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Puppetry. It’s a real thing and it’s really awesome. What is puppetry?. Puppetry is a form of theater that utilizes puppets which are inanimate objects or figures that are manipulated by a puppeteer. Most puppetries core is in storytelling. History. Puppetry can be traced back to 3000 BC
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Puppetry It’s a real thing and it’s really awesome.
What is puppetry? Puppetry is a form of theater that utilizes puppets which are inanimate objects or figures that are manipulated by a puppeteer. Most puppetries core is in storytelling.
History Puppetry can be traced back to 3000 BC Ancient Egyptians used puppets, marionettes have been found in the tombs Puppetry was very popular and common in Asia
Bunraku Japanese puppetry highly sophisticated form of puppetry integrated into Kabuki theater (traditional Japanese theater with masks and face paint) initially used one puppeteer per puppet and quickly developed to having three puppeteers puppeteers wore all black and would become invisible against the black background
Punch and Judy husband and wife puppets developed as a part of commedia d’ell arte Punch was often times violent and would fight other puppets part of a travelling cart, easy to move note the violence and innuendo used in the show
Modern puppetry The Muppets Sesame Street Team America: World Police Robot Chicken Lion King on Broadway Avenue Q Howdy Doody Lamb Chop
SO WHAT? Why have puppets survived the test of time? What can puppets do that conventional theater cannot?