Puppetry Movement: What it teaches us
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Theatre
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Movement, Art, Puppets
Abstract
Puppetry is a valuable skill for any theatre artist who is serious about his/her craft. It teaches actors to pay close attention to their surroundings and the way they move on stage. In addition, it educates designers to work on a much smaller scale and generate creatively in a way which pulls the focus directly onto the objects on stage. At the Kennedy Center Theatre Festival in Boise, Idaho, a workshop gave students a hands-on opportunity to work with American Bunraku puppets. They were able to gain a greater understanding of how puppets are constructed and actuated on stage. This type of movement has been invaluable to directors and actors in understanding their own movements and choreography on stage. This workshop will be given again at Central Washington University in the hopes of enlightening an audience on the benefits of puppetry as an art form. The audience will have the opportunity to play with and discuss what makes puppetry a valuable art form.
Recommended Citation
Andrews, Sarah, "Puppetry Movement: What it teaches us" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 98.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/oralpresentations/98
Additional Mentoring Department
Theatre
Puppetry Movement: What it teaches us
SURC Theatre
Puppetry is a valuable skill for any theatre artist who is serious about his/her craft. It teaches actors to pay close attention to their surroundings and the way they move on stage. In addition, it educates designers to work on a much smaller scale and generate creatively in a way which pulls the focus directly onto the objects on stage. At the Kennedy Center Theatre Festival in Boise, Idaho, a workshop gave students a hands-on opportunity to work with American Bunraku puppets. They were able to gain a greater understanding of how puppets are constructed and actuated on stage. This type of movement has been invaluable to directors and actors in understanding their own movements and choreography on stage. This workshop will be given again at Central Washington University in the hopes of enlightening an audience on the benefits of puppetry as an art form. The audience will have the opportunity to play with and discuss what makes puppetry a valuable art form.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dizney, Patrick