What were the first forms of theater dances in Early Chinese History (Shang Dynasty)?
Hunting Dances and animal imitation performances.
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What two groups were chorus dances divided into?
They were divided into two groups: wu dances performed by men and xi (hsi) dances performed by women.
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What religion brought from India via Central Asia, became the dominant religion?
buddhism
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The school got its poetic name Liyuan (li-yüan) or the Pear Garden from:
The location in which it was established in the palace grounds.
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In both Song period capitals, in northern Kaifeng and in southern Hangzhou, there were large entertainment or ____________________ offering any kinds of amusements.
“red light” districts (wazi, wa-tzû)
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Tayao niang (t’a-yao niang) or "The Dancing, Singing Wife" is a play that comes from the 6th century AD and is a story about:
Domestic Violence
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What martial art demonstrations were popular?
gongfu (kung-fu)
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What is bugaku?
Japanese court dance.
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Even today actors and actresses may call themselves:
“the children of Pear Garden”
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Ordinary people enjoyed the shows of:
yangge (yang-ke) "village music groups."
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What is Botou (Po-t’ou) or "Head for head" about?
A youth whose father was killed by a tiger.
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Baixi dances may have been the predecessors of later opera scenes, in which female characters elegantly operate their extra long white silk sleeves, the so-called:
“water sleeves”
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What is called Guifei zui jiu (Kuei-fei chui chiu) or "The Drunken Concubine" about?
It relates the events of an evening when the Emperor leaves Guifei alone in order to have an encounter with another girl. The angry Guifei consoles herself by drinking and the play concentrates on describing the different stages of her drunkenness.
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What is canjun xi (ts’an-chün hsi) or the "adjutant play?"
It consisted of short comic skits and featured two comic characters, a more or less dumb courtier, canjun (ts’an-chün), and a slightly cleverer character, canggu (ts’ang-ku).
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During the Song period, a new form of theatre was born. It was __________, which combined drama, music and dance.
zaju (tsa-chü)
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The so-called chorus dances were popular during the ______________dynasty (c. 1066–221 BC).
Zhou (Chou)
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Baixi were kinds of variety shows featuring (name at least three):
Mimes, jugglers, magicians, acrobats, song, musical recitals, and martial art demonstrations.
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What two groups were Tang Dynasty court dances divided into?
Energetic jian (chien) dances and softer ruan (juan)dances.
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Who is Sun Wukong (Sun Wu-k’ung) or the "Monkey King?"
He is a central character in originally orally transmitted stories centered on the Buddhist monk Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang), who traveled to India in order to obtain sacred Buddhist manuscripts.
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What is the male lead of a zaju play called?
moni
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A play called Daimian (tai-mien) or "Mask" tells about:
A prince whose features were so soft that he was obliged to wear a terrifying mask in battle in order to scare the enemy.
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Before the beginning of our era it was customary at the court and at public festivities to organise grand-scale spectacles called:
baixi (pai-shi) or "a hundred entertainments" or "hundred games circus."
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Ruan dances were typically performed by?
Women
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The monks, who were the storytellers, employed different devices to visualize their stories, such as:
Picture rolls or panels, a tradition with its roots in early India, from where Buddhism was adopted.
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What is the narrator of a zaju play called?
the primus motor of the play was called yinzi (yin-tzü)