You can’t talk puppets without muppets! Some of Jim Henson’s littlest characters show us that you don’t have to have a lot of limbs to dance!
Daily Dance Break: Puppets – MOMIX
MOMIX Artistic Director Moses Pendelton created an otherworldly blend of dance, costumes, projections and large scale puppets for their nature-inspired program Botanica. Even better, the show uses creatures created by Oregon artist Michael Curry. Reminding us that puppets don’t always have strings…
Daily Dance Break: Puppets – Bunraku
Next up, Bunraku. This amazing form of traditional Japanese puppetry is performed with large dolls which are controlled by operators dressed in black. The dancing puppet is mesmerizing, but we’re even more intrigued by the choreographed movements of the puppeteers that work together to make it all happen. (The action gets started around :30.)
Daily Dance Break: Puppets!
Drawing inspiration from the leading man in Petrouchka (a clown puppet), this week we are bringing you all manner of puppet videos. Now, we aren’t saying these themes will actually appear up in Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere of Petrouchka in October, but we do think there are some amazing puppet videos out there, so we… Read More
Daily Dance Break: Famous Albrechts – Erik Bruhn
Erik Bruhn first performed the role of Albrecht in a 1955 matinee after a mere 3 days of rehearsal. May we remind you that David Hallberg flew to Amsterdam to prepare for the same role? Bruhn had 3 days. Even more ridiculous, the performance made history. The New York Times dubbed it “a date to… Read More
