Mark Mander is one of the UK’s premier puppeteers. After art school he worked as a sculptor for Madame Tussaud’s and as a set model maker for Cameron Mackintosh before focusing on his first love, puppetry. Mark has been working in London, both as a puppeteer and puppet designer/maker for the BBC, ITV, Disney UK and […]
Kraft Foods MilkBite
Check out this teaser for an ad campaign that will be premiering this week. The MilkBite puppet was made in NYC by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop with mech’s by Jim Kroupa and performed by Ryan Dillon and an assistant. More videos and a great article about the ad campaign can be found here on Adage.com
Applications now being Accepted for 2012 National Puppetry Conference
This just in: The National Puppetry Conference is now accepting applications for their 2012 Summer Conference. Guest Artists for the Main Conference include: Ronnie Burkett, Wakka Wakka Productions, Martin Robinson, Phillip Huber and Jim Rose. Guest Artists for the 3 day Pre-Conference include: Alice Böhm, Hua Hua Zhang, Jim Kroupa and Robert Smythe.
AFTRA and SAG to form one Union
Many puppeteers as performers are members of either one or both of these unions. Talks have been rumbling for quite a while now about a possible merger of these two unions. And now it looks like it’s going to happen. Read and learn more about this new union at www.sagaftra.org
Rosanne Cash talks about Performing
The weekly podcast – “On Being” hosted by Krista Tippet always has such interesting guests, and this episode is no exception. Puppeteers might be particularly interested in listening to Rosanne’s thoughts on performance and the relationship between the audience and the performer. Also, her thoughts on inspiration and the muse are quite poignant. You know […]
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