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Class2Group3CheiseLucyNicVivianPekingOperaVSBroadwaymusicals
Topic4bPekingOperaissimilarinsomewaystoBroadwaymusicals.Bothhavemusic,dance,anddialogue.However,thereareonlyafew,ifany,PekingOperasmadeintoamovieforpublicaudiences.Whatarethebasicsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwoformsoftheatre,regardingmusic,dance,anddialogue?
TheMusicOfPekingOperaAndBroadwayMusicals
theinstrumentsJinghuandErhuaretwomajorinstrumentsusedinaPekingOperaorchestra.OthertraditionalChineseinstrumentssuchastheChineselute,drums,bells,gongs,andhardwoodcastanets.
However,theinstrumentsusedinBroadwayMusicalsaremuchmodern.Themusicalmostcompoundbypiano,violin,trumpetandsoon.
PekingOperahastwomajorsingingtypes,ErhuangandXipi.Themelodysometimessprightly,sometimessorrow.Aplaymayhasdifferentrhythm,expressingdifferentemotion.thevocalmusic
Accordingtodifferentcharacteristic,broadwaymusicalhasvariousclassification,suchasclassicalmusical,Romanticgenre,Epicgenre.Somepopularmusicformsarejazz,blue,swingmusic.
ThebasicsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenDancePekingOperaandBroadwaymusicals
PekingOperaPekingOperaperformersusefourmainskills.Twoofthemaredance-actingandcombating.Dance-actingincludespuredance,pantomime,andallothertypesofdance.Combatingincludesbothacrobaticsandfightingwithallmannerofweaponry.Theseskillsareexpectedtobeperformedeffortlessly,inkeepingwiththespiritoftheartform.
BroadwaymusicalsThekindsofBroadwaydancearevarious,includingballet,disco,moderndance,tapdance,Jazz,cancan,catdanceandmore.Amongthem,jazz,cancanandcatdancearethemostfamous.Theperformersexpressdifferentemotionsbydifferentdance.
Pictures
similaritiesindialogues1.Intermsofsimilarities,boththetwoformsoftheatrehavecharacterdialogueswithmusicaccompanied.2.Thedialoguearebothattachedtothebookorscriptaccordingly.Sometimestheycanbecalledlibretto.3.Thefunctionsofdialoguearefirstlytoexpresspersonalfeelingsandaspirations,andontheotherhand,promotetheplotsdevelopmenttoahigherlayer;thirdly,revealthecharacteristicsoftherolesandthemainthemeoftheplay.
Differences1.TherearemanydifferentdialectsinChina;thuscomeintodifferentpartsinBeijingoperalikeBeijingdialect,SuzhoudialectandHubeidialect.TheselanguagedifferencesmakeChineseoperamultipleandunique.
ButinBroadwaymusicals,thedistinctionsinEnglishdialectsarenotthatclearasChineseandusuallytheoperadoesnothavesomanykindsasPekingOpera.
2.TherearemanydifferentspecificrolesinPekingOpera.Differentroleswithdifferentpaintedfaces.
3.Generally,thethemeofthetwodifferentformsisdistinguishing.PekingOperasareusuallyhistorical,aplaycanbefromlonglongtimeagoandperformedovervariousgenerations.While,Broadwaymusicalsaremorerelatedwithmodernlifeorrevealspecificthemesthataremoreconnectedwithournowadaylife.