Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) performed their shadow puppetry piece “Tiger Tales” on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) in Storrs, Conn.

San Diego's Twisted Heart Puppetworks presents the first annual "Shadows Across the Globe" virtual, worldwide shadow puppet festival July 9-11, 2021, with free performances streaming online. In ...

The traditional Chinese calendar, which incorporates 12 zodiac animals, leverages moon cycles to mark the new year. In 2019, this date falls on February 5th and begins the Year of the Pig. To ...

Google marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday in the United States with a Google Doodle on the search site’s homepage. People throughout most of Asia and across the globe welcomed in the Year of the Pig ...

My brush was tiny, more like something you’d use for nail polish. That was apt because I was struggling to paint the toenails of my dragon shadow puppet. Dipping the silken brush into a pot of ...

“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 ...

Shadow puppets are accompanied by dancing at Chris Myer's Fire in the Head performance, as part of French Institute Alliance Français's Crossing the Line festival (all photos by Aditi Jhaveri) ...

Make your own shadow theater with just a few household items! Make your own shadow theater with just a few household items! Mya shows your how to make some neat shadow puppets, and tells the story of ...