Puppets, Masks, and Performing Objects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Puppets, Masks, and Performing Objects write by John Bell. This book was released on 2001-04-27. Puppets, Masks, and Performing Objects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives. Puppets and masks are central to some of the oldest worldwide forms of art making and performance, as well as some of the newest. In the twentieth century, French symbolists, Russian futurists and constructivists, Prague School semioticians, and avant-garde artists around the world have all explored the experimental, social, and political value of performing objects. In recent years, puppets, masks, and objects have been the focus of Broadway musicals, postmodernist theory, political spectacle, performance art, and new academic programs, for example, at the California Institute of the Arts.This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives. The topics include Stephen Kaplin's new theory of puppet theater based on distance and ratio, a historical overview of mechanical and electrical performing objects, a Yiddish puppet theater of the 1920s and 1930s, an account of the Bread and Puppet Theater's Domestic Resurrection Circus and a manifesto by its founder, Peter Schumann, and interviews with director Julie Taymor and Peruvian mask-maker Gustavo Boada. The book also includes the first English translation of Pyotr Bogatyrev's influential 1923 essay on Czech and Russian puppet and folk theaters. Contributors John Bell, Pyotr Bogatyrev, Stephen Kaplin, Edward Portnoy, Richard Schechner, Peter Schumann, Salil Singh, Theodora Skipitares, Mark Sussman, Steve Tilllis
Puppets and Masks
Puppets and Masks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Puppets and Masks write by Nan Rump. This book was released on 1995-07. Puppets and Masks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes storytelling arts projects - activities include puppets of all sizes, masks and other larger-than-life characters. Instructions for producing sound effects and scenery, and scripts of folk tales in which the puppets and masks can be used, round out the theme.
Puppets & Masks
Puppets & Masks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Puppets & Masks write by Albert Boekholt. This book was released on 1981. Puppets & Masks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Paper Masks and Puppets for Stories, Songs, and Plays
Paper Masks and Puppets for Stories, Songs, and Plays - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Paper Masks and Puppets for Stories, Songs, and Plays write by Ron Feller. This book was released on 1985. Paper Masks and Puppets for Stories, Songs, and Plays available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides instructions on creating an assortment of masks and puppets to accompany classic stories in the classroom
Mexican Masks and Puppets
Mexican Masks and Puppets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mexican Masks and Puppets write by Bryan J. Stevens. This book was released on 2012. Mexican Masks and Puppets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz, old masked dances have survived in isolated mountain regions. These dances include wonderful masks of humans and animals, masks with beautiful, comic, or wicked faces. Created by Indigenous master carvers, mascareros, these masks and puppets appear during religious fiestas. Over 700 vivid color photos reveal these masks and puppets in all their glory. The thoroughly researched text answers the questions about who made these beautiful works of art, who these dance characters are, and the nature of the religion they represent. The Spanish conquerors strove to convert the Indian inhabitants of Mexico to Christianity. However, these converts secretly retained important deities from earlier times to accompany Christian elements, creating a poetic blend of beliefs. Given that these indigenous peoples have suffered many injustices, the masks, puppets, and dance dramas reflect many unresolved societal tensions along with veiled wishes for divine justice.
