Noah’s Ark Puppets Embody the Spirit of Collaboration
… of Japanese bunraku puppetry—where several performers work together, in plain view of the audience, to animate each puppet—the animal puppetry aboard Noah’s Ark requires close cooperation. … all the puppets—from the Indian vulture that flies solo to the life-sized green anaconda that requires up to five puppeteers working in sync. The team trains regularly and … themselves, the puppeteers practice reading their colleagues’ body language and non-verbally communicating through breath cues and subtle shifts as they take turns leading the puppets’ …