Mask Makers Web

+ Workshops, books, cd`s. Won-Ldy Paye is a multi-talented folk artist from Tapita, in the northeastern region of Liberia, West Africa. He is a member of the Tlo Ker Mehn, the class of professional Dan entertainers who are keepers of the oral tradition. He was trained by his grandmother to remember and retell the stories of the Dan people. Village Drum and Masquerade performs with masks that are appropriate for all audiences and in the context of entertainment and education. The masks and masquerades are physical representations of the ancestral spirits. They link the people to the wisdom of the past. Masks and masquerades promote law and order and provide balance and direction to the Liberian people.

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Won Ldy Paye was a talented leader in the Dan tribal masquerade tradition of Liberia before emigrating to Seattle in the 1990s. Won performs as a storyteller, dancer, musician, and organizer of masquerades for audiences in the Pacific Northwest. He constantly expresses his hope that masquerading will not deteriorate, as it "seems to work for people." In the course of the 20th Century, masks have worked to spawn artistic discoveries, judge misconduct, resolve disputes, and order societies in ways that leaders alone now seem unable to do.

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PART OF WEBSITE - See " Maskensembles"

Added on: Dec 30, 2000 | Hits: 1427

the play

Added on: May 19, 2002 | Hits: 1517

Transported back to a medieval world of theatre and music in moments. The Ophaboom Theatre's half mask interpretation of the classic,Victor Hugo novel is both refreshingly different ( in a very familiar way?) and totally absorbing. This performance illustrates the difference between stage and screen most emphatically. The dialogue is crisp, witty and spontaneous. The performance dynamic, explosive and passionate.

Added on: May 01, 2001 | Hits: 1286

Spiderwoman is the Creatrix Goddess among Native Americans of the Southwest. She is, according to their legends, at the center of the Web of Life, the great Spinner. To visit Spiderwoman is to visit the Web that links us to the lives of all Beings - and to see the fragile strands that weave together our own lives. I have enjoyed presenting SPIDERWOMAN'S WEB as participatory Theatre. It is a gathering of Voices. Some are primal powers that urge us to reclaim them. Some are contemporary, voices that tell stories about mending the Web within. At the conclusion of the performance, the audience is invited to weave, tying strands of rope together. As each names a broken link, a torn strand, he or she re-ties it, adding their own voices. At last a Web is spun from illuminated posts. At its center is Spiderwoman, just as She has always been, with Her many faces. As I developed my website, I remembered a Navajo legend. They say that when Spiderwoman returns, the world will enter a new age. It occurred to me that the World Wide Web is probably Her latest appearance.

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Site in German.

Added on: Jul 24, 2002 | Hits: 1754

Telling Moves: Solo Perfomance Performance for Young Audiences Giant Spectacle: Dragon Quest Site-Specific Performance: Dunes and Woods, Mountains and Meadows Theatrical Performance Community Based Performance

Added on: Jun 04, 2002 | Hits: 1719

Awakening of the Myth ~ mask dance theatre & puppet theatre Dewi Murni & the Sacred Forest ~ mask and narrative dance Dreaming and the Stolen Memory ~ mask dance & puppet theatre Rescue of Sita ~ puppet theatre The Final Trip ~ mask dance & puppet theatre Don Quijote ~ mask and puppet theatre Bima's Christmas Hunt ~ puppet theatre Pandi's Magic Pudding ~ puppet theatre

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John Jaramillo's (Hara-mee-yo) Pueblo Indian heritage was the inspiration for OLD MAN KOKOPELI. John and Artistic Director, Sandra Hughes, direct, choreograph and perform bringing to life one of the Southwest's most enduring characters, the humpbacked flute-player. The story, told in mask theatre, mime and puppetry, concerns the healing of a grieving Pueblo Indian woman during a chance encounter with a magical stranger. Masks for the production were created by award-winning mask maker, Michael Hickey. A specially constructed transformation mask makes it possible for Old Man Kokopeli to transform into a young man in an instant

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Hi! I write plays for a mix of masks and dancers and puppets and actors and onstage musicians--they're like nothing else that anyone is doing, and if you're interested in doing my kind of theater, I'd love to get these scripts into your hands!

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Naa Kahidi Theater and Coyote Gathers His People present a new collaborative work conceived at the first meeting of elders from both groups during a potlatch feast. Naa Kahidi Theater is a renowned Native Alaskan theater group; Coyote Gathers His People, an educational and cultural organization, includes a theater company of elders, traditioanl musicians, composers, artists, and storytellers from New Mexico

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Inspired by an ancient Irish agricultural myth of two sisters who vie for sovereignty of the seasons and the land, the production features traditional Irish folk characters called Mummers wearing tall straw masks as well as a singing cow, a cavorting lamb and a generous dragon. July, 2001 A Mummers Tale of the Seasons had its premiere public performance, by invitation, in Belfast, Northern Ireland as part of a Peace Process Project sponsored by the McCracken Summer School for Irish language and culture.

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Micke Klingvall is a maskmaker, director, teachwer and actor who mostly work with Commedia dell'Arte but also with other mask and physical theatre.

Added on: May 08, 2007 | Hits: 2618

go to site...It is a great group of maskperformers you will meet. (Maskmakersweb have seen it live.)

Added on: Feb 12, 2001 | Hits: 2555

Submitted by John Yagoda, 6th grade art teacher at Avon East in Ohio.

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Internationally known mask / movement company, MASQUE, performs original theatre pieces with special emphasis on the mask and puppet. The theatre company MASQUE, has performed on four continents for over a million people since 1980.

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In Danish - by "Den Opsoegende Ballet " v/Morten Hansen, Denmark T?rkl?der, tatoveringer, piercing o.s.v. har vi alle sammen en mening om, men er det de eneste masker vi bruger? Vi skal hverken lyve eller tabe ansigt, men l?re at h?ndtere hverdagens mange masker. Jo flere af vore masker vi er fortrolige med, jo lettere v?lger vi den rigtige i situationen. Al teater handler om masker, men i denne forestilling afd?kker vi, lag for lag, maskens brug og mission, fra Commedia del'Arte til idag. Gennem fort?llingen af en r?kke sm? historier, viser vi maskernes anvendelse og teknik, og menneskets psykologiske facetter, i een og samme bev?gelse

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Arts in Education performances exploring Indonesian cultures and language... touring schools, festivals... Australia & beyond

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On December 1, 2000, the Jacobs Gallery presented The Moon, the Sun, and All of the Above, a street theater style performance featuring the masks of artist Maureen Culligan and the Eugene Mask Makers Guild. Performers interacted eye to eye with the audience in and around the artwork of Mixed Media Masks and Woven Vessels.

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ILLUSIONS has toured thirty three states in the United States and nine foreign countries. The production features elaborate, hand-carved masks created by award-winning mask maker, Michael Hickey with direction and choreography by Artistic Director, Sandra Hughes. Subjects range from humorous to serious and include mask theatre, mime and clowning. In Gateway classics, such as The Hawk, hunter and bird merge into one mythic being. In Copyright paper plates become a marvelous means of eccentric expression.

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Masks, puppets

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Urauff?hrung am 29. September 2001 im Theater Dortmund

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Long Description "Eunyul talch'um, which uses 14 masks in its complete version, originated three centuries ago in Eunyul village, Hwanghae Province now belonging to North Korea. the earliest Eunyul ensemble was made up of village farmers who performed Talch'um in their leisure hours. It was performed to commemorate special events such as Buddha's birthday and Tano Rice planting Festiv, and to honor the spirits of desd ancestors. Performances which lasted from dusk to dawn, were held in an open field lit by blazing bonfires. Before the play, the performers traditionally staged a formal procession in full costume, followed by a ritual to honor the guardian deities of the performance......."

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for children

Added on: Apr 10, 2001 | Hits: 3603