REVISED 4/22/05
This schedule will serve as a guide for your preparation prior to each class session. Please note quiz and exam dates. Items in bold require your preparation PRIOR to the class period.
TH 1/13 Introductions, expectations, & class orientation. Aspects of Asian culture and their influence on traditional theatre forms. Interrelationships among the major regions covered in this course (represented by the theatrical traditions of India, Indonesia, China & Japan). Asian influences on Western theatre traditions (historic & contemporary).
TU 1/18 India - overview - cultural context and literary traditions.
The Mahabharata & the Ramayana.
For class, read: India Readings 1, 2 & 3 on the web at: http://www.class.uidaho.edu/asiantheatre/readings.htm
Video: "The Ramayana" from Great Tales in Asian Art.
TH 1/20 India - Sanskrit Theatre - characteristics
Read: India Readings 4 & 5 on the web at:
http://www.class.uidaho.edu/asiantheatre/readings.htm
Video exerpts: The Little Clay Cart
504 students - choose presentation topics by today!!
TU 1/25 India - Sanskrit Theatre in literature and performance /
discussion
Read: The Little Clay Cart
Begin Indian Dance Drama Forms
TH 1/27 Classical Dance Drama Forms of India.
Video: Kalekshetra: Devotion to Dance
Video excerpts: Kerala Kalamandalam in performance
TU 2/1 Classical Dance Drama Forms of India, continued
Videos: Kathakali
God With The Green Face
Seaikella Chhau, the Masked Dance of India
TH 2/3 India Quiz - Drama Forms - first 15 minutes of class
Solo and Devotional Dance Traditions of India
Videos: Kutiyattam
Mohiniyattam
Nangiarkoothu
TU 2/8 Solo and Devotional Dance Traditions of India
TH 2/10 Indonesia - overview - cultural context
Video: Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods
Week of February 14-18 - Class cancelled - This is ACTF Festival Week; all Theatre & Film classes cancelled to allow for festival attendance in Ashland, Oregon.
TU 2/22 Indonesian Dance & Dance Drama Forms
Presentation by Sandy Stafford -
Use of Mask in Indonesian Dance Drama
Read: OT of G, pp. 1-33
Video: Acting Techniques of Topeng: Masked Theatre of Bali
Video: Topeng Babakan
TH 2/24 Indonesian Dance & Dance Drama Forms, continued
Video: The Bali Dances: A Veil Between Worlds
TU 3/1 Indonesian Puppet Theatre Forms - Wayang kulit & Wayang
golek
Read: OT of G, pp. 33 - 69
Video: Wayang Golek: Performing Arts of Sunda
Wayang Kulit: Shadow Theater of Java
TH 3/3 India Mid-term due
Continue Indonesian Puppet Theatre Forms
Presentations by Andre Rodriguez and Heather Yon -
Contemporary Puppet Theatre in Indonesia / Politics / Social Change
Read: OT of G, pp. 69-80.
TU 3/8 Quiz - Indonesia - first 30 minutes of class
Discussion: Indonesian theatrical literature (John O'Hagan assist)
Read: "The Reincarnation of Rama" in On Thrones of Gold
TH 3/10 Southeast Asian dance drama & puppetry forms (Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam).
Presentations by
Julie Farris - Vietnamese water puppets
Sharon Trautwein - shadow puppets of Cambodia & Thailand
Video: The Tenth Dancer
Spring Break - March 14 to 18
TU 3/22
Continue: Cambodian Dance
China - overview - cultural context
Video: Performing Arts of China: the Opera
TH 3/24 Indonesia Mid-Term Due
China - Early opera theatre forms - Development of Beijing Opera
Video excerpts: China & The Forbidden City
Farewell My Concubine
TU 3/29 Chinese Opera - Movement and Staging
Presentations by Maggie Matteson & Shaun Sorenson Chinese Opera - Costume and Makeup
TH 3/31
Presentations by Adam Critchlow and Jessica Brown:
Actor Training in Chinese Opera (vocal, physical)
Video: The Worlds of Mei Lenfang
The Education of a Singer in the Beijing Opera
TU 4/5 Quiz - China - first 30 minutes of class
Japan - overview - cultural context
Read: TJT, pp. 3 - 43
Video: Living Treasures of Japan
TH 4/7 China Mid-term due
Japan - Continue cultural context
Early Theatrical Forms; Development of the Noh Theatre; Influence of Zen
and the Warrior Class
Read: TJT, pp. 115 - 125
TU 4/12 Japan - Early Theatrical Forms; Development of the Noh Theatre; Influence of Zen and the Warrior Class
The Noh Stage, Costume, Props & Masks
Video excerpt: The Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan
Read: Izutsu in TJT, pp. 143 - 157, and
Two Daimyo in TJT, pp. 226 - 234
WED 4/13 - Masters of Kathakali performance, UI Admin. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
TH 4/14 So sorry, my darlings!
TU 4/19 Japan
The Noh - Training, Tradition & the Dramatic Theories of Zeami
Noh playscripts / dramatic literature.
TH 4/21 Finish Noh. Presentation by:
John O'Hagan - physical movement techniques work, in the Japanese tradition (Tadeshi Suzuki)
TU 4/26
Kabuki - early development / The Kabuki Stage
Video Excerpt: The Tradition of Performing Arts in Japan
The Kabuki Actor - Heritage, Styles, Costumes & Make-up
Videos: Japan's Grand Kabuki in America
Read: TJT, pp. 303 - 313
Presentation by:
Adam Critchlow & Jessica Brown - Noh mask and trance
TH 4/28 Japan - Kabuki
Presentations by:
Masako Hojo and Chris Plummer - Folk forms
James Clayton - Butoh
TU 5/3 Japan - Kabuki
TH 5/5 Japan - Bunraku
Read: Awaji Puppet Tradition in TJT, p. 393- 407.
Video: Bunraku: Masters of Japanese Puppet Theatre
Video: The Theatre of Japan - Yesterday and Today
Final exam options (both 404 and 504 students):
Our Official Final exam period is Friday, May 13, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. But, I'll start driving to Santa Fe then. So we'll need to find an alternative time, if ou elect to take a comprehensive exam of the entire semester's material. Here are some options: (coming soon!)
OR you may opt to complete the take home (essay) final exam. This take home Final Exam is DUE by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2005.
If you can get it done prior to that time, I'll be able to grade it sooner and that will help me very much in being able to leave for my summer job in Santa Fe on time.
