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Estudos Sobre Artes Cenicas Asiaticas, and: Buto: Pensamento em Evolucao, and: O Teatro No e o Ocidente (review)

Estudos Sobre Artes Cenicas Asiaticas, and: Buto: Pensamento em Evolucao, and: O Teatro No e o... 108 Book Reviews years in the theatre, Barba continues to row against the current. He remains a work in progress. Despite his contradictions, he is reassuringly consistent in this regard. Cobina Gillitt New York University ESTUDOS SOBRE ARTES CÉ N IC A S A SI Á T IC A S. By João Soares Santos. Lisbon: Fundação Oriente, 2000. Paper. Price NA BUTÖ: PENSA M E N TO E M EVOLUÇ ÃO. By Christine Greiner. São Paulo: Escrituras Editora, 1998. Cloth. Price NA O TEATRO NÖ E O OCIDENTE. By Christine Greiner. São Paulo: Anna- blume Editora, 2000. Paper. Price NA João Soares Santos’ Estudos sobre Artes Cénicas Asiáticas (Studies of Asian The- atrical Arts) is a sprawling and audacious work. In 600 pages and 34 chapters he discusses the history, practice, and significance of bugaku, nö, bunraku, kabuki, Chinese opera, Khmer dance, Vietnamese and Indonesian puppetry, Indian odissi dance, kathakali, and bharata natyam; muses separately on such issues as the use of masks and marionettes, verbal versus gestural expression, and the roles of music and dance; and even ruminates on the influence of performance traditions on Indian pop cinema. Throughout Santos considers the theoretical and mystical precepts animating the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Estudos Sobre Artes Cenicas Asiaticas, and: Buto: Pensamento em Evolucao, and: O Teatro No e o Ocidente (review)

Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 20 (1) – Feb 25, 2003

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University of Hawai'I Press
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Copyright © 2003 The University of Hawai'i Press.
ISSN
1527-2109

Abstract

108 Book Reviews years in the theatre, Barba continues to row against the current. He remains a work in progress. Despite his contradictions, he is reassuringly consistent in this regard. Cobina Gillitt New York University ESTUDOS SOBRE ARTES CÉ N IC A S A SI Á T IC A S. By João Soares Santos. Lisbon: Fundação Oriente, 2000. Paper. Price NA BUTÖ: PENSA M E N TO E M EVOLUÇ ÃO. By Christine Greiner. São Paulo: Escrituras Editora, 1998. Cloth. Price NA O TEATRO NÖ E O OCIDENTE. By Christine Greiner. São Paulo: Anna- blume Editora, 2000. Paper. Price NA João Soares Santos’ Estudos sobre Artes Cénicas Asiáticas (Studies of Asian The- atrical Arts) is a sprawling and audacious work. In 600 pages and 34 chapters he discusses the history, practice, and significance of bugaku, nö, bunraku, kabuki, Chinese opera, Khmer dance, Vietnamese and Indonesian puppetry, Indian odissi dance, kathakali, and bharata natyam; muses separately on such issues as the use of masks and marionettes, verbal versus gestural expression, and the roles of music and dance; and even ruminates on the influence of performance traditions on Indian pop cinema. Throughout Santos considers the theoretical and mystical precepts animating the

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Published: Feb 25, 2003

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