THEA 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dengaku, Empty Spaces, Phonaesthetics
21 Dec 2016
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Zen buddhism epiphany pine hashigakari mirror room waki shite koken. Going from c14 europe to c14 japan. roughly same century as last few plays. Similarities: between greek in use of mask, all male performers, importance of the chorus, design of stage itself. Greek did not inspire noh theatre very different cultures. Allows us to think further on theatres purpose as to how different cultures use theatre. Traditions have been passed down for centuries (still a bunch of changes) basically unchanged. Kinds of performers that appear on stage (acting): begin in science, actors enter then chorus through small separate door way. music brings characters to stage, music quickness as characters run. Chorus: seated, no movement, chanting their passages in unison. stage hands clearly seen to help transform characters. use of stage they walk around and use it all. exit in science.
