The puppet can be an old sock pulled over a hand, an intricate kinetic sculpture or a piece of paper throwing its shadow on a wall. Utilitarian to their core, puppets are meant to be used, often in ...

In the movie spoof “This Is Spinal Tap,” the band members knew their days were numbered when they got second billing to a puppet show. “Oh no! ” wailed their manager. “If I told them once, I told them ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...

We have all seen the old, boring hand puppets and string puppets at melas and gatherings, but have you ever seen Bunraku in India? Well, if you have been to The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival then it is not ...

In Baltimore, artist and museum educator Schroeder Cherry introduces us to his cast of handmade puppets. Dr. Cherry puts on puppet shows to share African American history with children and adults ...

Dayton Daily News arts and entertainment reporter Meredith Moss has been discovering and sharing special events and interesting day trips with newspaper readers for more than three decades. In her ...

This studio course explores interdisciplinary approaches to performance and their application to contemporary puppetry. Using the unique and contemporary language of object, gesture, and story, the ...