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A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object—a puppet—to create the illusion of life. A puppeteer can operate a puppet either by the use of strings, rods, wires or simply their own hands. Some puppet styles require puppeteers to work in teams to create a single character.
There are a broad range of styles of puppetry that require puppeteers. There are shadow puppets, rod puppets, Marrionettes, Table-top puppets, body puppets, Hand or glove puppets, etc. Whatever the style, the puppeteer's role is to use manipulate the physical object in such a manner that the audience believes the object is imbued with life.
Sergey Obraztsov, frequently cited as the father of artistic puppetry, was skilled in finger puppeteering and showing puppeteering with his bare hands. His famous number was a dancing couple whose complicated tango movements had to be manipulated by seven puppeteers simultaneously.
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@DenizMenacex Just so I expose government people and the puppeteers behind them lol. I wrote like a page and then some :\ How are you tho? x
ukmastermind (Mastermind) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:19:15 -0000
@DenizMenacex Just so I expose government people and the puppeteers behind them lol. I wrote like a page and then some :\ How are you tho? x
Wow! Craig Ferguson! Love puppeteers even more!
Kajon (Kajon) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:44:11 -0000
Wow! Craig Ferguson! Love puppeteers even more!
i wasn't expecting to see the puppeteers though. #craigferguson
meechums (meechums) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:20:56 -0000
i wasn't expecting to see the puppeteers though. #craigferguson
@kal3igh I found it distracting to see the puppeteers. not to mention, it ruins the magic #craigferguson
rikimae (Riki Mae) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:24:16 -0000
@kal3igh I found it distracting to see the puppeteers. not to mention, it ruins the magic #craigferguson
why are they showing the puppeteers? #craigferguson
rikimae (Riki Mae) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:20:47 -0000
why are they showing the puppeteers? #craigferguson
The puppeteers from Palms Puppeteers are already here setting up for the HIT black light show. Starts at 6. Don't miss it!
1023theriver (1023theriver) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:57:45 -0000
The puppeteers from Palms Puppeteers are already here setting up for the HIT black light show. Starts at 6. Don't miss it!
Andrew Kim - Creates puppet and mask plays, pageants, parades with theaters and community arts groups in the Seattle area. Includes past work with Heart of the Beast, Bread and Puppet.
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Andy Hayward - The online portfolio of this puppeteer and puppet builder currently working for Vee Entertainment - the producers of Sesame Street Live and Bear in the Big Blue House Live.
Meta Description: [ Online home of puppeteer and designer Andy Hayward. ]
Artello - Puppet and theatre company from Vigo (Galicia, Spain) founded by Rosa Hurtado and Santiago Montenegro.
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teatro y tteres con sede en Vigo (Galicia), integrada
por Rosa Hurtado y Santiago Montenegro. Espectculos
en cartelera: LA DEL LIBRO, UNA DE AMOR y AMADS DE ALGURES. ]
Atlanta Puppet - Professional puppet shows and workshops for schools, festivals, fairs, malls, and cruise ships. All styles of puppetry. Award winning Master Puppeteer Peter Hart.
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Barefoot Puppets - Heidi Rugg's shows feature world folk-tales and far-away lands with scripts that aim to be imaginative and well-researched. Performance schedule, show descriptions and photographs.
Meta Description: [ Barefoot Puppets features world folktales and far-away lands with scripts that are both imaginative and well-researched. ]
Barry Purves - Article from Bright Lights Film Journal discusses the major works of the British puppet animator.
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Biggar Puppet Theatre and the Purves Puppets - Scotland's only permanent puppet theatre. Information on puppet shows, workshops, children's parties, Christmas shows, teacher inservice and touring company.
Meta Description: [ Scotland's only permanent Puppet Theatre and home to one of the world's most famous puppet companies. Information on puppet shows, workshops, children's parties, Christmas shows, Teacher Inservice and Touring Company. ]
Blind Summit Theatre - Information on plays, workshops, history, tour dates, and contact details.
Blue Sky Puppet Theatre - This professional touring company presents educational, fine art, and fun performances. Topics include: math education, peaceful conflict resolution, drug and alcohol prevention.
Meta Description: [ Blue Sky Puppet Theatre. Since 1974 we have been one of the finest touring children's theatres on the East Coast. Each of our 1300 shows a year are dedicated to excellence in theatre, art, education and fun. Math, Peaceful conflict resolution, goalsetting, drug abuse prevention and MORE! ]
Bob Baker Marionettes - The longest running children's theater in Los Angeles. All of the marionettes, puppets, props and costumes for the theater are produced in the on-site shop. Performances play for audiences of all ages.
Bryan, Lee aka That Puppet Guy - Captivating audience while creating lasting memories through the magic of live puppetry performances.
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Burt the Raccoon Puppet Show - Educational children's entertainment suitable for school shows, libraries, nature centers and festivals of all kinds.
Meta Description: [ Children's Entertainment - An entertaining and educational puppet show., Educational children's entertainment suitable for school shows, libraries, nature centers and festivals of all kinds.
]
Carousel Puppets - Puppet shows for all occasions. Large and colorful marionettes and hand puppets. Lively music and lots of audience participation.
Meta Description: [ Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC puppet shows for birthday parties and all occassions in VA, MD, and DC! Large and colorful marionettes and hand puppets. Lively music and lots of audience participation. Great party entertainment ]
Chicagoland Puppetry Guild - An affiliate of the Puppeteers of America. Officers, details of upcoming meetings, and a member directory.
Crabgrass Puppet Theatre - Offers information on history, current productions, booking, puppetry resources, and a photo gallery. Based in Wappingers Falls, NY.
Curious Moon Puppet Theatre - Atlanta based puppet company that provides programs and workshops for all ages and venues.
Dandelion Puppets - British puppet shows, childrens entertainment, wildlife shows. See and learn shows with an educational bias.
Deputy Bob - Christian ventriloquist. Services, photographs and news.
Don Becker - A well-made odd collection of original characters and miniature marionettes.
Fantasy Puppet Theater - History and description of the one-man troupe.
Flying Pig Parties - UK based touring theatre company specialising in 'people puppet' shows for schools, art leisure centres, corporate events and children's parties.
Meta Description: [ The UKs leading Childrens Entertainment site for all your entertainment needs - A perfect show for every occasion -Puppets, Pantomimes, Parties, Games Prizes, Theatres, Fun Days, Schools, Kids Korner with free fun stuff, People and Puppet Pantomimes - ]
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Foerder, Preston - Family and adult performances using puppetry.
Meta Description: [ Adult and family performances using puppetry by Preston Foerder ]
Freshwater Pearls Puppetry - Presents classic puppet theatre to schools, libraries, festivals, museums, historic sites and other venues.
Meta Description: [ Freshwater Pearls Puppetry presents classic puppet theatre to schools, libraries, festivals, museums, historic sites and other venues. ]
Friends Puppet - Offer character education puppet adventures in Vancouver, Washington. Children will learn and laugh as the Friends teach important Bible lessons.
Gary Friedman Productions - Showcases the work of a South African with over twenty years experience in puppetry-in-education and development, advertising promotions, television and live theatre production.
Meta Description: [ Gary Friedman Productions (africanpuppet.com) ]
Great Arizona Puppet Theater - Online reservations, show descriptions, and show times.
Meta Description: [ This is the Official Home Page of the Great Arizona Puppet Theater located in Phoenix, Arizona ]
Grey Seal Puppets - A professional puppetry performance and design company which performs over 300 shows a year. Grey Seal also has many years experience in T.V. and video, as well as construction.
Meta Description: [ Grey Seal Puppets- A Puppetry Performance and Design Company ]
In the Heart of the Beast - Puppet and mask theater for all ages and cultures, creating a sense of community among performers and audience, and building a vital and healthy culture through art, festivity, work, and play.
Jim Gamble Puppet Productions - Extensive repertoire of original state-of-the-art productions, each with its own set of unique puppet characters.
Meta Description: [ Jim Gamble Puppet Productions is a Southern California-based company
that performs throughout the nation and around the world with a repertoire of original state-of-the art
productions. Each show is comprised of unique puppet characters and staging and may include
various puppetry styles - mari... ]
John's Wacky Web Site - Puppet-maker's resume and photos of projects done at VEE Corporation.
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Just Puppets - Professional puppet shows from Paul Garofalo, master puppeteer of 20 years from UK. Original shows with specially designed puppets.
Meta Description: [ Professional puppet shows from Paul Garofalo,master puppeteer of 20 years. Completely original shows with specially designed puppets. Fantastic fun for all the family, especially children. ]
Kirkas Kiss - Theatre group from Ein Hod, Israel. Education and touring information.
Lambert Puppet Theatre - The only purpose built puppet theatre in Ireland. The theatre operates throughout the year on Saturdays and Sundays, with performances at 3:30pm, and productions change monthly.
Larry Smith and his Puppets - Photographs and stories behind Cincinnati puppeteer Larry Smith, Hattie the Witch, Teaser Mouse, Rudy the Rooster, and the rest of the gang.
Le Marionette Gambarutti - Story and traditional legacy from an ancient puppetry group. Italian with English version.
Le Theatre de Marionette - Theater troupe offering young patrons professionally staged marionette performances, in a French-themed theater. Based in Fort Worth.
Len Levitt: Jewish Puppetry - Puppeteer and performer who co-created the Children's Video series Aleph-Bet Blastoff! which was funded by the Steven Spielberg Foundation.
Meta Description: [ Len Levitt is a puppeteer who writes and produces Jewish educational videos. ]
Little Stage and Puppet Theater - Located in Los Angeles area, it shows children's plays, based on folk fairy tales from around the world.
Living Daylights - Puppet shows and stilt characters.
Lone Wolf Tribe - Kevin Augustine and his band of foam-rubber creations. Tour schedule provided.
MaxImagination - Max and his friends are professional puppets available to entertain and teach children in various age groups.
Michael Ziegfield - Official site with a biography, reviews and production schedule of the performing artist/media puppeteer. Also includes The Ziegfeld Company Multi-Media Group.
Meta Description: [ Official website of Michael Ziegfeld - actor, comedian, ventriloqiust, puppeteer, voice overs, master of ceremonies and Las Vegas performer. ]
Miss Carol's Magical Puppetime - These delightful and interactive puppet shows combine puppetry with music, magic, storytelling, comedy and audience participation; good for all ages.
Meta Description: [ Combines marionette puppetry with music, magic, storytelling, comedy and audience participation and is fun for all ages. ]
Mountain Marionettes - A full time, professional puppet company, specializing in fast-paced marionette variety shows that will charm children and adults alike.
Mrs. McPuppet Presents - Presents music, skits, puppets, educational themes, in concert, school shows, residencies, and community settings.
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Nick Barone's Puppets - Nick Barone Puppets provides puppet shows and professionally built puppets and puppet videos.
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Opera in Focus - William B. Fosser's puppet production presents fully staged scenes from well known operas in performances. History, repertoire and reservations.
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Otome-Bunraku - Japanese traditional doll performance presented by Manami Sakamoto. Her profile, performance schedule, and address.
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Performance Art and Puppetry from EE - EE is a performance art group that uses puppets, projections, live music and costumes to create unique entertainment experiences.
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PetraPuppets - Steven and Jeanie Petruzzella perform for schools, libraries and family audiences.
Pierewiet - The puppet theater of Belgian puppeteer Marc Beutenn, who creates his own wooden puppets and marionettes.
Poppentheater Siert van den Berg - Puppeteer from the Netherlands. Performances for children in schools and theaters. Introduction in English.
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Presto Puppet Theatre - British touring puppet theatre presenting colourful children's productions using a variety of puppet styles. Bookers select from an extensive repertoire for smaller theatres and school presentation.
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Pullin' Strings Puppet Productions - Live marionette shows for all children's events. Beautifully hand-crafted marionettes created and performed by professional puppeteer Tait Hill provide interactive, educational and fun entertainment for the whole family.
Punch and Brodie Puppet Productions - Puppet characters are available for business conferences, corporate communications, theme events, company meetings, sales events, trade shows, industrial training videos and other presentations.
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Puppet Head Studios - A working studio of artists, creating a full line, from small hand puppets to giant festival styles, and performing a new approach to puppetry as an art form. Based in Michigan.
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Puppet Tales - Offers story telling and puppet shows for 4-8 year-old birthday parties in the Sarasota/Bradenton, FL area.
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Puppeteer Dianne Gasch and Bob Gasch Storyteller - Dianne Gasch is a professional puppeteer using hand and bigger than life size puppets. Bob Gasch is a professional storyteller. Both are available to schools, libraries and other organizations for workshops, inservices or performances.
Puppetry Theatre - P.O'Connor Puppets presents a variety of puppetry shows based on European folktales.
Meta Description: [ P. O'Connor Puppets presents Pamella O'Connor in a number of puppet theatre productions derived from fairy tales and folk stories. ]
Puppets in Motion Inc - A not-for-profit puppet theatre company promoting childrens' safety by using puppets to entertain children whilst teaching them about real life dangers.
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Puppets To Go - Serving New York, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut for childrens parties.
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Puppetworks, Inc. - Puppet theatre in New York City: in Brooklyn (all year round) and Manhattan (twice yearly 6-week runs) and various other locations - with emphasis on the wooden marionette.
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Rainbow Puppet Productions - Touring theatre creating programs celebrating family and nature.
Meta Description: [ Chessie the Manatee, Giant Dinosaurs, The Wright Brothers, Noah's Ark, Mother
Goose, Jonah, and more ready to
tour from Rainbow Puppet Productions. Original cast albums now available on CD. ]
Ramdas Padhye - Information about the Indian ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet builder; his various collections of puppets and shows performed by him.
Rayz Roadshow - Edutainment in schools and churches. Teaching morals through comedy, ventriloquism, illusions, sound effects, stories, balloon animals.
Red Herring Puppets - Over 25 years experiences designing, building, and performing puppets for film, television, theatre, opera, schools, libraries, museums and special events.
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Scott Land Marionettes - Variety marionette puppet shows for both adults and children. Uses hand-crafted string puppets.
Shoestring Puppets - Puppeteer based in Manchester, England, offering Punch and Judy, marionette cabaret, story-telling and workshops, and specialising in performances to young children.
Shoestring Theater - Community theater in Portland, Maine. They focus on Puppets, in parades and in Workshops.
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Sicilian Puppet Theater of the Flli Pasqualino - The traditional form of epic popular theater that developed in Sicily in the early 1800's, performed with the famous sicilian puppets, a unique kind of marionettes covered with knightly armor.
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Small World Puppets - Offers mobile puppet theater and workshops. Descriptions of shows including Puppet Palooza.
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Sol y Tierra - Theatre and video with puppets for children with positive messages; useful for Schools and Cultural Centres.
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Svanen - A Danish-Czech professional touring puppet-theater for children and childish grown-ups.
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Teatro en kofro - Introducing a puppet theatre that caters for both children and adults, presented by the famous solo-puppeteer, Thomas Plaszky , one of the leading puppeteers of Slovakia.
Meta Description: [ Puppet theatre for children and adults. Bábkové divadlo pre deti a dospelých ]
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Tedd's Web - Clewer Puppets - Non-profit ministry uses puppets to educate about Christ. Children's story board and adult resource.
Théâtre de guignol - A French puppet theater, touring Europe and abroad. The history of the group, information about the puppets, photo gallery from the show and workshops, press clippings.
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The Drawbridge Puppet Theater - Puppet and marionette performances, gifts and workshops.
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The Frisch Marionette Company - A professional marionette puppet theater company and creators of high quality, one of a kind, professional, handcrafted, working marionettes.
The Huber Marionettes - Phillip Huber and David Alexander invite you to experience a world of sophisticated puppetry designed for entertaining discerning tastes.
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop - Based on a ranch in Southern Alberta, this workshop creates original avant-garde puppetry performances for adults and children alike.
The Puppet Forge - Puppet fanatic Gordon Smuder offers Quicktime presentations of puppet performances by various artists.
The Puppeteers' Company - UK based company which tours internationally. Programmes are variously suited to cabaret audiences; festivals; t.v. and theatre; schools.
Meta Description: [ the work of The Puppeteers' Company with background information and
many production photographs ]
The Robert Rogers Puppet Company - This professional puppet troupe creates magical plays with original puppets for performances across the US and around the world.
The Worldwide Friends of Punch and Judy - A group of people who love the show. Includes an overview of the organization, its mission, and membership details.
Tiny Ninja Theater - Features descriptions of all shows, archives of reviews and press, company information, store, and production studio. Based in New York.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Tiny Ninja Theater, The Website. ]
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Tom Bonham Puppet Productions - Based in Saint Louis MO, available for touring throughout the United States. Perform with string (marionette), hand, rod, and muppet-style puppets.
Toytheatre - The art of staging a performance in a small scale. The characters are in cardboard and on slides, the sceneries are changeable and the drama enfolds as the practionneers lend voices and movement to the stage held in a miniature theatre the size of a tv box
Transformed Puppet - Transformed puppet, aliencow puppet show, the shat, corpsy and other puppet videos.
Wagner Marionettes - Puppet shows and children's theater for birthday parties, summer camp, schools and all occasions. An hour-long musical with singing and dancing puppets
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