“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...
Entranced by traditional Balinese puppet theater, he developed a modern, multicultural version that he performed around the ...
They’re rehearsing Theatreworks’ upcoming production of “The Mitten,” a shadow puppet adaptation of a Ukrainian folk tale about a boy’s lost mitten in the forest. “It’s this unique art form,” says ...
With help from fellow performers, Zhou Banghui (middle) sets up a shadow puppet theater stage in downtown Xining, Qinghai province.[Photo by Qi Zhiyue/Xinhua] The curtain hangs lightly, its white ...
Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...
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