先锋、传统与亚洲世纪（英文）

Avant-garde, Tradition, and the Asian Century

剧场的传统地位和作用,如今正受到其他更加快捷、方便、价廉的媒体的冲击。各地的表演艺术都不同程度地陷于危机;然而它们还尚未像今天这样被细致地研究。剧场的地位一再变迁,只是这种变化乱无章法。现在欧洲和北美都寄希望于亚洲带来长久有力的激励;这是因为亚洲能在吸收借鉴西方影响的同时又免于干扰。本文探讨了传统表演中对后继实践家们至关重要的因素;包括评估技巧、训练,和未来二十一世纪表演兼容并蓄的可能性,而这些都揭示了亚洲的领导地位。

Theatre＇s traditional role and purpose are now met by other mediums, faster, cheaper and more accessible. Everywhere the performing arts are in varying degrees of crisis; yet never in its history have they been so closely studied. Theatre rapidly evolves towards a changed role, but without a concerted plan. Europe and North American are looking to Asia as a long-valued source of inspiration; Asia has both assimilated and resisted Western influences. This paper explores elements of traditional performance most crucially necessary to future practitioners, evaluating skills, training and eclectic possibilities of foreseeable 21st Century performance, suggesting Asia＇s leadership.