Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:53:01 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: [Puptcrit]  Nightingale in Toronto: Lepage and Curry


I remember well Michael Curry talking about using dancers and actors 
over puppeteers for his productions at the '99 National Festival in 
Seattle, WA. He said it was because most of his work was large scale, 
and they were trained to have a sense of where they belonged in 
relationship to a large space and to other dancers. He also said he 
admired the way puppeteers were so self sufficient, and could make or 
repair anything out of anything. The audience was happy with his 
talk. I think he words his thoughts a bit unfortunately in this video 
here.

It's an exciting choice that the creators use the singers to operate 
the puppets, if only because it's another step forward for puppets 
being seen as a viable art form for adults in this country. 
Puppeteers would have worked too, but this is bold. Hopefully the 
singers do a good job, a bad one would bother me more, and then I 
would wish they had used proper puppeteers!

-Elizabeth
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