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puppetry

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Let an agent explain puppetry, relay forms, traditions, techniques and history from theatre studies and heritage sources, describe the named traditions respectfully, and distinguish puppetry from animation, ventriloquism, mask theatre and robotic animatronics.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain puppetry, relay forms, traditions, techniques and history from theatre studies and heritage sources, describe the named traditions respectfully, and distinguish puppetry from animation, ventriloquism, mask theatre and robotic animatronics.

A form of theatre or performance in which puppets, figures animated by performers, are used to tell stories or entertain, practised worldwide in traditions such as Japanese bunraku, recognised by UNESCO, which developed from joruri narrative chanting and related ballad traditions such as sekkyobushi, Vietnamese water puppetry performed on a pool, Korean puppet theatre such as kkoktu gaksi, Czech and Slovak puppetry, inscribed by UNESCO in 2016, and Finnish puppet theatre, along with shadow, hand, rod and marionette forms.

What it is for: Storytelling, entertainment and ritual.

It can be explain forms and techniques; relay traditions and history; describe named traditions; distinguish related arts.

Distinguishing features

Animated figures

Global traditions

Many techniques

For children and adults

What it looks like

Figures moved by hands, rods or strings, sometimes by visible puppeteers in black, or shadows on a screen.

Physical character

bunraku UNESCO recognition: 2008 year - proclaimed 2003

Czech and Slovak puppetry UNESCO: 2016 year

UNIMA founded: 1929 year - Prague

How it is recognised

Performance with animated figures

Sekkyobushi, Czechoslovak puppet theatre, water puppetry, Finnish puppet theatre, Korean puppet theatre, bunraku

Animation creates images frame by frame; ventriloquism focuses on voice; mask theatre uses worn masks; animatronics are mechanical

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

traditional theatre

includes -

bunraku

includes -

water puppetry

is contrasted with -

ventriloquism

In practice

Families and kinds

marionettes

hand and glove puppets

rod puppets

shadow puppets

bunraku

water puppetry

Standards and regulation

UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Failure modes and hazards

Exoticising traditions

Treating puppetry as only for children

Confusing related narrative arts with puppetry

Also called

sekkyōbushiCzechoslovakian puppet theatreWater puppetryFinnish puppet theatreKorean puppet theatreBunrakuSado puppetryAnori puppet theaterLambe Lambe theatreTraditional hand puppetry Al-Aragozwayangpotato theaterbun'ya puppetryhand puppet theaterwayang kulitKermit the Frog and Miss PiggyBatlejkaChadar BadarPunch and Judymarionette theatredigital puppetryGlove puppetryVertepfinger puppetryrod puppetryWayang gambuhE-wayangwayang jemblungWayang wahyuWayang Garingwayang golek

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What puppetry is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is puppetry, and how does it differ from animation, ventriloquism, mask theatre and animatronics? definition
  2. Is the question about a tradition, technique, performance or making puppets? boundary

Traditions

Named traditions.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. What are bunraku, sekkyobushi, water puppetry, Korean, Czech, Slovak and Finnish puppet theatre? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Techniques Techniques.

Sources.

Forms

Puppet forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. How do marionettes, rod, hand and shadow puppets work? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Bunraku

Bunraku technique.

Bunraku

Bunraku.

  1. How do three puppeteers operate a bunraku puppet with the tayu and shamisen? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Heritage Heritage.

Regulation.

UNESCO

Intangible heritage.

UNESCO

UNESCO.

  1. Which puppetry traditions are UNESCO-inscribed, and how are they safeguarded? provenance
  2. Which entry fits intangible cultural heritage? action

Vietnam

Water puppetry.

Vietnam

Vietnam.

  1. How did Vietnamese water puppetry develop in the Red River Delta? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre? action
Context Modern puppetry.

Context.

Modern

Modern puppetry.

Modern

Modern.

  1. How have War Horse and television puppetry expanded the art? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Handspring Puppet Company? action

Organisations

Organisations.

Organisations

Organisations.

  1. What does UNIMA do for puppeteers worldwide? provenance
  2. Which entry fits UNIMA? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should sekkyobushi be moved to narrative music?
  • How should theatre heritage sources be linked?
  • Should each national tradition be a separate entry?
Draft as JSON