Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre

This fascinating book offers an in-depth guide to the art of ventriloquism, and will prove to be an invaluable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with a desire to learn this entertaining skill.

This anthology of essays, a companion to Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects, Volume I, aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world.

This volume seeks to instigate a discussion about dementia in theatre.

Foam Patterning and Construction Techniques: Turning 2D Designs into 3D Shapes explains how to create your theatrical prop, puppet, or costume design using the unique and tricky medium of foam.

Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll features over 250 unique photographs as well as extensive commentary and background history.

Stop-motion puppet animation is one of the most unusual and demanding art forms in the world.

A book studying the history and significance of shadow puppet theater in Cambodia.

The art of "e;bellyspeaking"e; isn't for dummies.

Women and Puppetry is the first publication dedicated to the study of women in the field of puppetry arts.

This edited volume discusses images that bleed, speak, cry, move, and behave in ways we usually attribute to living creatures.

Tracing the development in Sicily of a chivalric tradition based on the medieval stories of Charlemagne and his knights, this is an analysis of Sicilian storytelling, puppetry, festivals, cart painting and other folk art.

Stop-motion animation has long been perceived as a technical practice rather than a creative, demanding art.

Introduction to Puppetry Arts shares the history, cultures, and traditions surrounding the ancient performance art of puppetry, along with an overview of puppet construction and performance techniques used around the world.

The Wisniewskis, codirectors of the acclaimed Clarion Shadow Theatre, have modernized and simplified the techniques of the ancient art of shadow puppetry and created this easy step-by-step guide.

Theatre-Rites are regarded as pioneers in the field of object-led and site-specific performance, creating ground-breaking work for family audiences since 1995.

Wayang kulit, or shadow puppetry, connects a mythic past to the present through public ritual performance and is one of most important performance traditions in Bali.

Originally published in the 1940s, the author, a master of his craft, has clearly and concisely explained the making of both hand and string puppets, and also clearly shown how they may be used in appropriate settings.

Kansas-born Pauline Benton (1898-1974) was encouraged by her father, one of America's earliest feminist male educators, to reach for the stars.

Jim Henson was the creative force behind a huge catalog of television series, films, specials, and other productions, even excepting the Muppets.

Drawing on thirty years of making theatre with objects, this field-defining book maps the terrain of applied puppetry.

Given that slaveholders prohibited the creation of African-style performing objects, is there a traceable connection between traditional African puppets, masks, and performing objects and contemporary African American puppetry?

This antiquarian book contains a detailed and novice-friendly guide to ventriloquism, with information on voice exercises, selecting dummies, common techniques and tricks, performing, sketches, and much more.

Puppetry is an exciting, flexible, malleable art form that can engage the creative forces of children or adults.

Costumes are an integral part of any performance, adding believability, conveying setting, or establishing the tone, a fact that is no less true when your performer is a puppet!

This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to the use of puppets and marionettes in schools, with suggestions for suitable plays, directions for rehearsals, tips on writing plays, and much more.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Hypnose – eine Kunst, die Wissenschaft und Unterhaltung miteinander verbindet.

For the first time ever a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson.

This entertaining how-to book, with its simple, step-by-step instructions, makes it easy to create every kind of puppet imaginable — from such handkerchief varieties as Spook-a-boo the Ghost (made with a simple twist of the wrist) for beginners and Flak J.

This new title from knit designer Sandra Polley is filled with wonderful toy patterns suitable for all knitting levels.

The Clangers live on a blue cratered moon, far away in space.

You can shop until you drop with this sturdy tote featuring a lovely detail of Pivot in Prints, a quilt designed by Emily Cier, featured in her book, Scrap Republic.

You can shop until you drop with this sturdy tote featuring a lovely detail of Pivot in Prints, a quilt designed by Emily Cier, featured in her book, Scrap Republic.

Son puentes para llegar al otro, andamiajes afectivos y efectivos que nos permiten, de una manera lúdica y amable, acercarnos a los niños y adultos para establecer espacios comunicacionales en los cuales podamos tratar, compartir, debatir y aprender mutuamente de los diversos temas que nos convocan, y que en definitiva nos animan a soñar un mundo mejor, dice Elena Santa Cruz para referirse a las mantas, cajas, valijas antiguas, carteras, paraguas y demás elementos cotidianos que transforma en objetos lúdicos.

Over the course of almost half a century, puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew has worked with the greats - from David Bowie in Labyrinth to Michael Caine in The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Ist Paul ein Außerirdischer?

Inspired by a marionette show he saw, C.

It is no secret that some people are feeling alienated from the church, for various reasons; social status, sexual orientation, or how they dress, among others.

"Disforia", ganadora de mención honorífica en el Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Manuel Herrera 2006, se presentó —ese mismo año— como lectura dramatizada en la Muestra Nacional de la Joven Dramaturgia bajo la dirección de Edén Coronado, quien después concretara la puesta en escena con la compañía teatral potosina El rinoceronte enamorado y es parte de la Selección oficial de la XXIX Muestra Nacional de Teatro Ciudad Juárez 2008.

Vaka Miladi yedinci asirda ve Cin'in payitahtlarindan biri olan Si-Gan-Fu sehrinde gecer.