Modern <i>Teater</i> and Traditional Genres in Malaysia and Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v11i2.1076Abstract
This article will discuss selected patterns of actor training in modern teater in Indonesia and Malaysia. Examples from traditional training for puppetry and dance will be contrasted with work of university-educated modern theatre artists in Jakarta, Bandung, and Kuala Lumpur, noting political/social currents. Artists like Teguh Karya and Suryatna Anurudin in Indonesia and Krishen Jit and Faridah Merican in Malaysia looked for Southeast Asian fusions in new scripted works beginning in the 1960s-1970s. Director/artists of the present like Nano Riantiarno and Arthur Nalan in Indonesia and Marion D’Cruz and Norzizi Zukifli in Malaysia have used aspects of tradition in their contemporary performances. Such experiments have created diverse work, and issues of national identity and heritage formation remain central in their fusions of tradition and modern theatre.Downloads
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Zainal Abdul Latiff, K. F. (2018). Modern <i>Teater</i> and Traditional Genres in Malaysia and Indonesia. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 11(2), 46–63. https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v11i2.1076
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