[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC.  If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need  for your classes].

Explanation:

Kabuki/Chinese Opera/Balinese/AK  Native/African, etc Traditional Makeup or Mask: find a non-naturalistic face design(s) from a non-Western/Naturalistic theatrical tradition, including, but not limited to Alaska Native masks, African ritual makeup, Balinese dance drama, Chinese Opera, Maori Tattoos, Kabuki Kumidori, etc.   The internet is filled with TONS of great images, how to pages and videos on this topic so you can learn more. You can do one of these designs as is in traditional fashion, or adapt one from a mask or artwork, or you can take one of these design types and alter them somewhat to create a new variation on the traditional design.

What to do:

Gather together your source material and  photograph  and submit your research picture(s) through the link below to get credit. Remember afterwards to also to import your research and rendering projects into your Portfolio/Makeup Morgue Assignment so you build up your morgue gradually and easily over the course of the semester.

[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC.  If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need  for your classes].

The Official Class How-to Video is a Multiple !?

Yep.  But they aren’t that long.  The main one is only 23 minutes and you can fast forward through a lot of it. The rest are all ultra fast forwarded to begin with:

More Videos You Might Prefer:

I have found a number of other videos of different sorts of traditional stylized theatrical makeup for different types of performance and different types of faces! Scroll down to see if you find any you think you’d like to watch!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/TOe_X3dQx-o

More Traditional Asian Theatre/Ritual Makeup VideosLinks to an external site.

More Day of the Dead Makeup Tutorials Links to an external site.

Go to More Pre-Columbian Inspired Makeup Videos

There are many other options for traditional makeup that there are no good videos for, but you can do original research in still images and videos of the completed designs, and use your common sense in learning how to replicate those as well.

Are you concerned that doing this project makes you feel like a Cultural Imperialist? 

Don’t freak out, European traditional theatre, festival masks, carnival & circus also have a bunch of non-naturalistic styles you can play with: 

European Traditional Masks, Makeup and Performance PlaylistLinks to an external site.

Clown and Circus Makeup PlaylistLinks to an external site.

[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC.  If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need  for your classes].

[This page is part of a mirror of my Canvas learning system pages I created for my Drama 112 Intro Stage Makeup class at DVC.  If you want to use this content for another Canvas class shell you can find it in Canvas Commons by searching for “Tara Maginnis” and you can download all or part of this directly into your shell with all the extra cool formatting of colored divider lines, right side embedded Giphy animations, etc. already put in, if you are working with a different system, it is ok to copy and paste from here, and then customize the pages as you need  for your classes].