Puppeteer

Creates and performs with puppets for theater, film, TV, and education.

Did you know?

Jim Henson (Muppets creator) started performing with puppets on local TV at age 17

Drama: Give a puppet its own voice and personality so an audience forgets it's made of cloth.
Art & Design: Design and sew puppets with faces that show emotion even from far away.
Engineering: Rig strings, rods and hinges so a puppet's mouth, eyes and limbs move smoothly.
Communication: Use puppet shows to explain big topics to young children in a friendly way.

Jim Henson: Puppeteer who created the Muppets, performed Kermit the Frog himself and made the Muppets of Sesame Street.

Choose one object and explore every way it can move: tipping, bending, sliding, bouncing, flopping.
Now move it as different characters: a very old person, a tiny light-footed person, a villain, a superhero, a ghost. Watch how the movement alone changes who it is.
Pick a second object, find its own way of moving, and let the two characters meet on the table using only sounds and movement, no words.
Turn it into a short tabletop show with a beginning, middle and end, and perform it for someone at home.

Object-theatre puppeteers turn everyday things into believable characters just through how they move them, often performing on a tabletop.

Also try: Perform a trick where your mistakes are the magic.

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