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This performance art has rhythmic dialogue, unique gestural code, and face painted to represent characters such as heroes, villains, and animals.

Known for performers' intricate adornments including elaborate headdresses and refined, precise movements to convey meaning.

A form of traditional Korean theater known for its humor and satirical lyrics, embracing both aristocratic and folk performances.

This theater uses music, dialogues, and stylized movements to tell stories, usually enacting historical and religious plays popular in villages.

An ancient form featuring male actors who perform female roles in a falsetto voice, focusing on historical and domestic dramas.

This theater form is characterized by the use of puppets that are about half the size of humans and is often performed to the accompaniment of a narrative chant.

A traditional form that combines elements of theater, music, and dance into a unique narrative art, often with intricate costumes and expressive gestures.

Dramatic narrative performance known for its singing style, this art form includes comic, dramatic, and sentimental pieces, often based on folklore and historical stories.

This dance-drama form is famed for its unique blend of ballet, operatic singing, and martial arts with traditional folk stories and mythologies.

A form of traditional Chinese theater that combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics.

Originating in the royal courts, this art is a sophisticated ensemble of dance, music, and dramatic narrative.

A form of folk theatre that blends acting, singing, recitation, and dance, portraying scenes from rural life and popular legends.

Highly stylized form of dance-drama known for its elaborate costumes and makeup, where every movement has a distinct significance.

Distinguished by the use of large leather puppets that cast shadows onto a white screen, this art form is an ancient tradition.