From: Grego <grego-AT-gregoland.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:54:29 +0900
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Great with Japanese Children


I guess a little snooping about might be in order, to find out what  
makes all this possible, the nuts and bolts of dollars and sense in  
culture and education.
What I do know is that the city of Iida, having long ago made a  
commitment to put itself on the cultural map via active support of  
puppetry, has gotten rather good at doing that effectively. They  
spend quite a bundle on their international puppet fest every year.  
But I should say "invest", because despite the fact that a lot of  
that money leaves town in the pockets of puppeteers, ( ! ), part of  
the result is that the investment comes pouring back into the city to  
the tune of outlay x 300%.
...
... ...
... ... ...Yes, literally.

-G





On Jan 2, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Martin Holman wrote:
>
> Both the Imada and Kuroda puppet theaters have been teaching  
> traditional
> Bunraku puppetry at the schools for some time--long before the  
> official push
> came from the Ministry of Education to bring community people into the
> schools to enrich students' education.
> The schools in Iida have provided teaching/rehearsal space and  
> purchased
> very high quality puppets for the students to use, and lots of  
> students
> participate.
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