Armenian shadow puppetry is a technique whose origins can be traced to the 1300s. The puppet theater group known as Ayrogi has set out to keep this imaginative art form alive. Narek Harutyunyan Behind ...

MIDDLETOWN --A community variety show and Shadow Puppet Extravaganza with Anna & Elizabeth and Katherine Fahey will come to The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. Suggested ...

Hou Jianchuan (center) and two of his colleagues perform a traditional production at the shadow puppetry theater in Xiaoyi. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY As one of China's oldest theatrical forms, shadow ...

“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

Shadow puppetry is afoot in the darkened lobby of Ent Center for the Arts. A masked puppeteer works quickly, moving projector sheets back and forth and up and down as he stands behind an old-school ...

A visitor experiences performing shadow puppets in Xiaoyi city, Shanxi province. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Chinese shadow puppetry utilizes light to project silhouette figures onto a screen, creating a ...