Mellon Foundation fellow who curated “Puppets of New York.” And, he noted, “many different puppeteers that reflect that diversity have not been as visible as others. “The main argument of the show uptown is that the history of puppetry in New York City mirrors the demographics of the city,” said Monxo López, the Andrew W. López Alemán’s 12-foot-tall Titanya, the fairy queen from “ Sueño,” Teatro SEA’s Afro-Caribbean version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” They range from cardboard finger models designed by Penny Jones to José A. “ Puppets of New York,” which runs until early April at the uptown Manhattan museum, features photographs, videos, films and sets, as well as more than 60 puppets. And for those whose tastes run to the politically barbed or the comically risqué, two grown-ups-only puppet evenings are planned, one of them called the “Bawdy, Naughty Puppet Cabaret/Puppet Slam.”īut perhaps this festival’s most novel element is its partnership with the Museum of the City of New York, which will open its 2,500-square-foot exhibition with a sold-out celebration on Thursday evening. This year’s festival will also have workshops in puppet construction, four of them for adults. The center is producing Puppet Fringe NYC with Teatro SEA, the downtown Latino theater Morán started in 1985, and Morán’s own agency, Grupo Morán. Guerra, the executive director of the Clemente. It “represents the whole immigrant ethos of the Lower East Side, channeled through the lens of these other citizens that are puppets,” said Libertad O. 31, mostly in virtual form, with shows from countries including India, Israel, Argentina, Spain, South Korea and the Ivory Coast. Beginning on Wednesday with the first Puppet Week NYC, which comprises five days of live events, the festival continues through Aug. Although Morán founded Puppet Fringe NYC as a biennial in 2018 - Covid-19 prevented its 2020 edition - this version is almost twice the size of the original and essentially a rebirth.
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This festival, which is offering 60 percent of its performances free (tickets to the rest are $15 each), may help convince the doubters.
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