From: Elizabeth Luce <elizabeth-AT-lucedesigns.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:25:13 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] UNIMA-USA's 40 under 40


I think Andrew's original posting said thing's very well, so I won't  
add any more into the discussion except to say that a different title  
might have been more apt -"Young National and International  
Puppeteers to Watch", something like that.

I also would like to point out two West Coast young puppet troupes of  
interest, so that that the Pupcrit list folks can be aware of their  
work.

Swazzle, Sean and Patrick Johnson, has probably snagged the largest  
share of performances in Los  Angeles and the surrounding counties in  
a very short time. They have high production values, create multiple  
new shows each year, and are growing in the area of film and video  
work. They now have their own building facility and clients come to  
them for custom work. They are literate and up to date with all  
computer technology and trends, and this shows in their website and  
other work. They are 32. Please Check them out at: www.swazzle.com.

Rogue Artists Ensemble is a group I have yet to see myself (but am  
really looking forward to now that I'm back in the area), but I have  
heard very good things about their work and there are several under  
forty artists in the troupe. www.rogueartists.org

Take a look and enjoy!

-Elizabeth Luce

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Message: 16
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:10:58 -0400
From: Andrew <puppetvision-AT-gmail.com>
Subject: [Puptcrit] UNIMA-USA's 40 under 40
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Message-ID:
	<30657e0d0904240110o6c15735ej1bdc9c9932d4b0cb-AT-mail.gmail.com>

Has anyone got a copy of the latest issue of Puppetry International?  
I think
the highlight of the issue is "40 Under 40" profiles of 40 puppetry  
artists
making a difference and doing impressive work. I haven't seen the actual
issue myself yet, but read a bit about this online.

There are a lot of names on the list I was really happy to see -  
Gretchen
van Lente, Kate Brehm, Heather Henson, Basil Twist, Jason von Hinezmeyer
and Marsian Delellis among them - but is it just me or did this list  
ignore
film and video puppeteers in general and puppeteers who perform  
mainly on
the web in particular? Or was it suppose to just deal with theatre  
artists?

For example, Jim Napolitano is on the list (which is a no-brainer  
really),
but no Tim Lagasse? How did John Tartaglia get missed? Sean and Patrick
Johnson of Swazzle seem to be another glaring omission, if only  
because they
seem to be busier and more prolific than just about anybody working  
on the
West Coast right now.

To be fair, they acknowledge on the UNIMA website that "many worthy  
young
artists are missing" and no list like this is every going to be  
perfect. I'm
not really writing to criticize the list - I'm sure the editors/authors
worked hard on it and had to make some tough decisions - the whole  
concept
of it just kind of piqued my curiosity.

You can see the list online at
http://www.unima-usa.org/sphpblog_0511/index.php

- Andrew


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