SHADOW PUPPET STORYTELLING WORKSHOP Friday May 26, 2023

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SHADOW PUPPET STORYTELLING WORKSHOP

Friday May 26, 2023


It was a pleasure to meet our other class members, Susana, Chun Qin, and Jia Ling, who were traveling last week. They quickly and enthusiastically began working on their shadow puppet storytelling, taking up where they left off. 

Chun Qin and Jia Ling played with ideas for their title card, American Dream. They are telling the story of how they came to New York to give their daughter the opportunity to study ballet here when she was in her early teens. Jia Ling cut out an amazing representation of the New York skyline.

All participants made the frame for their shadow theater adding decorative strips of paper to cover the cardboard frame on the front, white paper carefully taped on the back for the light to shine through and black strips of paper to complete the frame on the back. Spica had cut out small “feet”, which were slotted into place to hold the frame. Everyone enjoyed practicing with their shadow puppets in the light to see how best to manipulate them. 

Susana completed her Fundraising sign on acetate and made a Thank You note. CK showed us her terrific fireworks, which she’d completed at home, and experimented with ways of presenting it. She also made a laptop computer, complete with Chinese writing on attached acetate. Qiu Ping finished making her large hoe and practiced the sequence of puppets while experimenting with how best to present each one. 

It’s always very exciting when all the elements come together, and Spica has found music and some sound effects for each story. Let the celebrations begin!!

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