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Location | Midtown West, 244 W 54th St , 12th Fl |
Price | $65 per person |
Duration | Up to 3 hours |
Group Size | Up to 50 people |
Materials | None required |
Event Description:
The Bunraku Olympics is an introduction to collaborative puppet manipulation based on the traditional Japanese puppetry style that relies on small teams working together. Grab some friends or colleagues, crumple some paper and become a Bunraku Olympian in this performance class.
Work in groups of 3 towards common goals, make discoveries through play, and write stories without words while team building! This performance workshop teaches simple paper puppet construction, table-top puppetry technique, and ensemble manipulation.
No puppetry experience required.
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What You Will Make / Go Home With:
Each guest will go home with:
About the Instructor:
Eric Wright is a puppeteer, puppet designer, and puppet director with extensive experience in nearly every puppetry style. As a co-founder of the Puppet Kitchen, his puppets have been seen at Paris Fashion Week with Thom Browne; at the San Diego Zoo's Centennial Celebration; on screen in Comedy Central's Broad City and HBO's Bored to Death; online for H&M and a Wall Street Journal segment series for the 2018 Winter Olympics; as well as theatrical productions worldwide.
Strict: This provider allows for cancellations with a full refund to occur 2 weeks or more in advance of the event. Cancelling within a window of less than 2 weeks will result in an inability to be refunded.
Changes Policy:
Moderate: You will be able to make changes to your group size up until 1 week before the event as long as you meet the provider minimum. You will also have up until this period to make additional accommodations for the event.
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