We’re all familiar with puppets with strings attached to their arms and legs. When someone pulls the strings, the puppets move in different directions. The puppets do the bidding of the one pulling ...

Puppeteer Lee Dae-yeol of Long & Short, based in the Seoul suburb of Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do Province, creates nonverbal performances that connect cultures by blending puppetry, object theater and clowning ...

The world of puppetry is making its way to Salt Lake City once again. Some of the nation’s best creators and performers will share their talent in a two-day event to celebrate an art form that ...

Joyce Depaw loves to perform. When she was younger, Depaw and her wife decided to hit the road and become clowns for 13 years, learning new skills to entertain guests. Depaw formerly made puppets as a ...

The puppet can be an old sock pulled over a hand, an intricate kinetic sculpture or a piece of paper throwing its shadow on a wall. Utilitarian to their core, puppets are meant to be used, often in ...