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Wuju emerged in the 1950s as China sought to develop a national dance drama. This was a challenging project, as traditional Chinese theatre provided little precedence for non-verbal dance-based narration. [3] Influences came from the Soviet Union, with which the newly established People's Republic of China was enjoying a strong relationship.
Noh (能, Nō, derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent") is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. . It is the oldest major theater art that is still regularly performed today.
The term kabuki originates from a verb that was used to describe young samurai patrons, meaning "being weird" or "offbeat." [1] Kabuki is thought to have originated in the early Edo period, when the art's founder, Izumo no Okuni, formed a female dance troupe that performed dances and light sketches in Kyoto. The art form later developed into ...
The Natya Shastra tells us not only what is to be portrayed in a drama, but how the portrayal is to be done. Drama, as Bharata Muni says, is the imitation of men and their doings (loka-vritti). As men and their doings have to be respected on the stage, so drama in Sanskrit is also known by the term rupaka, which means portrayal.{{[16]}}
Khon (Thai: โขน, pronounced) is a dance drama genre from Thailand.Khon has been performed since the Ayutthaya Kingdom. [1]It is traditionally performed solely in the royal court by men in masks accompanied by narrators and a traditional piphat ensemble.
Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.
Theatrical dance, also called performance or concert dance, is intended primarily as a spectacle, usually a performance upon a stage by virtuoso dancers. It often tells a story, perhaps using mime, costume and scenery, or it may interpret the musical accompaniment, which is often specially composed and performed in a theatre setting but it is not a requirement.
Talchum (Korean: 탈춤) is a Korean dance performed while wearing a mask, and often involves singing and dancing.. Although the term talchum is usually taken to mean all mask dance dramas by most Koreans, it is strictly speaking a regional term originally only applied to dances of Hwanghae Province in present-day North Korea.