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NINGYŌ JŌRURI (Bunraku Puppetry)


Final Performance: NHK Coverage

This is a clip from the TV coverage of my final showcase at the Awa Jurobe Yashiki theatre. You can see sections of the three scenes I performed: Ebisu Mai, Yaoya Oshichi, and Keisei Awa No Naruto. 

Final Performance: Keisei Awa No Naruto

In this clip from my final showcase, I serve as the omo-zukai (main puppeteer) for Otsuru the pilgrim in the story of her reunion with her estranged mother. This was about the sixth time I performed this scene with my host troupe, Naruto-Za. 

Learning to Hold the Kashira (Head)

In this clip, Hattori-San, a member of Naruto-Za troupe, teaches me the proper way to hold the puppet’s head when serving as the omo-zukai (lead puppeteer). You can see how, thanks to her patience and expertise, we communicated with little common language. 

Learning to Play a Brigand

This clip shows Midori-San teaching me to sword fight for a scene from Keisei Awa No Naruto that I performed at the summer puppet festival. 

DEVISED PUPPET PERFORMANCES


​Little Red Riding Hood

A short kamishibai (Japanese illustrated story cards) performance that I created for my graduate school interview. Art by Zé Lorber. 

​The Princess and the Period

My final project for my undergraduate Anti-Multimedia performance class. I built the set and puppets from menstrual products and adapted the Princess and the Pea story to destigmatize menstruation and teach about menstrual health. ​

​Sleeping Beauty

In this project for my undergraduate Anti-Multimedia performance class, I used the Japanese street art of kamishibai, which I learned from my professor Natsu Onoda Power, to retell Sleeping Beauty with a focus on consent. ​
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