From: "morgan eckert" <meckert27-AT-hotmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:22:57 -0400 Subject: [Puptcrit] more video advice one of my favorite videos of puppetry for both children and adults is lotte reininger's "the adventures of prince achmed". it may be more technically considered a shadow film, but the piece is strongly influenced by shadow puppetry. really beautiful, the kids will just love it i think. -morgan eckert >From: puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org >Reply-To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Subject: puptcrit Digest, Vol 32, Issue 3 >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:00:01 -0400 > >Send puptcrit mailing list submissions to > puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > puptcrit-request-AT-puptcrit.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > puptcrit-owner-AT-puptcrit.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of puptcrit digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. advice (Johanna Smith) > 2. Re: advice (Mary Horsley) > 3. Re: advice (jmwyrd-AT-aol.com) > 4. Re: advice (Mary Robinette Kowal) > 5. Re: advice (Jamie Ashby) > 6. Re: advice (Kurt and Kathy Hunter) > 7. Re: advice (Kismet) > 8. Re: advice (Steve Axtell) > 9. contact info needed for Bill Jones & Norm Gibson (Mary Decker) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:22:48 -0700 >From: "Johanna Smith" <johanner-AT-gmail.com> >Subject: [Puptcrit] advice >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: > <a7323c9c0706021022l6a8af134l81512a8ca2f1a907-AT-mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a real >question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for kids >aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be showing >lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a >particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas but >I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > >Thanks > >Johanna Smith >Associate Professor, Theatre Education >California State University, San Bernardino > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:32:58 -0400 >From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <C287A09A.BBB%mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Dark Crystal and/or Labrynth. Too many kids today have not had the >opportunity to see some of Jim's incredible films. > >Mary > > >On 6/2/07 1:22 PM, "Johanna Smith" <johanner-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a >real > > question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for >kids > > aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be >showing > > lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > > particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas >but > > I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > > > > Thanks > > > > Johanna Smith > > Associate Professor, Theatre Education > > California State University, San Bernardino > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:58:57 -0400 >From: jmwyrd-AT-aol.com >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <8C973A24326C23E-1D68-696F-AT-FWM-D34.sysops.aol.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > I agree about Labyrinth or Dark Crystal, and perhaps just clips (if you >can get them) of some of the aliens in Farscape, to show that puppets >aren't ONLY cute kid things.? Too often in America people have the idea >that puppets are only for little kids, which is entirely not true.? While >there are a great many shows for young kids that feature puppets, that is >certainly not the ONLY thing puppets are good for.? IMO, it would be great >to point that out no matter which puppeteer or format you use to do it.? >Puppets aren't JUST for the very young. :-)? That's my two pence, for what >it's worth.? > >Happily slipping back to lurk mode. > >Jeff > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Sent: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 7:32 pm >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice > > > > > > > > > > >Dark Crystal and/or Labrynth. Too many kids today have not had the >opportunity to see some of Jim's incredible films. > >Mary > > >On 6/2/07 1:22 PM, "Johanna Smith" <johanner-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a >real > > question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for >kids > > aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be >showing > > lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > > particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas >but > > I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > > > > Thanks > > > > Johanna Smith > > Associate Professor, Theatre Education > > California State University, San Bernardino > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free >from AOL at AOL.com. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:27:46 -0700 >From: "Mary Robinette Kowal" <mary-AT-otherhandproductions.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: > <b69ffc000706022127y7967d499lf318198d1a83e87a-AT-mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Get the San Fransisco festival video. It has the Georgian Hand Shadow >theater, which rocks. > >Also it has Richard Bradshaw as another example of shadow. > >Actually, just about everything on that tape is a fantastic example of >live puppetry. Shoot-- I'm totally blanking on the name of the hand >puppeteer and I used him all the time as an example. From the Bay >area, I think and performs the best Tortise and Hare EVER. > >A clip of Hans Boerwinkle is on there. > >The Seattle festival tape has a clip of a Chinese marionettist that >will knock your socks off. > >The whole Jim Henson presents series--if you can find it--has great >interviews with all sorts of master puppeteers. > >Oh! Strings the movie has stunning, stunning marionette work by Bernd >Ogrodnik. > >The festival tapes though have lots of clips of different wonderful >puppetry, so that's probably easiest. > >-- >Mary Robinette Kowal >http://www.otherhandproductions.com > >On 6/2/07, Johanna Smith <johanner-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a >real > > question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for >kids > > aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be >showing > > lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > > particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas >but > > I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > > > > Thanks > > > > Johanna Smith > > Associate Professor, Theatre Education > > California State University, San Bernardino > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:51:27 -0400 >From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <20070603005127.j1pyis3mp8744cko-AT-webmail.utoronto.ca> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > format="flowed" > >You may not want to show the WHOLE thing, as there are a few (and I >think it's just a few) four letter words, but _A Line of Balance_ >featuring Ronnie Burkett is a great look into marionette work and the >production development process (or one version of it) in general. > >Good luck, > >Jamie Ashby > >PhD Candidate: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers >Theatre >Company" >Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, >University of Toronto > >Co-founder, PuppUTopiate: the *only* puppet company at the Univ. of Toronto >Member, Ontario Puppetry Association Board of Trustees > > > > > >Quoting Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>: > > > Dark Crystal and/or Labrynth. Too many kids today have not had the > > opportunity to see some of Jim's incredible films. > > > > Mary > > > > > > On 6/2/07 1:22 PM, "Johanna Smith" <johanner-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a >real > >> question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for >kids > >> aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be >showing > >> lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > >> particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas >but > >> I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Johanna Smith > >> Associate Professor, Theatre Education > >> California State University, San Bernardino > >> _______________________________________________ > >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 06:31:09 -0500 >From: "Kurt and Kathy Hunter" <HunterMarionettes-AT-earthlink.net> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <001201c7a5d2$af4ef110$6500a8c0-AT-MYCOMPUTER> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >The Bay area hand puppeteer is Bob Hartman. His Tortoise and the Hare is >hilarious. His comic timing is unsurpassed. > >I believe everything that you mentioned is available for loan to members of >the Puppeteers of America from the A/V Library. You can check out the DVD >list at: http://www.puppeteers.org/av_dvd.html The whole "Jim Henson >presents The World of Puppetry" series is available for loan. > >The A/V Library alone is reason enough to belong to the Puppeteers of >America. > >Kurt > >-----Original Message----- >From: puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org [mailto:puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org] >On Behalf Of Mary Robinette Kowal >Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:28 PM >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice > >Get the San Fransisco festival video. It has the Georgian Hand Shadow >theater, which rocks. > >Also it has Richard Bradshaw as another example of shadow. > >Actually, just about everything on that tape is a fantastic example of >live puppetry. Shoot-- I'm totally blanking on the name of the hand >puppeteer and I used him all the time as an example. From the Bay >area, I think and performs the best Tortise and Hare EVER. > >A clip of Hans Boerwinkle is on there. > >The Seattle festival tape has a clip of a Chinese marionettist that >will knock your socks off. > >The whole Jim Henson presents series--if you can find it--has great >interviews with all sorts of master puppeteers. > >Oh! Strings the movie has stunning, stunning marionette work by Bernd >Ogrodnik. > >The festival tapes though have lots of clips of different wonderful >puppetry, so that's probably easiest. > >-- >Mary Robinette Kowal >http://www.otherhandproductions.com > >On 6/2/07, Johanna Smith <johanner-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a >real > > question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for >kids > > aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be >showing > > lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > > particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas >but > > I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > > > > Thanks > > > > Johanna Smith > > Associate Professor, Theatre Education > > California State University, San Bernardino > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 21:43:58 +1000 >From: "Kismet" <kismet-AT-bigpond.net.au> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Message-ID: <005101c7a5d4$797b4500$0100000a-AT-win1c1a36078f6> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >http://www.seankenan.com/shadowplay.html > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Robinette Kowal" <mary-AT-otherhandproductions.com> >To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> >Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 2:27 PM >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice > > > > Get the San Fransisco festival video. It has the Georgian Hand Shadow > > theater, which rocks. > > > > Also it has Richard Bradshaw as another example of shadow. > > > > Actually, just about everything on that tape is a fantastic example of > > live puppetry. Shoot-- I'm totally blanking on the name of the hand > > puppeteer and I used him all the time as an example. From the Bay > > area, I think and performs the best Tortise and Hare EVER. > > > > A clip of Hans Boerwinkle is on there. > > > > The Seattle festival tape has a clip of a Chinese marionettist that > > will knock your socks off. > > > > The whole Jim Henson presents series--if you can find it--has great > > interviews with all sorts of master puppeteers. > > > > Oh! Strings the movie has stunning, stunning marionette work by Bernd > > Ogrodnik. > > > > The festival tapes though have lots of clips of different wonderful > > puppetry, so that's probably easiest. > > > > -- > > Mary Robinette Kowal > > http://www.otherhandproductions.com > > > > On 6/2/07, Johanna Smith <johanner-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a > >> real > >> question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for >kids > >> aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be >showing > >> lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > >> particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas > >> but > >> I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Johanna Smith > >> Associate Professor, Theatre Education > >> California State University, San Bernardino > >> _______________________________________________ > >> List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > >> Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > >> Archives: http://www.driftline.org > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.6/828 - Release Date: 1/06/2007 > > 11:22 AM > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:01:08 -0700 >From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com> >Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] advice >To: johanner-AT-gmail.com >Cc: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: > <20070603140423.ART13315.mta11.adelphia.net-AT-steve-d16206670.axtell.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > >Johanna, Check out our award winning puppet video >"AxTelevision: Come Outta That Shell" - we show >how we make them and then perform them in a short >film.... http://www.axtelevision.com Right on >target with your age group also. > >Ax > > > >At 10:46 AM 6/2/2007, you wrote: > >Hi pupcritters! I've been a happy lurker for a while but now I have a >real > >question- I'm going to be doing a 5-week summer puppetry program for kids > >aged 8-11 (I got a grant from the NEA), and as part of it I'll be showing > >lots of videos. Does anyone have suggestions for clips that showcase a > >particular style or artist that kids "need" to see? I have a few ideas >but > >I thought it would be a fun brainstorm. > > > >Thanks > > > >Johanna Smith > >Associate Professor, Theatre Education > >California State University, San Bernardino > >_______________________________________________ > >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.6/828 - > >Release Date: 6/1/2007 11:22 AM > > >Steve Axtell >Axtell Expressions, Inc. >**************************************** >Amazing Puppet Character's Website - http://www.axtell.com >"AxTelevision" on DVD - http://www.axtelevision.com >International Performer's Directory - http://www.axtell.com/performers.html > >The original content of this email or attachments is ? Axtell Expressions, >Inc. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 07:41:45 -0700 >From: Mary Decker <marydeck57-AT-sbcglobal.net> >Subject: [Puptcrit] contact info needed for Bill Jones & Norm Gibson >To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Message-ID: <p06240803c28882ba2951-AT-[68.127.155.101]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Hey Bill Jones! I need to contact you about a puppet I have here. >Now that Lettie Schubert's gone, I don't have any way to track you >down. But I think you're on Puptcrit. Please contact me: >650-361-1310 (in Redwood City) or marydeck57 at sbcglobal.net. >Thanks, Mary Decker > >Also, does anyone have any contact info for Norm Gibson? I am told >that he moved back to the U.S. recently. ??? -Mary > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org >Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > >End of puptcrit Digest, Vol 32, Issue 3 >*************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Get a preview of Live Earth, the hottest event this summer - only on MSN http://liveearth.msn.com?source=msntaglineliveearthhm _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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