Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Beijing Opera Performance

Wichmann, Elizabeth

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“…To rejuvenate the state-owned Peking opera troupes, the government gradually loosened its ideological control and encouraged them to reform their operational system. Nevertheless, the effect was limited (see Wichmann 1990). As performances of Peking opera have sharply declined, it is quite common to see Peking opera performers using their spare time to earn extra money through side jobs, such as teaching jinghu or offering jinghu accompaniment in piaofang (clubs for Peking opera aficionados), and collaborate with artists outside the Peking opera field to broaden their performance activities.…”

Section: The All-male Performance Traditions Performance Innovations and The Rise Of Female Qinshimentioning

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An Unorthodox Voice: The Rise of FemaleQinshi, Their Challenges, and Their Pursuits

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2021

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(English/Chinese)Jinghu is the lead accompaniment instrument in the Peking opera ensemble. Qinshi are the accompanists who play jinghu. Traditionally, jinghu was regarded as a male instrument; female qinshi first appeared in educational institutions subsidised by the People’s Republic of China in the 1950s. Nevertheless, till now, the-all-male jinghu performance history and standards influenced by the virile ethos have deeply influenced contemporary female qinshi’s performances and recognition of their musicality and contributions to jinghu performance. In this article, I explore the rise of female qinshi, their challenges to jinghu performance conventions, and their contributions to contemporary jinghu performance.

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An Unorthodox Voice: The Rise of FemaleQinshi, Their Challenges, and Their Pursuits

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“…Peking Opera is a form of Chinese traditional opera, which is also called Chinese Opera in western countries, for the better understanding, we use Chinese Opera instead in the following paper. Chinese Opera are famous in Beijing and Tianjin in the north of China, and Shanghai in the south [9]. In the past, it is also called Jingxi, Pingxi or Guoju, depending on the original of the region.…”

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An Experience-Based Chinese Opera Using Live Video Mapping

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Lee

Kim

et al. 2014

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Applications of Virtual and Augmented Reality

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Abstract. In this work, we choose Chinese Opera as research material, hoping to increase people's acceptance and intimate to the performance. The theme is "Havoc the Dragon Palace", one chapter of the sixteenth century Chinese novel "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en. We developed the rendering technique and named "Live Video Mapping". It focuses on both the movement of human detection and the interaction with background video real-time. The virtual images on the stage not only generate good of view but also make audience experience the illusion of space in which the space is expanding and enhancing. Taking into account the above factors, this study explore the possibility of interactive video mapping, as well as understanding and increasing the affinity of Chinese Opera to promote the value of the Chinese Opera.Keywords: Journey to the West, Chinese Opera, real-time interactive experience, live video mapping. IntroductionThe new experimental interactive art has been integrated with various fields of arts such as digital art, sound, lighting, photo, game, virtual reality. Work of art has remained in molting from the fact that obtains the life force while vibration. Since the digital age beginning, the heart of the media area has broken away from the fixed, deny the remained, influx the new in the works. The principle of new art creation is the participation of the audience as this work is completed through the audiences" active participation. It is also the new standard of art and fundamental principle of the structure of the media artwork [1]. If you briefly analysis form from the viewpoint of visual media, the trend from static media through dynamic media to experiential media. From that standpoint, there are various types of art in video mapping such as media facade, stage of performance art, object mapping in the exhibition and others. Therefore, it is considered to be a proper subject for this paper. With the spreading and effective using of video mapping and the video media, we believe it is necessary to figure out the current condition of the usage in the area of performing arts. In this work, we choose the Chinese Opera as research material to recommend an experience-based culture content by "Live video mapping". Chinese Opera is one of An Experience-Based Chinese Opera Using Live Video Mapping 179 the best ethnic arts to express and represent the symbolism of Chinese characteristics, ethnic, and personality. This traditional performance has gone through many changes such as the social changing. Globalization and the modernization of the media area become the biggest challenge for Chinese Opera as well. The culture demand expands Chinese Opera market that is considerably shrinks. When foreigners and even some Chinese new generations watch the Chinese opera for the first time, they may feel strange and distant, it is hard to recognize the content of the play and the actor's line. This fact makes people difficult to get close to Chinese Opera. Monkey King (Sun Wu Kong in Chinese) is famous for the Chinese...

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2020

Intercultural Aesthetics in Traditional Chinese Theatre

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