Concept information
Preferred term
632Shadow theatre
Broader concept
Scope note
- Form of improvisational folk theatre with a century- long course from Asia tο the Mediterranean. It is based in orality (memorisation), empirical learning (artistry) and is a primarily collective anonymous creation. It is performed with flat articulated cut-out figures painted on paper, leather or other material against a white screen lighted from the back. The artists of shadow theatre move the figures, the result being that the audience sees the silhouettes or/and the colours -depending of the figures used. The Greek shadow theatre is Karagiozis, deriving from the Turkish Karagöz.
Source
- Δαμιανάκος 1993
- Πούχνερ 1989
- Σηφάκης 1984
- Χατζηπανταζής 1984
Contributor
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
Creator
- Goulis Helen (AA)
Notation
- 632
In other languages
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French
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German
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Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/632
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