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3 Ιουλ 2024 · Noh drama: Masks are incredibly important to this dance-based form of Japanese theater, which was established in the 14th century. Carved from pieces of cypress, Noh masks can be decorated to...
Masks as Tools for CharacterizationIn creative drama, masks can be used to portray a variety of characters, from humans to animals, mythical creatures, or abstract concepts. They allow actors to transcend their physical limitations and embody characters that might otherwise be impossible to portray.
Masks, usually made of papier-mâché, are employed in the religious or admonitory drama of China; but for the greater part the actors in popular or secular drama make up their faces with cosmetics and paint to resemble masks, as do the Kabuki actors in Japan.
11 Μαΐ 2021 · Some of the categories used to organize Noh masks are: otoko (human male), jo (elderly), onna (woman), uba (old woman), chigo (children), jinki (the supernatural), kijin (demons), and animals. Not only were masks used in plays, they were often depicted in Japanese artwork as well.
The most popular ones are those of women, children, ghosts (both good and bad ones) and old people, covering all genres, ages, and emotions. Many centuries after the fall of Ancient Greece and Rome, the tradition of mask use in theater and public ceremonies endured in continental Europe.
With a set of masks, 10 people can be on stage in an exercise and 10 watching. Discussions follow and then roles reversed. Introducing the concept of the ‘Black Box Voice Recording’ to a class liberates them again to imagine and create.
Study and research mask use in drama. Write up a short play that uses masks that you have created for your characters - with 5 other students or a solo story told with masks. Why and what does a mask represent in your play.
