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I Am the Story: The Art of Puppetry in Education and Therapy » (Second edition)

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Authors: Caroline Astell-Burt
ISBN-13: 9780285636194, ISBN-10: 0285636197
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Date Published: March 2002
Edition: Second edition

Author Biography: Caroline Astell-Burt

Book Synopsis

This revised and expanded edition of this comprehensive tutorial demonstrates the use of puppetry in special projects for education and therapy, with step-by-step instructions on how to make and use puppets. Encouraging self-expression and communication through puppetry, the techniques can be used in many situations, from educating people with learning disabilities to early-years literacy work, as well as projects for Third World education development.

Author Biography: Caroline Astell-Burt is a puppeteer and theater designer who trains puppeteers at the London School of Puppetry.

	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	Introduction
	The right puppet for the right job	3
	Your vocabulary	10
	Glove/hand puppetry	12
	Rod puppetry	24
	Shadow puppetry	37
	Marionettes	50
	Stages, booths and tables	56
	Puppet theatre	67
	The uniqueness of puppetry	68
	Some history of puppet theatre/parody/therapy: notable features	69
	Character building	75
	Storybuilding	76
	Music	94
	Collaborations	97
	The puppet as surrogate	107
	Giving the surrogate a character	110
	Developing the relationship with puppet and audience	113
	Dealing with all that is horrible	121
	The subversive puppet	125
	Humour and the uses of subversion	127
	Puppetry and therapy in child abuse	134
	Communication, language and literacy	139
	Puppetry: the language of the imagination	141
	Autism and the puppet	151
	Puppet animation and the early years at school	159
	Physical experience of language based on exploration and play	160
	Watching, listening and speaking skills for everyone	163
	Creative role-play and the personal voice through the puppet	166
	The manipulation of simple materials to make puppets for animation	167
	Integration and empowerment	167
	I am the story	171
	Losing control	178
	The audience, and what takes place there	182
	Bibliography	185
	Resources	186
	Index	189

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