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Friday, 29 March 2019

History And Facts About Puppet Shows

By Raymond Cole


Since we were young, we always look up for these animated theatrical plays wishing that the characters involved were real. If you have watched one of these performances, then you are lucky enough. Most people already enjoyed the kind of entertainment social media has given them. However, it is not wrong to look back through those times were entertainment was authentic and genuine. Here are history and facts about puppet shows Chicago.

Nowadays, we can no longer see the relevance of these theater plays because we already have smart phones, laptops, televisions, and all other devices used for our entertainment. These devices are invented to give us accessible entertainment wherever we go. However, we might not have felt the kind of joy that these people experienced where there is still no such technology.

These people were enjoying their time more than we do because instead of sitting on the coach looking at their phones, they spend time in theaters with their family. Puppet shows are common most especially in the United States. It is a form of play or presentation wherein performers involve puppet manipulation using their hand or both hands.

It does not only apply to these actresses and actors. These techniques are also highly applicable to puppeteers. This term refers to people who serve as the controllers of the puppets. Puppeteers undergo certain trainings to boost their confidence and improve their acting skills.

Their acting and singing skills must be hones to fully portray the role of their assigned puppets. These puppets are usually made by the actors themselves because they thought that the more time they spend with their objects, they would be more confident to perform with them. Controlling these toys is not an easy job.

They practiced months before the prior date of presentation. You might have tried doing this during a classroom role play but you never tried performing this with professional manipulation. They practice the techniques of manipulation and multi tasking. This includes talking while doing certain hand movements, laughing while the puppet is crying, quick dialogue shifting, and many other multi tasking.

Some puppeteers make their own puppet so that it could be much easier for them to master their controls. The more time they spent in making these objects, the more they become comfortable in handling them. Some of them are also the script writers themselves because it would be much better if they are the actors of their own storylines.

This began in Greece when they still utilize socks as their characters. Some reports have shown that this actually originated three thousand years BC wherein they use them as a material for rituals, religious objects, religious performances and symbolical representations. They also use it during celebrations wherein they represent a person and this created a psychological impact to the earliest societies.

These simple activities might be already available in YouTube and Facebook and we do not have to pay for expensive theatrical plays at all. However, we might be curious about how does it feel sitting inside the cinema watching these lengthy plays. It would definitely give us a nostalgic experience.




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