PuppetryAllyssa Ayrand Nava

Puppetry- is a form of theatre or performance which involves the manipulation of puppets

- is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by an entertainer, who is called a puppeteer

Puppet

Puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience

Types of

Black light puppet

- A form of puppetry where the puppets are operated on a stage lit only with ultraviolet lighting, which both hides the puppeteer and accentuates the colours of the puppet.

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Bunraku puppetsBunraku puppets are a type of wood-carved puppet originally made to stand out through torch illumination

CARNIVAL OR BODY PUPPETS

- usually designed to be part of a large spectacle. These are often used in parades and demonstrations, and are at least the size of a human and often much larger

-an extremely simple puppet variant which fits onto a single finger

*Finger puppet

Sock puppet

- A puppet formed from a sock and operated by inserting ones hand inside the sock

Hand or glove puppet- these are puppets controlled by one hand which occupies the interior of the puppet

Human-arm puppetAlso called a "two-man puppet" or a "Live-hand puppet"; it is similar to a hand puppet but is larger and requires two puppeteers. One puppeteer places a hand inside the puppet's head and operates its head and mouth, while the other puppeteer wears gloves and special sleeves attached to the puppet in order to become the puppet's arms, so that the puppet can perform arbitrary hand gestures

Rod Puppet - A puppet constructed around a central rod secured to the head.

Water Puppet - a Vietnamese puppet form, the "Múa rối

nước". Múa rối nước literally means "puppets that dance on water", an ancient tradition that dates back to the tenth century

Shadow puppet- A cut-out figure held between a source of

light and a translucent screen. Shadow puppets can form solid silhouettes or be decorated with various amounts of cut-out details