Face places
Eyewear towns, barber streets, theatre homes and the places where face traditions live. 7 places so far.
South Asia
Theatre and dance makeup, India, 1 face guideKerala Kalamandalam, CheruthuruthyThe arts school on the Bharathappuzha river that trains Kathakali performers and makeup artists.Theatre and dance makeup, IndiaKannur and the Theyyam countryNorth Kerala's Theyyam country, where ritual performers paint their faces to embody deities each winter.Theatre and dance makeup, IndiaUdupi and coastal KarnatakaThe coastal Karnataka home of Yakshagana, an all-night dance-drama of painted faces and towering crowns.
East Asia
Theatre and dance makeup, China, 2 face guidesBeijingThe home of Peking opera, whose painted faces use colour to show loyalty, cunning, courage and the divine.Theatre and dance makeup, China, 1 face guideChengduSichuan's capital, home of the opera art of bian lian, face-changing, performed nightly in its teahouses.Theatre and dance makeup, Japan, 1 face guideKyotoJapan's old capital, birthplace of Kabuki and home of the maiko and geisha of Gion, with their white oshiroi.Theatre and dance makeup, JapanTokyo and the Kabuki-zaGinza's Kabuki-za, the main stage of Kabuki and its painted kumadori faces.