- "Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer."
Advanced techniques for puppetry performance, such as character development, improvisation, and audience interaction.
Anatomy and Physiology: Understanding the human body and its movements is important in creating effective puppetry performances.
Characterization: Developing believable and engaging characters is essential for achieving successful performances.
Voice and Speech: Learning how to use voice and speech effectively to enhance puppetry performances.
Movement and Gesture: Developing fluid and expressive movement and gesture can bring puppets to life and create a powerful emotional impact.
Scriptwriting: Understanding the principles of good scriptwriting can help in crafting compelling stories that can be brought to life through puppetry.
Design and Construction: Learning how to design and build puppets is essential for creating effective performances.
Lighting and Stagecraft: Understanding how lighting and stagecraft can be used to enhance the impact of puppetry performances.
Sound Design: Creating effective soundscapes, music, and sound effects to complement puppetry performances.
Directing and Choreography: Developing skills in directing and choreography can help with orchestrating complex puppetry performances.
Collaboration: Understanding how to work collaboratively with other artists and technicians in a puppetry production.
Cultural and Historical Context: Understanding the cultural and historical context of puppetry can help to appreciate the art form and to create performances that resonate with audiences.
Marketing and Promotion: Learning how to market and promote puppetry performances to a wider audience.
Hand Puppetry: Puppetry using a puppet that fits over the puppeteer's hand and is controlled by their fingers and hand movements.
Rod Puppetry: Puppetry using a puppet that is controlled by rods attached to the puppet's body.
Marionette Puppetry: Puppetry using a puppet that is manipulated by strings or wires attached to various parts of the puppet's body.
Shadow Puppetry: Puppetry using a puppet silhouette projected onto a screen or other surface, with the puppet manipulated by hand or on sticks behind the screen.
Object Puppetry: Puppetry using everyday objects, manipulated by the puppeteer to create characters and tell a story.
Bunraku Puppetry: Puppetry from Japan in which the puppeteers are visible and control the puppet's movements and facial expressions using a series of cords or strings.
Glove Puppetry: Similar to hand puppetry, but the puppet fits over the puppeteer's entire hand like a glove.
Tabletop Puppetry: Puppetry using puppets manipulated on a tabletop surface, often with a small stage or backdrop.
Humanette Puppetry: Puppetry using a human body as a puppet, with the puppeteer controlling the movements and expressions of the human "puppet.".
Black Theatre Puppetry: Puppetry using black light and fluorescent materials to create a visually stunning and otherworldly show.
Digital Puppetry: Puppetry using computer-generated images or animations to create virtual puppets that can be manipulated in real-time by a performer.
Ventriloquism: Puppetry in which the performer speaks on behalf of a character, often with a dummy or other type of puppet as the speaker.
- "The script for a puppet production is called a puppet play."
- "Puppeteers use movements from hands and arms to control devices such as rods or strings to move the body, head, limbs, and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet."
- "The puppeteer sometimes speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet, while at other times they perform to a recorded soundtrack."
- "There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use."
- "The simplest puppets are finger puppets, which are tiny puppets that fit onto a single finger."
- "Sock puppets... operated by inserting one's hand inside the sock, with the opening and closing of the hand simulating the movement of the puppet's 'mouth'."
- "A hand puppet or glove puppet is controlled by one hand which occupies the interior of the puppet and moves the puppet around."
- "Punch and Judy puppets are familiar examples."
- "Japanese Bunraku puppets... require two puppeteers for each puppet."
- "Marionettes are suspended and controlled by a number of strings, plus sometimes a central rod attached to a control bar held from above by the puppeteer."
- "Rod puppets... have more movement possibilities as a consequence than a simple hand or glove puppet."
- "Puppetry is a very ancient form of theatre which was first recorded in the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece."
- "Some forms of puppetry may have originated as long ago as 3000 years BC."
- "Puppetry takes many forms, but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects to tell a story."
- "Puppetry occurs in almost all human societies..."
- "Puppets are used... as sacred objects in rituals."
- "Puppets are used... as symbolic effigies in celebrations such as carnivals."
- "Puppets are used... as a catalyst for social and psychological change in transformative arts."
- "Puppets are used... for the purpose of entertainment through performance, as sacred objects in rituals, as symbolic effigies in celebrations such as carnivals, and as a catalyst for social and psychological change in transformative arts."