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A scene from Tholpavakoothu shadow play. Shadow puppets are an ancient part of India's culture and art, particularly regionally as the keelu bomme and Tholu bommalata of Andhra Pradesh, the Togalu gombeyaata in Karnataka, the charma bahuli natya in Maharashtra, the Ravana chhaya in Odisha, the Tholpavakoothu in Kerala and the thol bommalatta in ...
Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-out shapes of the puppets sometimes include translucent color or other types of detailing.
Puppet from "Cabaret of Metamorphoses" of Nikolai Zykov Adult puppeteering is the use of puppets in contexts aimed at adult audiences. Serious theatrical pieces can use puppets, either for aesthetic reasons, or to achieve special effects that would otherwise be impossible with human actors.
A hand puppet (or glove puppet) is a puppet controlled by one hand, which occupies the interior of the puppet. The Punch and Judy puppets are familiar examples of hand puppets. Larger varieties of hand puppets place the puppeteer's hand in just the puppet's head, controlling the mouth and head, and the puppet's body then hangs over the entire arm.
Puppeteer Nikolai Zykov with hand puppets. A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object called a puppet to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience.
Dramatization may occur in any media, and can play a role in education and the psychological development of children. The production of a dramatization presents potential legal issues, arising both from the use of elements of fictional works created by others, and with the depiction of real persons and events.
Between Vvedensky's play and the "Unusual Concert" created later, one can find many similarities in style, mood, character of dramaturgy, parodied genres. Work on a new play began in the spring of 1944. The play was thought out for almost a year. In the autumn of 1945 the first sketches of the dolls were ready, then rehearsals began.
The play is a combination of music and conversation between Sanbaji (responder) and the puppets. The first scene, Bak Cheomji’s sightseeing, relates the story of Bak Cheomji traveling across all provinces in Korea, watching a Namsadang performance, and boasting about his Hanyang (current Seoul) background. [ 3 ]