On stage
Subtitle: the art of Beijing opera
By: [editors Kim Karlsson, Anna Schmid, Martina Wernsdörfer ; exhibition curators Stephanie Lovász, Kim Karlsson ; translations Nigel Stephenson, Kristina Mundall]
Contributors: Museum der Kulturen Basel
Publisher: Museum der Kulturen Basel
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9783033030817
Subjects: Theater; Exhibitions; Opera; Artists and theater; Beijing Jing ju tuan; Museum der Kulturen Basel
Other titles: Art of Beijing opera
Notes: "A publication of the Museum der Kulturen Basel."

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum der Kulturen Basel, Sept. 7, 2011-Mar. 4, 2012. Cf. Museum's website.

Translation of: On stage : die Kunst der Pekingoper.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275).
Table of contents: title: Rays of hope for a white snake / text, Hsin-Mei Chuang ; photographs, Matthias Messmer; title: The birth of a genre : the Beijing opera in the late Qing age / Martina Wernsdörfer; title: Courtly opera in the open air : two lintels showing scenes from the theatre / Susanne Knödel; title: Guan Qijun : where were we from, where will we go / Kim Karlsson; title: New wine in old bottles? : the Beijing opera in the modern age / Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik; title: The great proletarian Cultural Revolution, the revolutionary Beijing operas, and the long life of propaganda / Barbara Mittler; title: Actors and role types, sex and gender, and creative interpretation in jingju / Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak; title: Mianli cangzhen : like a hidden needle in cotton padding : individual performance style versus convention in jingju / Jo Riley; title: Lin Tianmiao : hand signals / Kim Karlsson; title: The painted faces of the Beijing opera : origins, design, and impact / Irene Wegner; title: The visual language of dress / Alexandra Bonds; title: Wang Jin : the dream of China / Kim Karlsson; title: Western actors in the Beijing opera / Barbara Kaulbach; title: Traces of jingju : staging disappearance, crossing global multiculturalism / Andrea Riemenschnitter; title: Beijing opera between East and West in modern times / Alexander C.Y. Huang; title: Creating a legend : multi-faceted Beijing opera in modern theatre / Wu Hsing-kuo; title: Chen Nong : Peking opera / Kim Karlsson; title: The puppet principle and the Chinese theatre / Michael Gissenwehrer; title: The wizards of wood and their flying spirits / text, Hsin-Mei Chuang ; photographs, Matthias Messmer.