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Puppetnettes: Philippines (Puppet Plays & Puppet Making)
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Tales from the Philippines
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Tales from the Philippines
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Kidstale
6100 4th St. NW, #290
Albuquerque, NM 87107
USA
(Please always include "290" in the address.)
Tel. 505-214-5150
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Puppet Workshops
| Anchorage, Alaska: July 5, 2008 Filipino American National Historical Society National Conference Hilton Anchorage 500 West Third Ave., Anchorage, AL 99501 How to Make Shadow Puppet to Teach Philippine Culture (Course No. F2.01) Friday, July 5, 1:30 to 3:00 pm Room: King Salmon Limited to 20 participants. If you want us to come to your venue to hold a puppet workshop, please read below: |
 
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| Puppet Workshops are usually on marionettes and shadow puppets. The number of participants is
limited to 20. The instructor will go to the venue of your choice. For beginners (children) - sessions are longer Marionettes - 2 hrs, fee $20/participant Shadow Puppets - 1 1/2 hr., fee $15/participant If a workshop is intended for particular group like the teachers, students, or librarians, the format is slightly changed to fit their needs. Fees vary. For schools or groups who intend to use puppets for a particular project (for example: puppet show about Thanksgiving or Christmas), the content is usually discussed ahead of time. Fees vary. If you want to have a regular puppet group, we can provide for initial training. Fees vary. |
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- Purpose of using puppets
- Type of puppet preferred (marionette, shadow, hand)
- Project
- Age group
- No. of participants
- Place
Workshop instructor, Tessie J. Ordona Greenfield, of Kidstale is the author of Puppetnettes: Philippines (Puppet Plays and Puppet Making) book/DVD. She has held workshops for youth, artists, historians, and teachers in the US and Philippines. In the US, she conducted puppet workshops on anti-tobacco messages for the Asian youth (3 years), Philippine history and culture for Filipino-American youth.
Tessie was the co-founder of Alsa Balutan Puppet Group in Manila, Philippines in the 70's (which has folded up). The group performed in tenement houses, hotels, parks, private venues, and libraries in Butuan, Davao and Manila. They group held a workshop for nutritionists to help them use puppets to disseminate nutritional values in the poor areas in Manila. Tessie also designed and created a hand puppet set (audio tape, puppets, stage) on family planning for the regional office.