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Object Puppetry

Taught by Andy Manjuck and Dorothy James

Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

When
  • Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 6:00pm
Where

Scrap Exchange
2050 Chapel Hill Road
Durham, NC 27707

Venue Details
Notes

Registration for this workshop will open on Friday, February 21.

Object Puppetry

Taught by Andy Manjuck and Dorothy James



Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

We will turn everything in this workshop into a puppet by teaching the main tenets of the medium: breath, focus, and weight. The workshop will involve discussing anthropomorphism and demonstrate how puppetry can make connections and stories out of anything!

Students will scour the Scrap Exchange for an interestingly shaped object and then transform that object into a puppet.

Meet the Instructors

Dorothy James

Dorothy James is a Brooklyn based puppeteer, educator, and maker of tiny things. She has puppeteered for Basil Twist, Wakka Wakka, Nick Lehane, Radio City, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, BBC, Amazon, …

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Andy Manjuck

Andy Manjuck is… an artist living in Brooklyn, NY a co-creator of puppet shows a company member of the award-winning Wakka Wakka Productions a collaborator on work from artists like …

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