MUSIC
Traditional Myanmar music is played without notes. The
orchestra leader plays the drums with his fingers while seated within the
circular frame hung with 21 small drums. The gong circle is in a smaller, lower
frame. There is the oboe as a wind instrument, and tiny cymbals and bamboo
clappers keep the tempo. The biggest drum is hung from a golden, decorated
frame topped with the mythical creature, the Pyinsa Rupa. Solo instruments are
the xylophone with bamboo slats, and the elegantly curved and tasseled Myanmar
harp.
DANCE
Myanmar choreography is series of movements gracefully
flowing from one step to the other with slight pauses in between, when the pose
is rigidly held for a few seconds. The pace can be fast or slow according to
the type of dance. The criteria are that human should dance as if they were
marionettes and marionettes, as if they were humans.
ZAT PERFORMANCE
Zat is the traditional Myanmar dance-drama led by a male
dancer. A large number of pretty female dancers will make up the corps de
ballet, dancing ducts in turn with the leading man. The repertoire includes a
classical play, comic sketches, a musical interlude called AwpairRa (opera),
and a modern play. The show ends at dawn.
ANYEINT PERFORMANCE
Anyeint is a dance troupe led by female dancer. The
principal dancer comes on stage last after three or four of her protégés have
taken their turn with their own style of dancing and their own songs. The
danseuse is usually accompanied by four comics dressed in jackets, large
checked waist-garments and wrap around turbans. The dancing is quick and
lively. The program lasts from about 7pm to midnight.
Credit: Ma Thanegi (My Magical Myanmar)
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| Myanmar Traditional Dance |
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| Myanmar Orchestra |
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| ZAT Performance |
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| Part of a ZAT Performance |
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| ZAT Performance |
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| Myanmar Orchestra Musicians |
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| Myanmar ANYEINT |
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| Myanmar ANYEINT |
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| ANYEINT Performance |
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| Myanmar Marionettes |
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| Myanmar Marionettes |
