Performance Across Chinese Borders

This book examines the dynamic intermingling of Asian performance of theatre and dance across the borders of the ancient Silk Road, which connected China with cultures and countries throughout Asia, and beyond.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Yangge: Han and Ethnic Folk Dance Drama in Northern China after Yuan zaju Period 3. Fan Dance, Masked Dance, and The Divine in East Asia/China 4. Golden-Winged Bird, Flying Apsaras, Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara, and Indian Buddhism Influence on Performance Arts in China 5. Kinnara, Kinnari, Peacock Dance, and Water Puppetry: Performances in China and Southeast Asian Countries 6. Beckett, Sartre, and Brecht on the Drama/Theatre Scenes in China 7. Conclusion

About the author

Wei Zhang is Professor at Hangzhou Normal University. She is the author of Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality (2020). Her research has been published in Theatre Research International, Asian Theatre Journal, Comparative Drama, Classical Receptions Journal, and many other journals.

Summary

This book examines the dynamic intermingling of Asian performance of theatre and dance across the borders of the ancient Silk Road, which connected China with cultures and countries throughout Asia, and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Wei Zhang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032595276
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259527-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Theatre Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general