Chinese opera : the actor's craft = biao yan zhe de ji yi /

Chinese opera : the actor's craft = 表演者的技芸 /
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Chinese opera embraces over 360 different styles of theatre that make one of the richest performance arts in the world. It combines music, speech, poetry, mime, acrobatics, stage fighting, vivid face-painting and exquisite costumes. First experiences of Chinese opera can be baffling because its voca...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lovrick, Peter, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Siu, Wang-Ngai, 1938- (Photographer)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Acting in opera.
Operas, Chinese > Pictorial works.
Operas, Chinese.
Operas.
Art de l'acteur à l'opéra.
Opéras chinois > Ouvrages illustrés.
Opéras chinois.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > Stagecraft.
Acting in opera
Operas, Chinese
Electronic books.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • How Chinese theatre solves theatrical problems
  • Using stage movement
  • Using props
  • Using weapons and skills for stage fighting
  • Using costumes
  • Using special skills
  • A final word
  • from the photographer and the writer
  • Glossary
  • Appendix I. English guide to the photographs
  • Appendix II. Chinese guide to the photographs
  • References
  • Index.

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