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Chinese performing arts, the dance and the theatre arts of China, tied from the earliest records to religious beliefs and customs. These date to 1000 bce, and they describe magnificently costumed male and female shamans who sang and danced to musical accompaniment, drawing the heavenly spirits down to earth through their performance.
- James R. Brandon
Theatre of China has a long and complex history. Traditional Chinese theatre, generally in the form of Chinese opera, is musical in nature. Chinese theatre can trace its origin back a few millennia to ancient China, but the Chinese opera started to develop in the 12th century.
Chinese opera, also known as Chinese theatre, is a traditional form of Chinese performing arts that combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It is one of the oldest forms of Chinese art, dating back to the 7th century.
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Chinese music, art form of organized vocal and instrumental sounds that developed in China and is the one of the oldest of all known musical systems.
- William P. Malm
Chinese Opera is a form of theatre in China that combines singing, acting, and elaborate costumes. Topics are based on Chinese history, mythology, and literature. Over its historical evolution, it has incorporated various art forms such as music, song and dance, martial arts, acrobatics, costume and make-up art, and literature.
Peking opera, or Beijing opera ( Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù ), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid- Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. [1] .
In theatre music: China. The classical Peking opera ( ching-hsi) in China is a form of musical theatre in which music is one among several elements rather than a governing factor, as in Western opera. The vocal writing alternates between styles broadly equivalent to recitative and song, distinguished by…. Read More.
