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		index ^Votes:0 index WELCOME TO PURPLE ROCK PRODUCTIONS WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE ADDRESS: WWW.purplerock.ORG Please make a note of it! Purple Rock Productions combines the arts of storytelling, puppetry, music and pantomime in creating a rare spectrum of enduring entertainment. Our mission is to encourage, enrich and enliven young minds of all ages. All shows are presented with live narration and character voices. Most shows offer live music as well. Puppets are included in every performance. Exquisite hand-made marionettes, rod puppets, hand puppets, giant parade figures and shadow figures help to tell the stories and illustrate the musical pantomimes. Our performers are professionals, each with over fifteen years performing expertise. We also present workshops in puppet building and performance techniques Read More Go to Site


		Julie Taymor as Puppet Artist ^Votes:0 Julie Taymor as Puppet Artist by James M. Brandon Note: This paper was written for a graduate course in puppetry history and theory, co-taught by Bradford Clark . Preface In my study of Julie Taymor, I have attempted to examine her as a puppet artist. This has forced me to leave out much material which many previous scholars have considered as basic to any study of Taymor. Her relationship with Eliot Goldenthal, her work with Joseph Chaiken's "Open Theatre," and her extensive work in non-puppet performances has been omitted, along with much other material. Unlike many other puppet artists, Taymor has a large amount of material published about her, and any study about her suffers from a wealth rather than dearth of information. With this in mind, I have included a lengthy bibliogr Read More Go to Site

		The Puppeteers' Cooperative Home Page ^Votes:0 The Puppeteers' Cooperative Home Page Updated 11/3/2007 Photo of the week List of people who are interested in making giant puppets, pageants, and parades. Get in touch with others in your area; this is not a solitary pursuit. Sign up! 68 Ways to Make Really Big Puppets Page of Thumbnail Sketches Page of Thumbnail Photos click on name to see diagram and explanation of puppet (* includes photo) Simple Puppets: Fathead* / Purely Cardboard* / Pole Dragon / Face Banner* / Star Banner* / Hat Cat* / Opera Singer* / Totem* / Flier* / Jo's Penguin / Shimmy Dancer / Hattifatner / Other (Flapping Angel)* Backpacks: About Backpacks* / Jo's Ladies* / Jose's Ecstatic / Demonoid* / Hep Cat* / Skeleton* Animals: Two-person Fish / Cats and Dogs* / Riding Horse* / Wire Demon* / Circus Stilt Ape / One-perso Read More Go to Site

		The Puppetry Home Page ^Votes:0 Welcome to the Puppetry Home Page! The Puppetry Home Page is produced by Rose Sage Barone of Sagecraft Productions and Nick Barone of Nick Barone Puppets, who are aided by contributors from the puppetry community world-wide. The Puppetry Home Page is a free resource for the puppetry community and is dedicated to helping people connect with the world of puppetry. Rose Sage Barone and Nick Barone PuppetFest Midwest July 8 - July 13, 2008 at North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri, USA This is a festival that we have volunteered at for the past few years. We highly recommend it for a hands-on puppetry experience. See you in Trenton! Rose and Nick So, You Have a Puppetry Question This is the place to start if you have a question about this page or about puppets or puppetry. What's Read More Go to Site

		Tucker's Tales Puppet Theater ^Votes:0 TUCKERS' TALES PUPPET THEATER 2026 Susquehanna Road Abington, PA 19001 Phone: (215) 885-7073 Fax: (215) 885-4195 Email: TUCKTALE @aol.com Schedule of Performances A Catalogue and Pictures of Our Shows Where We've Performed Get A Clue @ Your Library! summer reading program suggestions Back to Tuckers' Puppets and Music Puppetry Links TUCKERS' TALES PUPPET THEATRE, the Performing division of Puppet Perceptions, Inc., is a Philadelphia area based performing company founded in 1981. Co-directors Marianne and Tom Tucker have performed at puppet, folk, ethnic and street festivals, and at craft fairs, shopping centers, theaters and schools around the country. Audiences from small children to senior citizens have enjoyed the variety of styles skillfully displayed in their interesting programs. Tom Read More Go to Site

		© The Children's Museum of Indianapolis ^Votes:0 EspaÑol FranÇais Deutsch Russian Chinese Japanese Santa's Big Arrival! Nov. 23rd, 8 — 10 a.m. Coming Soon to Lilly Theater: Babes in Toyland Opens Nov. 23rd! Join Robot Club! Prelude Awards 2007 — 2008 The Prelude Awards is designed to provide exceptional learning experiences that help young people to develop competencies in the arts. Application deadline: November 5, 2007, at 5 p.m. --> 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208-4716 · 317-334-3322 Read More Go to Site

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