAn unmarried, vivacious woman.
JingJing is a painted face male role who plays either primary or secondary roles.
This type of role entails a forceful character, which means that a Jing actor must have a strong voice and be able to exaggerate gestures.
The red color denotes loyalty and goodness, white denotes evil, and black denotes integrity.
ChouA male clown that usually plays secondary roles.Chou, meaning “ugly”, reflects the traditional belief that the clown’s ugliness and laughter could drive away evil spirits.
Visual Performance
ElementsPeking opera performers
utilize four main skills such as the following.
Song
Dance-Actingpure dance
Speech
Combat
pantomime
other types of dances
acrobatics
fighting with all manner of weaponry
A review on
Peking Opera’s Facial Makeup Colors and
Their Meanings
Black
fierceness........
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roughness
Blue
loyalty
fierceness
sharpness
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Green
impulsive
stubbornessviolence
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Purplesophistication
cool-headedness
uprightness
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Red
devotion
courage
bravery
loyalty uprightness........
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Reddish Purple (Magenta)
just................
nobility
White
craftiness
dangerousness
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suspiciousness
Yellow
ambition
cool-headedness
fierceness
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XiaohualianIt is a small patch of chalk on around the
nose.
Clowns of traditional drama who wears this special
makeup show any mean and secretive character.
Aesthetic Aims and Principal
MovementThe highest aim of performers in Peking opera
is to put beauty into every motion.
The art forms, gestures, settings, music, and character types are
determine by long help conventions.
Conventions of movement include the following.
Walking in a large circle always symbolizes
travelling a long distance.
A character straightening his or her costume and headdress symbolizes that an important
character is about to speak.
Pantomimic is the opening and closing of the doors
and mounting and descending of the stairs.
Staging and Costumes
StageThe stage are composed of square platforms, action on stage is usually visible from at least three sides; stages were built above the line of sight of the viewers, but some modern stages have been constructed with higher audience divided into two parts by an embroidered curtain called shoujiu.
CostumesXingtou, popularly known as Xifu, in Chinese origins of Peking opera. Costumes can be traced back to the mid-14th century. They enable the audience to distinguish a character’s sex and status at first glance – if noble or humble, civilian or military, officials or private citizens, give expressions to sharp distinctions between of good and evil or loyal and wicked characters.
CostumesOblong wings (Chizi) attached to a gauze hat indicate a loyal official. In contrast, a corrupt official is made to wear a gauze hat with rhomboidal wing.
The play utilizes very few props, will almost always have a table and at least one chair, which can be turned to convention into such diverse objects as a city wall, a mountain, or a bed. A whip is used to indicate a horse, and an oar symbolizes a boat.
Props
They are visible to the audience on the front part of the stage.
Musicians
They immediately move to the center north upon entering the stage. All characters enter from the east and exist from the west.
Performers
End of report.Thank you for listening!A Report by Group I of 8 - CentriolesB1 Agcamaran, Patrick JosephB2 Asence, Erick JustinB3 Batuhan, Mark AljoB4 Besmonte, John MichaelB5 Borabien, Miguel AngeloB6 Camasis, Karl EmmanuelG1 Alvarez, Ashley MaeG2 Atienza, Paulinne ViancaG3 Bumanglag, Julia ShaaneG4 Carpio, ComeiG5 Coronel, IrishG6 Deuda, Angela CamilleG7 Embile, Aleeyah JasmineG8 Evale, ExcellaG9 Gutierrez, Urielle Rosalynne
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