Practical Puppetry A-Z
Practical Puppetry A-Z

Author: Carol R. Exner

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2005-09-08

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0786415169

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Puppetry is an exciting, flexible, malleable art form that can engage the creative forces of children or adults. Puppets can not only tell a story, they can be used to enhance the curriculum, present an idea or a concept in a compelling way, or teach any number of necessary skills. Children and adults presenting a puppet play are given a sense of their own inventive power. This reference work offers an A to Z view of working with puppets. It covers everything from the basic strategies of advertising and marketing puppet productions, to assembling the puppets out of household materials such as paper bags, cereal boxes, or gloves, to the more elaborate sculpting of armatures. Stages, curtains and props are also discussed along with the history of puppetry. Numerous illustrations give a visual of many of the finished products. This work concludes with an annotated bibliography and index.

Practical Puppetry
Practical Puppetry

Author: Mark Burrows

Publisher:

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781429118149

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From The Accidental Drum Circle to Totally Twisted, Mark Burrowss resources are always creative, practical, and full of unique ways to bring fun and learning into the classroom. Threadbare Theatres guide Practical Puppetry is all three and more. There are directions for making more than a dozen puppets, ideas for puppet stages, and five different scripts. And because puppetry is less about the puppets and more about the puppeteer, youll learn how to manipulate your puppet, find its voices, and use it to teach music concepts. Mark even shares his Top Ten Mistakes so that you can be spared the same fate. Children love puppets, and if they love it, theyll learn it. Thanks to Practical Puppetry, you can bring that learning into your classroom and be good to the environment at the same timefound objects make up more than 90% of the materials used to create these puppets.

The Complete Book of Puppetry
The Complete Book of Puppetry

Author: George Latshaw

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0486156990

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Expert guide explains how to construct several types of puppets and presents exercises for developing distinctive voices, learning puppet movement. Includes stage design, writing plays, directing productions, more. Over 150 black-and-white illustrations.

Puppetry: How to Do It
Puppetry: How to Do It

Author: Mervyn Millar

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781848425460

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A practical, accessible and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre--the perfect entry point for anyone looking to use puppets in their productions, to explore what puppets can do, or to develop their puppetry skills. Written by an experienced theatre and puppetry director, Mervyn Millar's Puppetry: How to Do Itfocuses on the performer and the craft of bringing any puppet to life. No puppet-making is required to use this book: starting just with simple objects, it lays out the skills required to unlock a puppet's limitless potential for expression and connection with an audience. Inside you'll discover fifty practical, easy-to-follow exercises - for use in a group or on your own - to develop elements of the craft, build confidence and help you improve your puppetry through play and improvisation. Also included are sections on different types of puppet, thinking about how the puppeteer is presented on stage and how to direct and devise puppet performances. Ideal for actors and performers, for directors and designers, and for teachers and students of all ages and levels of experience, this book will demystify the art of puppetry, and help you become more confident and creative with all kinds of puppets and objects on stage.

Puppet Play Therapy
Puppet Play Therapy

Author: Athena A. Drewes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1351722042

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Puppet Play Therapy is a comprehensive guidebook that describes the basic skills, techniques, and applications for selecting and working with puppets in specific types of settings and populations. Written by preeminent voices in the field, chapters offer invaluable guidance on selecting, using, and assessing puppet-based therapeutic interventions. Both beginning and experienced clinicians will also appreciate the inclusion of practical, step-by-step approaches and reproducible handouts that will aid them in their puppet play therapy sessions.

Puppetry: A Reader in Theatre Practice
Puppetry: A Reader in Theatre Practice

Author: Penny Francis

Publisher: Red Globe Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0230232728

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In this sophisticated and compelling introduction to puppet theatre, Penny Francis offers engaging contemporary perspectives on this universal art-form. She provides an account of puppetry's different facets, from its demands and techniques, through its uses and abuses, to its history and philosophy. Now recognized as a valuable and powerful medium used in the making of most forms of theatre and filmed work, those referring to Puppetry will discover something of the roots, dramaturgy, literature and techniques of this visual art form. The book gathers together material from an international selection of sources, bringing puppet theatre to life for the student, practitioner and amateur alike.

Practical Guide to Puppetry
Practical Guide to Puppetry

Author: Mark Down

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2022-09-26

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 071984102X

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In recent years, puppetry has enjoyed a huge revival on the stages of our theatres, dance venues and opera houses. Large-scale productions such as War Horse and The Lion King have revitalized age-old techniques to attract new audiences and develop the power of storytelling. Puppetry is now seen not only as a specialist art form that exists on its own, but also as a vital tool in the armoury of theatrical storytellers. A Practical Guide to Puppetry offers a comprehensive overview to this versatile art form, exploring established techniques and offering expert instruction on styles from shadow puppetry to group puppetry. Each method is illustrated with practical and accessible exercises, achievable either individually or in a group workshop or rehearsal. With over eighty exercises for improvising, training, designing and directing puppetry, accompanied by 400 illustrations, this new book gives a complete approach to puppeteering with objects, simple puppets and puppets with mechanisms.

Puppets and Puppet Theatre
Puppets and Puppet Theatre

Author: David Currell

Publisher: Crowood

Published: 2014-04-30

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1847977901

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Puppets & Puppet Theatre is essential reading for everyone interested in making and performing with puppets. It concentrates on designing, making and performing with the main types of puppet, and is extensively illustrated in full colour throughout.Topics covered include: nature and heritage of puppet theatre; the anatomy of a puppet, its design and structure; materials and methods for sculpting, modelling and casting; step-by-step instructions for making glove, hand, rod and shadow puppets & marionettes; puppet control and manipulation; staging principles, stage and scenery design; principles of sound & lighting and finally, organisation of a show.

An Introduction to Puppets and Puppet-making
An Introduction to Puppets and Puppet-making

Author: David Currell

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9781856278799

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For what must be one of the most creative and satisfying of crafts, Puppets and Puppet-Making provides the perfect introduction to the art as well as the means for mastering the more complicated skills and subtle effects.