Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:47:47 -0400 From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] georgian Marionette- for Hobey Ford Hi Terri, any chances of posting a photo of the puppet? On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Klingelhoefer, Terri Sue < tklingel-AT-iupui.edu> wrote: > Hi Hobey, > > I, too, have a Georgian marionette that my mother-in-law got for me while > traveling in Georgia. She bought it from the maker following a art and > performing art show arranged for the small tour group she was with. It was > made by Irma Kadze and I have her bio somewhere. She was making puppets and > performing as early as the 1960's, among other places she studied at a > university in Tbilisi. The control, too, is vertical with fewer strings > than the control you show, I think, and the movement is very good. The > marionette is a belly dancer with no belly and no legs. She spins extremely > well and is very pretty. She does many dance movements like hip lifts, > shimmies, isolations, etc. Real full sized belly dancers have liked her > presentation of them. > > Anyway it was nice to hear about other Georgian puppets. My > mother-in-law's next trip is to Mali... hmmmm...puppetry in Mali... could be > interesting....:) > > Terri Klingelhoefer > Klingel-Engle Puppets > 7251 West State Road 46 > Ellettsville, IN 47429 > 812-325-9326 > 812-876-3540 > _______________________________________________ > 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
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