{"id":4236,"date":"2017-03-02T06:54:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2017-03-02T06:54:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T14:54:37","slug":"puppets-and-such","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=4236","title":{"rendered":"Puppets and such"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Photos courtesy of Lorenzo Mella)<\/p>\n

In honor of Boom Arts’ upcoming performance of \u00a0CHIFL\u00d3N: EL SILENCIO DEL CARB\u00d3N\u00a0(The Silence of Coal)<\/em>, created and performed by the Chilean group\u00a0Silence Blanco, I thought I’d look at some puppet performance.\u00a0(http:\/\/www.boomarts.org<\/a> for details) The performances of this play about the fate of coal miners are free, by the way, but you need to make reservations. Promises to be a thought-provoking engagement, as always with this company.<\/p>\n

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Man, times have changed since I saw the traditional Kasperle Theater<\/em> as it is called in Germany or Punch and Judy<\/em> shows, the British version. Hand puppets are still around, as are marionettes and shadow figures, but things\u00a0have become quite sophisticated. \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

I am linking to some Australian shadow puppet performance.\"\"<\/p>\n

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