Puppetry

In Julie Taymor’s theatrical rendition of “The Tempest”, Taymor successfully directs the challenging Shakespearian play drawing on personal creative elements. Throughout the entire play Taymor channels her artistic vison of the play, incorporating ideas such as mask making, lighting effects, and costume design to create her own concept production. Taymor successfully accomplishes her task of tackling a difficult Shakespeare play, interpreting the artistic values to make it her own, and setting it

Oral Storytelling, fannel board and theatrical story are three creative method that could be used to motivate children to listen and stay involved while a story is begin read aloud to them. For instance using the old traditional method oral storytelling will give the storyteller the opportunity to put themselves in the story by using their own language. The book should be fascinating to the story teller with strong, clear characters and have their ability for the kids to use their imagination. Using

Revolution alters the political and social landscape of China. By using dramatic irony, Zhang Yimou appraises communist collectivist culture, class structure and power in revolutionary China, and the Cultural Revolution. In addition, by using shadow puppetry as a symbol of indoctrination, Zhang Yimou examines the link between political change, personal tragedy, and bureaucratic incompetence. Among Zhang Yimou’s characters, we see many people who are subject to constraints on their free will and actions

Have you ever wanted to read about different folktales from different cultures?! Well today is your lucky day, i’m going to be talking about three different kinds. The first story will be coming from africa, then the second story will be coming from Europe, and last but definitely not last from Asia. So keep reading to learn and read about their folktales. “The African folktales are about animal tricksters often describe how helpless creatures manage to outwit fierce animals. One of the most important

question was asked if Baird might be interested in having an exhibit with his puppets at the museum. The Art of the Puppet: Bil Baird was opened to the public August 15- September 12 in 1976. Baird arrived a week earlier to the exhibit and conducted puppetry workshops at the museums Summer Arts Festival. At the end of the second expansion in 1979 Baird and a few of his company members

Going first to Japan, Taymor studied traditional Japanese puppetry then went on to Sri Lanka, Paris, and Indonesia. She chose to remain in Indonesia after her fellowship ended for four years in her early twenties in a dirt-floor compound with no running water, electricity, or telephone. When there, she created Theater

A.K. Ramanujan says that “in India and in Southeast Asian, no one ever reads the Ramayana and the Mahabharata for the first time” (Ramanujan 1991, p. 46). In this statement I think Ramanujan is trying to say that even though these epics are written no one learns about them through the written text. Being from an Indian family and hearing stories from my parents’ childhoods I would think most us know the epics through stories or some visual context. I learnt about the Mahabharata by hearing people

Indonesia is the result of globalization, so is the world. During the Age of Exploration, one of the major incidents was the relationship between India and Indonesia. Indian traders and missionaries helped shape the Indonesia we know today. Piles of evidence indicate India’s presence both before and during the Age of Exploration. A source (Verma, Deepti.) claimed that there are evidences that prove India’s presence in Indonesia around the 200th BC. Around the 8th century, Indonesia was starting

the decorations on the floats as the parade made its way down 34th Street. Within a few years, Anthony was working as a designer for the parade. Anthony built colorful floats and window displays, but he wanted to do something more. Anthony enjoyed puppetry and mechanical things. As a child, Anthony found marionettes fascinating. (Marionettes are puppets with strings or wires attached to the body that people pull to make the puppet move.) He also loved the way balloons floated in the sky. He thought

The Philosophy of Puppetry in Crime and Punishment Consider the design of a puppet. When observing this structure, one will give attention to the source of the puppet’s actions being dictated by the puppeteer. These actions are able to be transmitted from the will of the puppeteer into the puppet through the strings that the puppeteer uses to control specific parts of the puppet. Furthermore, one can infer that the strings of the puppet are the motive behind the puppet’s action. If the puppet’s actions