To: "Puptcrit" <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
From: puppetmaster-AT-puppetswithpizazz.com
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:07:27 +0000
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sore Arms after 1st rehearsal


I think what I like about overhead is that I can do a lot with the sets that a scrim limits. And by working overhead I can watch the play as if it were the first time seeing it. Nancy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mary  Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>

Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:23:12 
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sore Arms after 1st rehearsal


This very thing is what I have always wondered about church
puppetry......even in the group I was in, years ago. Why do they advocate
over the head arm positions?

When I found the scrim stage, I was definitely sold. Arms in front, and you
get to see the audience as well.

Mary H. 


On 3/9/09 8:23 PM, "Preston Foerder" <preston-AT-pfpuppetry.com> wrote:

> Don't hold your arm straight up over your head. If you lean slightly in the
> direction opposite the arm you are using you support your arm with your back
> muscles as opposed to just your shoulder. You'll feel it when you've hit the
> right position.
> 
> Preston
> 
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> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Sore Arms after 1st rehearsal
> 
> I designed my theater as I did for that very reason. How on earth could
> puppeteers do the over-the-head thing for years? I set the lip of the stage
> so  
> that I could rest my forearms against the lip, and thus the puppet would be
> at  
> the perfect height and I never lifted my elbow above waist level. I know
> it's  
> too late for that now, but in future shows--
> Cheers,
> Alice
> 
> Hello, 
> I've just begun rehearsals for an improvised  puppet show where we're going
> to be working with the puppets over our heads for  90ish minutes.
> My arms were quite quite sore the day after the first  rehearsal.
> 
> 
> Does anyone have any stretching and/or strengthening  exercises they can
> recommend to keep my arms happy?
> 
> 
> Respectfully  submitted,
> Rae
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