“They’re including elements of burlesque,” Morán said of the slam, to be presented on Saturday by the Puppetry Guild of Greater New York. And for those whose tastes run to the politically barbed or the comically risqué, two grown-ups-only puppet evenings are planned, one of them called the “Bawdy, Naughty Puppet Cabaret/Puppet Slam.” This year’s festival will also have workshops in puppet construction, four of them for adults. The center is producing Puppet Fringe NYC with Teatro SEA, the downtown Latino theater Morán started in 1985, and Morán’s own agency, Grupo Morán. Guerra, the executive director of the Clemente.
It “represents the whole immigrant ethos of the Lower East Side, channeled through the lens of these other citizens that are puppets,” said Libertad O. 31, mostly in virtual form, with shows from countries including India, Israel, Argentina, Spain, South Korea and the Ivory Coast. Beginning on Wednesday with the first Puppet Week NYC, which comprises five days of live events, the festival continues through Aug. Although Morán founded Puppet Fringe NYC as a biennial in 2018 - Covid-19 prevented its 2020 edition - this version is almost twice the size of the original and essentially a rebirth.
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This festival, which is offering 60 percent of its performances free (tickets to the rest are $15 each), may help convince the doubters. “That’s something I’m fighting every single day.” “The wrong perception in the United States is that puppetry is just for children or to be used for education,” Morán, the festival’s artistic director, said in an interview at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, the programming’s Lower East Side hub. The International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC, which arrives this week with over 50 shows and events, more than a dozen short films and five accompanying exhibitions, including “Puppets of New York” at the Museum of the City of New York, is far from a kiddie celebration. The answer? Puppets.īut there’s nothing here to prompt sneers or eye rolling. He envisioned something lighthearted and uplifting, but also thought-provoking and as varied as the city itself. 11, 2021Īfter more than a year of pandemic-related crises, Manuel Antonio Morán wanted to give a gift to New York. Opening with five days of in-person performances, the International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC also includes streaming productions and an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
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