Whats it like doing puppetry with dancers?
BT: There’s always something about doing a puppet piece with non-puppeteers that’s interesting, be they actors or dancers or musicians, and letting the puppetry be organic and come alive on its own. It can be daunting for artists who are unfamiliar with the technique, and a little destabilizing. Suddenly they have to think and move in a different way. JG: Your body is twisted. Your wrist and arm have to do one thing and the rest of your body is doing something else. You’re often curved over, because the puppet is smaller than you are, and these are dancers, who are used to unfolding into the space. There were days when we saw the blood go out of their faces and they were exhausted. I can make them dance and jump and carry each other around for hours on end and they’re still full of energy. But this kind of detailed work was tiring. BT: It’s physically hard work. … I think the dancers are terrific, they’re all so game. One thing that’s really interesting is that no one dancer is the p
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