1st Edition

Performance Across Chinese Borders

By Wei Zhang Copyright 2025
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the dynamic intermingling of Asian performance of theatre and dance across the borders of the ancient Silk Road, which connected China with cultures and countries throughout Asia, and beyond. Revealing the dynamic interweaving of cultures between China and its neighbors from the time of the ancient Silk Road to modern times, the book demonstrates how such interweaving has... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Yangge: Han and Ethnic Folk Dance Drama in Northern China after Yuan zaju Period  3. Fan Dance, Masked Dance, and The Divine in East Asia/China  4. Golden-Winged Bird, Flying Apsaras, Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara, and Indian Buddhism Influence on Performance Arts in China  5. Kinnara, Kinnari, Peacock Dance, and Water Puppetry: Performances in China and Southeast Asian Countries  6. Beckett, Sartre, and Brecht on the Drama/Theatre Scenes in China  7. Conclusion

Biography

Wei Zhang is Professor at Hangzhou Normal University. She is the author of Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality (2020). Her research has been published in Theatre Research International, Asian Theatre Journal, Comparative Drama, Classical Receptions Journal, and many other journals.