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Traditional performing arts in Bali
Photographs and text illustrate traditional performance in Bali, including music, theater, and dance.
Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
Ravana tempts Sita
In The Ramayana, page 2.13
The demon king Ravana visits the captured Princess Sita in a wooden puppet theater performance at Yogyakarta in July 1986. The Ravana puppet, here painted with red skin unlike his green-skinned counterpart in Thai mural art, waves a powerful sword at Princess...
By Lorraine Aragon.
Theater ruin with 10,000 seats
Theater ruin with 10,000 seats
The side of the theater is visible from above. Beyond the amphitheater is a large plain with beneath foggy hills. Only one part of the theater seats are visible from the photographer's point of view.
Format: image/photograph
Roman Theater
Roman Theater
The ruins of a Roman theater visible from above the area. The theater is surrounded by a green area of grass and trees, and beyond the ruins there are brown and silver patches beneath mountains, looking like an abandoned city.
Format: image/photograph
Theater where Paul preached
Theater where Paul preached
This is a photograph of a massive theater in Turkey where Paul the Apostle preached. The theater is in ruins. There is a large walkway leading up to the theater, that was once lined with columns and now only a few stand. Vegetation has taken over much of the...
Format: image/photograph
Theater with 15,000 seats
Theater with 15,000 seats
A view of the side of a theater from above. The seats form an arc and there are two major levels - one that leads straight to the stage, and the other that connects to the top of the other set of seats.
Format: image/photograph
Theater - Roman 200 AD
Theater - Roman  200 AD
Ruins of a theater are inset in a hill. At the bottom of the hill there is a long row of columns and a stage. The stone is all dark grey, and the hill behind the seats of the theater is green and vibrant.
Format: image/photograph
Theater walk way
Theater walk way
A walk way of a theater is is made up of a series of stone arches. There are arches that create the walkway, and arches leading in and out along the entire walkway.
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Theater/Stadium
Theater/Stadium
The seats and stage of a theater made of dark grey stone. At the top of the section of seats there is a pathway made of arches. The photo is taken from the side entrance to the stage.
Format: image/photograph
Columbia Theater Cultural Resources Center
Part of the non-profit Partnership for the Sounds organization, the center provides information on environmental stewardship for coastal North Carolina.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
The outdoor theater at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island where Paul Green's drama The Lost Colony is performed.
Format: image/photograph
ImaginOn
There is something for everybody at this wonderful facility which provides both theater and library related activities.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Fred Battle oral history excerpt
Fred Battle is a resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina who experienced segregation as he came of age in the 1950s and 1960s. He participated in the sit-ins in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960 to desegregate the lunch counter at the local Woolworth’s store, and...
Format: audio/interview
Entrance to the Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico
Entrance to the Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico
Gold-leafed carvings decorate a doorway. The decoration consists of laurel branches directly above the door, with theater masks above. The Teatro Juárez is a magnificent theater in downtown Guanajuato. Construction of the theater began in 1872, but it was...
Format: image/photograph
Outside of the Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico
Outside of the Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico
Several people climb the stairs of the neo-classical entrance to the Teatro Juárez. The theater is decorated with several Doric columns topped by life-sized stone statues. The Teatro Juárez is a magnificent theater in downtown Guanajuato. Construction of...
Format: image/photograph
Demon Ravana visits the captured Sita in wooden puppet performance at Yogyakarta
Demon Ravana visits the captured Sita in wooden puppet performance at Yogyakarta
The demon king Ravana visits the captured Princess Sita in a wooden puppet theater performance at Yogyakarta in July 1986. The Ravana puppet, here painted with red skin unlike his green-skinned counterpart in Thai mural art, waves a powerful sword at Princess...
Format: image/photograph
Decorated ceiling of the Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico
Decorated ceiling of the Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico
A colorful, highly-decorated ceiling is illuminated by a globe light on a tall post. The decoration is reminiscent of traditional stained-glass windows. The Teatro Juárez is a magnificent theater in downtown Guanajuato. Construction of the theater began in...
Format: image/photograph
Puppet theater in Thailand
This was recorded in Trang, Thailand, a town near the southeastern coast. During the ten-day Buddhist festival in Trang, activities and performances take place day and night. Every night at the local theater there is a shadow puppet performance. Known as Nang...
Format: audio
Rama and Sita in wooden puppet performance of Ramayana at Yogyakarta
Rama and Sita in wooden puppet performance of Ramayana at Yogyakarta
Rama and Sita figures converse in the foreground during a wooden puppet performance of the Ramayana at Yogyakarta in July 1986. A third puppet listens in the background at right. The faces of the wooden puppets are carefully painted, and the bodies are dressed...
Format: image/photograph
Wooden Hanuman puppet in Ramayana performance at Yogyakarta
Wooden Hanuman puppet in Ramayana performance at Yogyakarta
A wooden Hanuman puppet used in a Ramayana performance at Yogyakarta in July 1986 wears a royal Yogyakarta-style batik cloth wrapped around its waist. Above the waist, the puppet is covered in white fuzzy cloth to represent Hanuman's monkey fur. Hanuman's...
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