Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:40:50 -0700 From: "Steven Barr" <lapuppet-AT-gmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] you tube Hamlet These Rod in Head are the original marionettes- String Puppets. They later put stings on the heads to get more subtle head movements but it slowed the overall walk--- and projected puppetry into the modern marionnette that is very limited in its movements. The Rod in the head allows an immediate movement-- and it is very cool. More primative but cool. The French call it a marionnette a tringle as opposed to marionnette a fils (string puppet). I don't know if it should be named here in America so it doesn't become a "type". Because it belongs to that Hybrid Family of Puppets which defy labels and lean on invention and proto-type. I love this style of Puppet. Check out the film trailer at: www.classicsinminiature.com and see them used in a stylized film. cool, steven Ritz- Barr On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>wrote: > Very cool puppets, who made them? > > Cool movements! Who performed them? > > I love the wide movements of dances and chases! > Makes me want to build this type of puppet. > What's the official name of the rod-in-head with strings? For now, I heard > a > lot of people call them czech puppets, but it's probably a vague > designation. Czechs must build all sorts of puppets! > > The performing possibilities and the sturdyness are very appealing to me. > > Cool shots. > Were they filmed at the indoor carroussel on Water street in Brooklyn, > almost under the bridge? > I happened to walk there while on my trip last week-end. Cool place! > > I think I exceeded my daily usage quota of the word "cool". > But I'm cool with that. > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > -- FAUST PuppenFilm by Steven Ritz-Barr "This is a fascinating piece which uses the visual-music aspect of puppetry to make images as puppet theatre can at it's best." -Dr. Kathie Folie, Univ. of Cal, Santa Cruz Theatre Chair and Professor Classics in Miniature, LLC Metropolitan Puppet Authority, Non-profit www.lapuppet.com www.classicsinminiature.com _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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