Lines of flight: intersubjective training across intercultures as the basis for a comparison between Japanese nô and Chinese jingju ('Beijing opera'). Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thorpe, Ashley
• Is Part Of: Theatre, dance and performance training. Volume 9:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 98
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: jingju -- nô -- interculturalism -- intersubjectivity -- comparative; Dance -- Periodicals; Performing arts -- Periodicals; Theater -- Periodicals; 790.205
• DOI: 10.1080/19443927.2017.1386231
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3927

Abstract

Abstract : Intersubjectivity offers a methodology for the comparison of performance training in Chinese jingju and Japanese nô. By connecting intersubjectivity with the concept of the rhizome, the article suggests that intercultural encounters arise from the intertwining of two subjectivities, the master and the student, neither of which totalise the theatrical form. The paper illustrates the limits and opportunities this methodology affords through an interrogation of personal experiences of training. In particular, it focuses on the deployment and channelling of energy ( qi / ki ) through the body. It is suggested that intersubjectivity enables concrete points of comparative reference to be offered, but also the specificities of one's own training to be accounted for.