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Xiqu — (‘theatre [of] sung verse’/sung drama/opera) Xiqu (often called ‘traditional Chinese theatre’, ‘Chinese music drama’ or ‘Chinese opera’ in English) is the primary genre of indigenous Chinese theatre, and the only major genre in existence prior to … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Xiqu on television — While television has created and popularized new forms of entertainment since the mid 1980s, old forms of Xiqu (spoken drama/opera) are also using television to reach a broader audience and to adapt to more contemporary tastes. Most central and… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Xiqu playwrights — One of the recent developments in Xiqu (sung drama/opera) is the increased emphasis on the role and importance of playwrights. In the past, most authors of the plays of ‘regional music dramas’ (difangxi), including Peking opera, remained either… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Xiqu musical structure — Musical structure is the most fundamental aspect of music in Xiqu (sung drama/opera). There are two main styles of musical structure: the lianquti (‘joined song style’, also called qupai liantaoti, ‘fixed melody joined set style’); and the… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Xiqu role types — (hangdang) Character portrayal in Xiqu (sung drama/opera) is based upon a system of role types. Each specific role type is indicative of a particular gender, age and level of dignity, and is distinguished by makeup and costume conventions… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Pan Jinlian (1985) — Xiqu (sung drama/opera) Pan Jinlian., a Chuanju (Sichuan opera) by Wei Minglun, is a reworking of the story about this most notorious immoral woman in Chinese literature. Wei Minglun transforms Pan from an adulteress and murderer in classical… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
theatre criticism (journals and periodicals) — Books of theatre criticism on contemporary Chinese drama and theatre since 1979 are rare. While some published books do contain chapters on this period, they can never stay on top of current developments. Therefore, theatre journals and… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
A Jia — b. 1907, Jiangsu; d. 1994 Theatre director A Jia was a brilliant director, playwright and theatre theorist who devoted his impressive fifty year career to the study and practice of Xiqu (sung drama/opera). He made the first major systematic study … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Jingju — (‘Capital [sung] drama’, a.k.a. ‘Peking Opera’) Also called Jingxi (capital theatre) and Guoju (national drama) and commonly rendered as ‘Peking opera’ in English, Jingju is a regional form of Xiqu (sung drama/opera) that developed in Beijing… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Shi Yukun — b. 1943, Jiangsi Xiqu (spoken drama/opera) director Shi Yukun is an accomplished director working primarily in Jingju (Peking opera), but also in several other regional Xiqu (sung drama/opera) forms as well as television, completing over forty… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
