puppetry

Awash in a red light, three femme presenting performers dressed in black hold a boat constructed out of tape and twigs. They are putting two halves of it together: one looks like several apartment buildings all together and the bottom is a clearer boat shape. An oversized coat hangs in the background, along with many different puppets from previous moments scattered along the back of the stage.
Photo: REC Philly
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The Stories We Steal and the Stories We Make

Zoe Farnsworth

A rich performance of Kea Tawana’s life and how constructing reality can be both advantageous and destructive.

Under a spot light a hand in a white glove is held up as though a small figure is walking. It wears black rimmed glasses with a big plastic nose and fuzzy eyebrows. The arm of the puppeteer is barely visible.
Photo: Brian Hashimoto
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Crafting Tall Tales at PhysFestNYC

Emilee Lord

puppetry and dancers speak with the body

Three people wearing all black stand next to a ladder in a blackbox theatre holding a puppet. The puppet is climbing the ladder and waving one arm overhead. There are various hand-crafted sculptures and props surrounding them, and an image is projected on a screen behind them.
Photo by: Sebastienne Mundheim
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Kea and the Ark

Caitlin Green

Each step forward is a calculation that risks the possibility of imbalance.

Photo: Whitney Browne
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A Shared Rhythm: Interview with Palestinian Dancer Mohammed Smahneh

Nadia Khayrallah

Fusing Dabke, Hip Hop, contemporary dance, and puppetry.