THE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Chinese Opera, Augusto Boal, Teatro Campesino
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Chinese theatre resentment they were taking whites" jobs. Highly stylized mix of song, dance, acrobatics, and martial arts. Plots adapted from chinese history and literature. Make up and gesture codes for each character type. Catholic influence on aztec/mayans converted them by taking their rituals and making christian plays from them. Mexican carpas tent show mix of vaudeville and circus. Pastorelas shepherd"s plays where they come to see jesus. Cesar chavez political activist to form unions that help grape pickers and farmers. Luis valdez created el teatro campesino (the farm workers" theatre) Augusto boal used theatre for social change; a theatre for the oppressed. Invisible theatre would start a play in the middle of somewhere public and it would be an improv that people could join. Forum theatre improvised scenes of issues where the audience would join (multiple people to solve a problem)
