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For this assignment, complete the following Research Activity:
· Choose two theatre traditions from the following list:
· Kabuki (Japan)
· Noh (Japan)
· Bunraku (Japan)
· Shadow puppetry (China)
· Peking Opera (China)
· Traditional Indian Theatre (India)
· Regional Folk Theatre (India)
· Kathakali Dance (India)
· Yoruba Theatre (Nigeria)
· Wayang Golek (Indonesia)
· Theatre of the Oppressed (Brazil)
· Talchum Mask Dance (Korea)
· Research the cultural context of these traditions using at least two different websites which provide written, visual, and audio resources and which show the practice in action.
· open the attached document entitled "Researching World Theatre Traditions"
· complete the attached table with the appropriate information
· in the same document, answer the following questions, comparing and contrasting the contexts of the two traditions:
· What does this tell you about theatre and its social and cultural role?
· What insights can theatre give us into culture or into a historical period?
· list the sources you used for the information in the table.
· save the completed assignment as a new file that includes your first and last name, then click on the title of this assignment and attach the file
· click submit.
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