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Translation of Bodies: performance work of a professional puppeteer inspired by Japanese otome bunraku at Edinburgh University new

Translation of Bodies: performance work of a professional puppeteer inspired by Japanese otome bunraku at Edinburgh University   JPsupported

Join the University of Edinburgh for the final talk in their Asian Studies Seminar Series for the academic year 2013 - 2014, in partnership with The Japan Foundation.

This free talk by Dr Caroline Astell-Burt is entitled 'Translation of Bodies: performance work of a professional puppeteer inspired by Japanese otome bunraku'.

Dr Astell-Burt first encountered puppets based on otome bunraku at a training workshop in 2009 at the London School of Puppetry. This developed into a long study of the bodily presence of the puppeteer before being formalised into a doctoral enquiry and the opportunity to observe the extremely rare and beautiful performances at Hitomiza in Japan.

She regularly writes academic articles about puppets and puppetry often within an educational or therapeutic context. She is a puppet-maker, performer and teacher and co-founder of the first full-time professional training for puppeteers in the UK. She holds two Masters Degrees from Middlesex and Royal Holloway Universities and a doctorate from Loughborough University.

No booking essential, just turn up!

To visit the event page on the University of Edinburgh's website, click here.


Date: 3 April 2024 from 4.00pm to 6.00pm
Venue:

University of Edinburgh

Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square

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