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puppeteer

 
Dictionary: pup·pet·eer   (pŭp'ĭ-tîr') pronunciation
n.
One who entertains with and operates puppets or marionettes.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one who operates puppets or marionettes


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A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object—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.

Puppetry is a live medium and this distinguishes it from animation in which animators make a puppet appear to move by using a stop motion film technique in which the puppet is moved tiny fractions between each frame.

Contents

List of notable professional puppeteers

Famous people who dabbled in puppetry

See also

References

  1. ^ Homepage of Simon Buckley, puppeteer

External links


Translations: Puppeteer
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dukkemester

Nederlands (Dutch)
poppen(kast) speler

Français (French)
n. - marionnettiste
v. intr. - faire des marionnettes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Puppenspieler
v. - sich als Puppenspieler betätigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παίκτης μαριονετών
v. - παίζω μαριονέτες

Italiano (Italian)
burattinaio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - titereiro (m)
v. - mover marionetes

Русский (Russian)
кукольник

Español (Spanish)
n. - titiritero
v. intr. - hacer de titiritero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - marionettspelare, dockspelare
v. - spela marionett (dock) teater

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
操纵木偶的人, 操纵傀儡

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 操縱木偶的人, 操縱傀儡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 꼭두각시 부리는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人形使い, 人形師

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محرك الدمى (فعل) يحرك الدمى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפעיל בובות, מופיע עם בובה, אדם המפעיל אחרים לטובתו‬


 
 
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