SIS 2017 - Asian Puppetry

Credits: 4.00
Puppetry in Asia is traditionally an important theatrical genre that has held tremendous impact on live types of musical theater. In this class, we will examine the main forms of Asian Puppetry from the inside out, and from the outside in. We will make glove puppets and shadow puppets, stage plays, and explore the creative processes. We will study both the traditional and modern contexts of puppet theater, analyzing the shows, their history and meaning, as well as their connections to their greater social and political environments. Throughout this course, we will explore both the fantastically fun and dramatically serious sides of Asian Puppetry.
McDaniel Plan: Creative Expression, International Nonwestern, Social, Cultural, and Historical Understaning, Sophomore Interdisciplinary Studies