HALLOWEEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO SPOOKY SEASON? THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES TO THE BIG EVENT AND WE’RE TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. MARQUISE MEDA SHOWS US HOW AN ANCIENT FORM OF ...
Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...
“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...
Discover the art form of Banraku puppetry with the New Victory Theater. From the New Victory Theater, learn how to puppet a Banraku puppet using breath, focus, and physics. Then go on an adventure ...
The National Bunraku Theatre, in New York recently for the first time in more than thirty years, presented an evening of suicides. The performance, at the Japan Society, consisted of excerpts from two ...
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A huge humpback whale is among the mysterious creatures inhabiting String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools.” Courtesy of String and Shadow Puppet Theater String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s ...
An Emmy Award-winning performance collective is making a second appearance at the Spoleto Festival since being founded back in 2010. Manual Cinema has been an innovative force in the shadow puppet ...
Japanese puppetry, Bunraku is a fast-paced multiplayer platform brawler where you clash with friends in frantic ninja fights.