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Chinese opera : the actor's craft =

Title
  • Chinese opera : the actor's craft = Siu Wang-Ngai with Peter Lovrick.
  • Chinese Opera [electronic resource] : The Actor's Craft / Siu Wang-Ngai with Peter Lovrick.
Author
Siu, Wang-Ngai, 1938-
Publication
  • Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
  • Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2014]

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  • Available from home with a valid library card
  • Available onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors
  • Lovrick, Peter, 1953-
  • Project Muse.
Description
1 online resource (1 PDF (216 pages) :) : color illustrations.
Summary
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 vocabulary of stagecraft is familiar only to the seasoned aficionado. Chinese Opera: The Actor's Craft makes the experience more accessible for everyone. This book uses breath-taking images of Chinese opera in performance by Hong Kong photographer Siu Wang-Ngai to illustrate and explain Chinese opera stage technique. The book explores costumes, gestures, mime, acrobatics, props and stage techniques. Each explanation is accompanied by an example of its use in an opera and is illustrated by in-performance photographs. Chinese Opera: The Actor's Craft provides the reader with a basic grammar for understanding uniquely Chinese solutions to staging drama.
Uniform Title
  • Chinese Opera (Online)
  • Book collections on Project MUSE.
Alternative Title
Chinese Opera (Online)
Subjects
Note
  • Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-212) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Language (note)
  • English and Chinese.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
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.
OCLC
ssj0001260887
Author
Siu, Wang-Ngai, 1938-
Title
Chinese Opera [electronic resource] : The Actor's Craft / Siu Wang-Ngai with Peter Lovrick.
Alternate Script for Title
Chinese opera : the actor's craft = Siu Wang-Ngai with Peter Lovrick.
Imprint
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2014] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-212) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Language
English and Chinese.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Lovrick, Peter, 1953-
Project Muse.
Other Form:
Print version: 9789888208265
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