Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A marionette in use in Japan, 2018. A marionette (/ ˌ m ær i ə ˈ n ɛ t / MARR-ee-ə-NET; French: marionnette [maʁjɔnɛt] ⓘ) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a marionettist. [1]
Yoke thé and puppet master. Yoke thé (Burmese: ရုပ်သေး; MLCTS: rupse:, IPA: [joʊʔ θé], literally "miniatures") is the Burmese name for marionette puppetry. . Although the term can be used for puppetry in general, its usage usually refers to the local form of string puppe
Supermarionation (a portmanteau of the words "super", "marionette" and "animation") [1] is a style of television and film production employed by British company AP Films (later Century 21 Productions) in its puppet TV series and feature films of the 1960s.
The Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum of Palermo operates in the field of national and international, traditional and contemporary puppetry.. Founded in 1975 by the Association for the Conservation of Popular Traditions, it houses a vast collection of over 5,000 pieces, including marionettes, hand puppets, shadow puppets, and stage machines from all over the world.
Its permanent collection of over 2,500 puppets from all over the world includes marionettes, glove puppets, rod puppets, shadow puppets, body puppets, and stage materials. In addition, the Institute houses the Puppeteers of America ’s Audio-Visual Collection, which is the largest media collection (over 700 items) on puppetry in the United ...
The puppets danced and pranced around the City Council’s ornate horseshoe-shaped desk in the City Hall chambers before officials voted 14–0 to place the Bob Baker Marionette Theater on the city’s landmark list. Baker died on November 28, 2014, at the age of 90 from natural causes. [4]
Some of their marionettes used as many as seven strings to control a single marionette arm. Walton and O'Rourke appeared on Broadway in the 1941 Olsen and Johnson review Sons o' Fun. A brief filmed record of their work can be seen in the 1936 Walter Lantz Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, "Puppet Show". The first and last sections present a live ...
The museum displays a collection of thousands of marionettes from different countries and cultures worldwide. There are therefore many different types of puppets in the museum, which also vary in movement techniques (e.g. string puppets, hand puppets, water puppets, bunraku style puppets, shadow puppets, etc.). There are contemporary puppets in ...