Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:39:22 EDT
Subject: PUPT: The Bamboo Princess


Greetings: 

I wanted to alert list members in the New York City area to upcoming 
performances by friend Anna Vargas.
Enjoy.

Fred Thompson

The Bamboo Princess
A Japanese Shadow show developed, designed and performed by Anna Vargas

SUNDAY, APRIL 28 12PM                                                         
         SUNDAY, MAY 12 7:30PM
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDENS                                                      
ST. PAUL & ST. ANDREW
AUDITORIUM                                                                    
                        METHODIST CHURCH
1000 WASHINGTON AVE. BROOKLYN, NY                              WEST END AVE. 
& 86 ST, NYC
Admission to the garden is $3  The performance is free              Admission 
is free

The Bamboo Princess is an ancient Japanese myth, which tells of an unusual 
child discovered in the hollow of a bamboo stalk.  Bamboo is a symbol of 
purity, humility and endurance.  Through these qualities, this mystical child 
influences all whom she meets, bringing joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. 
The Bamboo Princess is performed by Anna Vargas with recorded music by the 
Inoue Chamber Ensemble.

Anna Vargas, a member of Puppeteers of America, has been an active puppeteer 
for the past sixteen years.  Ms Vargas has worked with a variety of puppet 
styles: hand puppets, hand and rod, and silk marionettes, and has designed 
and handcrafted all of the components of her productions.  She has built, 
directed and performed twenty productions.  The Bamboo Princess is her first 
shadow puppet production. Much of the work for Bamboo Princess was developed 
at the O’Neill Puppetry Conference hosted by the Eugene O'Neil Theater Center 
in Waterford CT. In this production, Anna is assisted by her youngest 
daughter Sophia.

The Inoue Chamber Ensemble (ICE) was formed in an effort to sustain the 
momentum of the 1982 UN Special Session on Disarmament.  ICE has completed 
six USA-Japan concert tours performing in twenty-two Japanese and American 
cities.  In 1995, ICE concluded its Third International Peace Concert Series 
and Tour, dedicated to Japanese-Americans for their contribution towards 
world peace.  The Bamboo Princess had its musical premier at the Weill 
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1988. Kazuko Inoue is the founder and 
director of ICE.

Kazuko Inoue commissioned the music for The Bamboo Princess with a grant from 
The New York State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of 
Cultural Affairs.   It was composed for traditional western string 
instruments in combination with the Japanese koto and flute.





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