Scope of work:

Puppets — clear plexy, paste paper (critcut), leather: Goal — work with various materials and see what’s possible.

Assemble Sources: bibliography and image bank for inspiration

Story (episodic) — Write the hero’s journey arc — and other episodes (new characters), based on Ramayana, Mahabharata

— research questions first, then document (goal is to be able to tell the traditional history, and then explain inspirations for change and originality) 

Space: requesting classroom from Russ (off classroom grid). Painting room above scene shop in Voorhees.

Emerging Scholars: what is their assignment.

“preservation of culture through practice” — reuse, rehearsal, culture is always evolving.

 

Set up and re-perform the Spring show (multicamera filming) 

 

Design and construction

— research questions written first, then write the history (do we go outside Javanese tradition of shadow puppets? What about 

Can we attend performances (gamelon, puppetry)? September 15, 5-8pm, Orchard Street. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hortculture-sophie-strand-gamelan-kusuma-laras-tickets-1002192032347?aff=erelexpmlt

 

Blended Shadow Puppet Moveable Theatre (bamboo?)