Holistic Theater And Poetic Theater A Study On The Indigenization Approach Of Chinese Contemporary Musical

It was inevitable that the indigenization issue appeared while western musicals had been introduced into China. In this sense, the theme of this thesis statement focuses on how to utilize the abundance cultural resources and historical ones of our multinational country with the combination of the characteristics of musical and ultimately to explore an appropriate indigenization approach.There are two main issues of indigenization in Chinese contemporary musical - the indigenization of proscenium technique and language. Thus, the previous indigenization on the ground of "Holistic Theater" - the concept proposed in this paper, basically depending on the configuration of theater requires the discussion of the essential format of Chinese tradition drama and style of performance, also including the research of the relationship between the evolvement of performance pattern and creation; meanwhile, the investigation of the relationship between the tradition of Chinese theater and musical drama. The latter one on the basis of "Poetic Theater" requires the study on dual-structure of plot narration and music narration in Chinese tradition drama, also with inclusion of the comedy essential of Chinese tradition drama descending from "Comedian" and researching the issue of "Elegance" and "Vulgarity" in Chinese tradition drama arose by "Etiquette" and "Music". Furthermore, this paper interprets the singing tradition - "the diversion of Elegance and Vulgarity" and the modern phenomenon "the communication of Elegance and Vulgarity" in the aspect of the Chinese traditional phonation craft. The study of Chinese contemporary musical creation requires not only the research on the diversity of performance pattern and extent, but also on the diversity caused by cultural effect and historical tradition since this diversity might provide the approach of indigenization in prospect.