Alice Irvin has been fascinated by puppets since she was a child, and now the 2023 Dell’Arte graduate is sharing that passion with a free shadow puppet show — accompanied by live music — tonight at 8 ...

Shadow puppetry dates back to ancient civilizations, where it was used for storytelling and education. It is believed to ...

Shadi al-Hallaq, a puppeteer, holds two puppets during a performance in Damascus, Syria December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The last shadow puppeteer in Damascus lost most of ...

There are tensions between those who wish to preserve the nature of shadow play and those who want to see it evolve. Shadow puppets are accompanied by dancing at Chris Myer's Fire in the Head ...

Many attendees at the Harker Heights Public Library’s Wednesday morning shadow puppet show came with the expectation of seeing cute, simple puppets for the kids. What everyone was completely ...

Masked actors wearing elaborate, feathered costumes manipulated puppets behind a large 15-by-30-foot screen, creating dancing shadows and silhouettes that told an ancient story of love and war. Hamid ...

Wayang kulit, ancient shadow puppetry theater from Southeast Asia, is an art form recognized both for the beauty of its imagery and the richness of its epics passed down from generation to generation.

San Diego's Twisted Heart Puppetworks presents the first annual "Shadows Across the Globe" virtual, worldwide shadow puppet festival July 9-11, 2021, with free performances streaming online. In ...

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The last shadow puppeteer in Damascus lost most of his equipment to war and endured life as a refugee in Lebanon, but he now believes the old Syrian art form might survive after ...