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On stage : the art of Beijing opera / [editors, Kim Karlsson, Anna Schmid, Martina Wernsdörfer ; exhibition curators, Stephanie Lovász, Kim Karlsson ; translations, Nigel Stephenson, Kristina Mundall].
Penn Museum Library PN2876.B37 O513 2011
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- On stage. English.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Beijing Jing ju tuan--Exhibitions.
- Beijing Jing ju tuan.
- Museum der Kulturen Basel.
- Opera--China--Beijing--Exhibitions.
- Opera.
- Theater--China--Beijing--Exhibitions.
- Theater.
- Artists and theater.
- China--Beijing.
- Exhibitions.
- Artists and theater--China--Beijing--Exhibitions.
- Museum der Kulturen Basel--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- Other Title:
- Art of Beijing opera
- Place of Publication:
- Basel : Museum der Kulturen Basel, 2011.
- Contents:
- Rays of hope for a white snake / text, Hsin-Mei Chuang ; photographs, Matthias Messmer
- The birth of a genre : the Beijing opera in the late Qing age / Martina Wernsdörfer
- Courtly opera in the open air : two lintels showing scenes from the theatre / Susanne Knödel
- Guan Qijun : where were we from, where will we go / Kim Karlsson
- New wine in old bottles? : the Beijing opera in the modern age / Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
- The great proletarian Cultural Revolution, the revolutionary Beijing operas, and the long life of propaganda / Barbara Mittler
- Actors and role types, sex and gender, and creative interpretation in jingju / Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak
- Mianli cangzhen : like a hidden needle in cotton padding : individual performance style versus convention in jingju / Jo Riley
- Lin Tianmiao : hand signals / Kim Karlsson
- The painted faces of the Beijing opera : origins, design, and impact / Irene Wegner
- The visual language of dress / Alexandra Bonds
- Wang Jin : the dream of China / Kim Karlsson
- Western actors in the Beijing opera / Barbara Kaulbach
- Traces of jingju : staging disappearance, crossing global multiculturalism / Andrea Riemenschnitter
- Beijing opera between East and West in modern times / Alexander C.Y. Huang
- Creating a legend : multi-faceted Beijing opera in modern theatre / Wu Hsing-kuo
- Chen Nong : Peking opera / Kim Karlsson
- The puppet principle and the Chinese theatre / Michael Gissenwehrer
- The wizards of wood and their flying spirits / text, Hsin-Mei Chuang ; photographs, Matthias Messmer.
- Notes:
- "A publication of the Museum der Kulturen Basel."
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum der Kulturen Basel, Sept. 7, 2011-Mar. 4, 2012. Cf. Museum's website.
- Translation of: On stage : die Kunst der Pekingoper.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-275).
- ISBN:
- 3033030815
- 9783033030817
- OCLC:
- 760910003
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