From: LKJeffries-AT-aol.com Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: [Puptcrit] puppeteers and actors I think I missed a chunk of this thread, but it strikes me that most puppeteers are what we at Cornerstone Theater call "slashers"; we are writer/performer/director/designers, and sometimes also quite fine musicians or dancers. So there's no reason for us to assume that our actor and dancer colleagues can't likewise have or develop multiple skills. Sure, not every great actor is a great puppeteer. I work with a lot of actors, as well as first-time performers in community-based work. Some are natural puppeteers - they'll pick up a puppet and immediately start playing inventively with it. Some will have to work hard at it, but will eventually give a beautiful performance. And some just have no feel for it at all, and it will always be a kind of paint-by-numbers exercise for them. But those are the rarest, in my experience. --Lynn _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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