He has also shortened the performance time from the original three hours to about 20 or 30 minutes to accommodate modern attention spans. He said he will also try to combine shadow puppet ...

Founded by Larry Reed in 1972 as a Balinese shadow puppet theater, ShadowLight Productions has since branched out into more modern hybrid forms of shadow puppetry incorporating film and live actors.

says he thinks traditional shadow puppetry can be conserved by practitioners using modern technology while also championing the authenticity of oral tradition and aesthetics. As for whether it’s ...

But his work developing, performing and teaching Balinese shadow puppetry takes him around the world. He’s the founder and artistic director of ShadowLight Productions, where, since 1972, he and his ...

The idea? To combine shadow puppet with something “very different, very modern”. Image Credit: Fusion Wayang Kulit Since wayang kulit is traditional and ancient, he figured he needed to pair it with ...

"With the rise of modern entertainment forms like films and television, the ancient art of shadow puppetry has gradually been overshadowed," Jiang Guoqing said. "Traditional operatic melodies and ...

So, with this animatronic shadow puppet show, it will be a new phenomenon ... also tell stories of modern everyday life with their robotic puppets. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest ...

Just like any other branch of Chinese shadow puppetry, Huazhou shadow puppetry hasn't caught a lot of attention in the modern society until China designated it as national intangible cultural heritage ...

A SHADOW. PERFECT. AND THAT’S A GREAT SEGUE BECAUSE WE’RE WORKING WITH SHADOW PUPPETS TODAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO SHADOW PUPPETS ARE AN ANCIENT FORM OF STORYTELLING, PUPPETRY THAT HAS BEEN DONE ...

So, with this animatronic shadow puppet show, it will be a new phenomenon ... also tell stories of modern everyday life with their robotic puppets.