Shadow puppets are accompanied by dancing at Chris Myer's Fire in the Head performance, as part of French Institute Alliance Français's Crossing the Line festival (all photos by Aditi Jhaveri) ...

HALLOWEEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO SPOOKY SEASON? THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES TO THE BIG EVENT AND WE’RE TURNING OFF THE LIGHTS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. MARQUISE MEDA SHOWS US HOW AN ANCIENT FORM OF ...

Naga, a mythical serpent (late 1700s–early 1800s), West Java (all images © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy the British Museum) For centuries, shadow ...

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Shadow puppetry is afoot in the darkened lobby of Ent Center for the Arts. A masked puppeteer works quickly, moving projector sheets back and forth and up and down as he stands behind an old-school ...

Two graceful figures flick a puck back and forth across imaginary ice, before a tussle and a victory lap for one skater, in a portrayal of real-life battles set to take place at the Winter Olympics ...

A huge humpback whale is among the mysterious creatures inhabiting String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools.” Courtesy of String and Shadow Puppet Theater String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s ...

During my last visit to Bengaluru, at the invitation of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad for an open lecture, I encountered ...