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A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or her own hands placed inside the puppet or holding it externally. Some puppet styles require puppeteers to work together as a team to create a single puppet character.

There are a wide range of styles of puppetry but whatever the style, the puppeteer's role is to manipulate the physical object in such a manner that the audience believes the object is imbued with life. In some instances the persona of the puppeteer is also an important feature.

The relationship between the puppeteer and the puppet-maker is often assumed to be similar to that between an actor and a playwright. This may be so, but one of the characteristics of puppetry is that very often the puppeteer assumes the joint roles of puppet-maker, director, designer, writer and performer. In this case a puppeteer is a more complete theatre practitioner than is the case within other theatre forms.

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Puppeteers of America | A National Organization Dedicated to The ...
National Association of Puppetry. Festivals, membership information.www.puppeteers.org

Puppeteer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some puppet styles require puppeteers to work together as a team to create a single puppet character. There are a wide range of styles of puppetry but whatever the style ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppeteer

Puppeteers UK - home of Puppets Online. One stop source for ...
Circus Bear by Finger and Thumb Theatre. Welcome to Puppets Online Croeso i Pypedau Ar-lein Need a puppeteer? Search our DIRECTORY *Puppeteers* Basic DIRECTORY ...www.puppeteersuk.com

Puppeteers of America, National Organization of Puppetry - Membership
Puppeteers of America : - NEW PofA Membership only Renewal Membership Donations ecommerce, open source, shop, online shoppingmembership.puppeteers.org

Squallis Puppeteers
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Squallis Puppeteers with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts ...www.squallispuppeteers.com

Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce
Welcome to the Puppetry Store, run by the organization Puppeteers of America. Please take a moment to create an account so that you can log yourself in to our secure ...store.puppeteers.org

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Signal Watch Watches: Being Elmo - A Puppeteers Journey (2011)
On CarlaB's recommendation, Jamie and I watched Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey (2011), an award-winning documentary about Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind ubiquitous kiddie icon, Elmo, the red muppet with the ...noreply@blogger.com (The League)Friday, May 18, 2012 11:37 PMhttp://www.signal-watch.com/

Puppeteers of America Southeast Puppet Jamboree - Puppet Hub
http://www.pofasoutheast.org/jamboree What is it? The PofA Southeast Puppet Jamboree is a potlatch-style puppetry retreat being held this year in place of a m…unknownThursday, May 10, 2012 10:14 AMhttp://www.puppethub.com/

The Wild Life | Puppeteers Unite
Glad Black Bag's newest campaign video presents The Wild Life, is a fake reality show featuring a cast of entertaining animatronic animals and one incredibly messy house. The campaign, created by Evolution Bureau, ...TomWednesday, May 16, 2012 9:47 AMhttp://puppeteersunite.com/

When Puppets Lose Their Puppeteers | Elder Game
First up, news for pre-alpha testers: Pre-Alpha testers: the server is back up for a couple of days! If you have an hour, please log in with a new character and test out the newbie cave. I would love to get your feedback on the ...EricMonday, April 16, 2012 8:00 AMhttp://www.eldergame.com/

Remembering Jim Henson | Puppeteers Unite
To honor his life every year I personally watch all his memorial videos from YouTube and videos where people cover the song “Rainbow Connection”. This year I thought I'd post Jim's memorial videos on the Puppeteers Unite ...TomWednesday, May 16, 2012 10:10 AMhttp://puppeteersunite.com/

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LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy - LAist
Pulling from the same pool of puppeteers, this is a decidedly different show than the one you grew up on. The BEATdown, 11p UCB. This comedy battle rap show hosted by Eliza Skinner has been all over town, but now it's back at UCB.8 Hours 52 Minutes agolaist.com

Campaign: Obama a hit among NJ puppeteers, MN lumberjacks - msnbc.com (blog)
By Jillian Eugenios "New Jersey has the most puppeteers per capita who have donated to this campaign,” Obama 2012 tweeted Sunday, in a missive meant to hype a new tool on their site. According to the statistics provided by the campaign, they reached ...12 Hours 13 Minutes agotodayonthetrail.today.msnbc.msn.com

SAG-AFTRA National Board of Directors Met in Los Angeles May 19-20 - Broadway World
SAG-AFTRA represents more than 160000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals.19 Hours 26 Minutes agolosangeles.broadwayworld.com

'ParaNorman' Set Visit Teases What May Be the Year's Most Impressive Animated ... - Film School Rejects
CGI artists can cheat when their characters close their mouths, but puppeteers don't have that luxury so it all has to be present at all times. Over 31000 individual facial parts were printed for the production. There are two types of these printers in ...15 Hours 23 Minutes agowww.filmschoolrejects.com

Robb Woulfe discusses his background and the upcoming Ann Arbor Summer Festival - AnnArbor.com
Master puppeteers animate these beautiful creatures which look startlingly real. I think kids are going to lose their minds with this one, and we're delighted to have them coming to our festival. People have been asking for more of that outdoor ...Sunday, May 20, 2012 6:19 AMwww.annarbor.com

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