With puppets, projectors and live performances, Manual Cinema creates surreal movies as the audience watches the process unfold. Video shot and edited by Eric Krupke The black silhouette of a girl’s ...

Masked actors wearing elaborate, feathered costumes manipulated puppets behind a large 15-by-30-foot screen, creating dancing shadows and silhouettes that told an ancient story of love and war. Hamid ...

The most challenging part, says Williams, is understanding the concept of negative space with the shadow puppets and creating an interesting silhouette. From there, puppets are cut out by hand or ...

Puppet Showplace Theater will present its winter season from January to March 2026, featuring educational programs and ...

Shadow puppets are accompanied by dancing at Chris Myer's Fire in the Head performance, as part of French Institute Alliance Français's Crossing the Line festival (all photos by Aditi Jhaveri) ...

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