International Performing Arts Resources

"Explores how sixty years of state-sponsored propaganda performances— including public spectacles, theater, film, and other visual media such as posters" interact with the political sphere in North Korea and how the performing arts shape "national identity and state legitimacy."

Describes the history and different elements of multiple Korean dances such as court dance, folk dance, Confucian ritual dance, and Buddhist dance. Includes illustrations and a DVD.

Traces K-pop's rise to popularity, describes the different facets of the music industry, and includes several interviews with K-idols.

Chronicles the growth of Butoh from its mid-century founding to its assimilatilation into modern dance, documenting the range and variety of butoh artists around the world with first-hand knowledge of butoh performances from 1973 to 2008.

Anthology introducing Meiji-period dramas and follows with a history of modern Japanese and traditional theater in six chronological sections.

"Presents a general description of the history and background of popular music, followed by essays organized into thematic sections: Putting Japanese Popular Music in Perspective; Rockin' Japan; and Japanese Popular Music and Visual Arts."

Traces three centuries of kabuki theater from its origins, decline, and rebirth in the modern world, while examining the role of Edo kabuki in forming modern, urban identity.

Considers the "relationship between Chinese dance in its many forms and the cultural contexts of dance within the region and abroad."

Traces the history of Chinese plays and dramas through several dynasties with a final chapter on modern theater.

Explores Mandopop's cultural implications in Taiwan and the PRC, looking at the music's roots, hybridity, and affect on gender roles.

Contains translations of plays from China and Taiwan with an "introduction to the historical, cultural, and aesthetic evolution of twentieth-century Chinese spoken drama."