Performance traditions such as Noh theatre of Japan or Kootiyattam of India are systematically practicing by certain families or particular communities as a professional job or service of the family from generation to generation. Asian...
morePerformance traditions such as Noh theatre of Japan or Kootiyattam of India are systematically practicing by certain families or particular communities as a professional job or service of the family from generation to generation. Asian performance traditions has got a critical place in the modern movement of theatre making and theatre actor training around the globe. Some of the celebrated theatre directors used various compositions of Asian performance traditions to create contemporary theatre performances and that opened a new market of exchanges between cultures of education for actors training. Many schools, theatre directors and theatre groups are focusing on Asian performance traditions to develop the contemporary actor training and performances. In this article it will explore the different approaches of contemporary actor training related with Asian performance traditions and this will introduce various levels of perspectives on the dosages of practices, theories, analyses of the inputs and outputs in terms of dividing the topic into three main situations in the intercultural theatre actor training & theatre making such as
1. Source cultural departure : the origin, starting point, identity
2. Middle cultural meeting: new, learning, transforming, mixing, negotiations, faire games
3. Stop-Start cultural end: objective, goals, results, presentation, performance, re-working, re-start
