Kyonpyaw ( Burmese : ကျုံပျော်မြို့ ) is a town in the Ayeyawady Division of Myanmar . It is the seat of Kyonpyaw Township . As of 2014 the population was 23,966.
5-584: Kyonpyaw consists 4 wards and they are: Kenneth Sein's book The Great Po Sein chronicling the famous Burmese dance actor Po Sein , the character of a young Po Sein lives in Kyonpyaw when a dance troupe passes through the town, prompting his interest. This Ayeyarwady Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Po Sein Po Sein ( Burmese : ဘိုးစိန် , pronounced [pʰó sèiɰ̃] ; 18 April 1882 – 11 January 1954)
10-411: The classical dance drama form, zat pwe ( ဇာတ်ပွဲ ), by adding variety acts, chorus lines, introducing admission. He was also the first male lead to have intimate onstage interactions with the lead actress, which has since become a norm in couple dances. Po Sein is credited with introducing stockings and slippers as part of dancers' costumes; they had previously danced barefoot. He also introduced
15-481: The previous lives of the Buddha . His innovations led to a decline in the popularity of the marionette theater troupes, by breaking their monopoly on Jataka plays. Furthermore, he revolutionized Burmese stagecraft by incorporating a raised stage for dramatic performances, which had been previously confined to marionette theater, which uses a raised platform (hence the name amyint thabin or အမြင့်သဘင် ). He modernized
20-593: Was an influential 20th-century traditional leading Burmese dance actor in Myanmar Drama Event and singer, who has been credited with innovating and modernizing Burmese performance arts, in dance, song, costumes, and stagecraft. He also established the Mandalay-based performance troupe, "Sein Maha Thabin" ( စိန်မဟာသဘင် ), which remained family-run until 1993, when it was closed by his grandson Ye Sein. Po Sein
25-524: Was particularly successful at introducing a variety of stage innovations, by explaining the changes to audience and interacting with them throughout the performance. Also, he adapted the Buddhist Jataka tales, which had previously been exclusively performed by marionette puppets, for live actors, by creating dances and songs as part of the performance repertoire. Until the late 1800s, it was considered taboo for live actors to depict such sacred stories of
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