Japanese puppet theater. The puppets are two-thirds life-size and are manipulated by men in black robes who are conventionally regarded as being invisible to the audience.
Kabuki
The most eclectic and theatrical of the major forms of Japanese theater. Roles of both sexes are performed by men in a highly theatrical, nonrealistic style. Kabuki combines music, dance, and dramatic scenes with an emphasis on color and movement. The plays are long and episodic, consisting of loosely connected dramatic scenes which are often performed independently.
Kathakali
In southwestern India, a form of dance drama presented by torchlight, dealing with clashes of good and evil.
Performance art
Alternative form of theater. Performance art often uses elements of the visual arts, dance, and popular entertainment in unique configurations. Also, personal, individual, autobiographical, presentations.
Postmodernism
Theory that division of artworks into modernist categories, such as realism and departures from realism, is artificial. Postmodernist works mix realistic and nonrealistic elements as well as techniques from both "high" and "low" art.
