英文摘要
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The performer-oriented theater is an artistic feature of Chinese traditional theater, in which actors' art of performance constitutes the gist of the play and the focal point of viewers' attention. The thesis of this study derived from my query into the seemingly fixed relationship between performer-oriented theater and traditional theater. At the same time, I would like to investigate whether performer-oriented theater, after the introduction of western theatrical concepts, is disintegrating, or are there possibilities of contemporary reinterpretation. Subsequently, this study proceeds in two directions. I first examine the art history and definition of performer-oriented theater to describe its inception and decline. On this basis, I analyze the artistic nature of Wei Haimin's boundary-crossing performances in order to elucidate meanings of contemporary theater and the re-interpretation and construction of the performer-oriented theater. Finally, the purpose of this study is to give an account of the disintegration process of the performer-oriented theater and the reinterpretation of modern theater. The modern day "performer-oriented theater," in my opinion, no longer serves to highlight individual performers; instead, it collaborates with playwrights and directors to bring out the very substance of theater. While promoting performance and literariness, the performer-oriented theater coexists with the performers, attaining a balanced relation that enables the continuation of traditional theater and its contemporaneity.
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