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Website and Internet Resources:

International Shadow Theatre and Puppetry

Global Bibliography on Shadow Puppetry (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts)
Perhaps the world's largest bibliography on shadow theatre including hundreds of listings of books, periodicals, audio, slides, and museums

Canadian Museum of Civilization
Bibliography on puppetry

Henson International Festival of Puppet Theatre
Information on past festivals and tours and a resources page

UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette)
The oldest international theater association in the world, with chapters in 43 countries

International Shadow Theatre and Festival
Promotes and carries out research into the art of the contemporary shadow theatre
Javanese and Balinese Shadow Theatre

Discover Indonesia: Wayang Kulit
Indonesian shadow puppets

Art-Pacific
Indonesian Shadow Theatre and Rod Puppets

Athens Guide
Art in Greece

Karaghiozis Museum
Greek shadow theater. Karaghiozis (Karagiozis) includes history, masters, plays, discussions, links, shops, and more

Karagoz
Turkish Shadow Theater

Puppetindia.com
Categories of Puppets

China Style
China Style Shadow Theatre

Chinese Shadow Puppetry
Comprehensive Chinese shadow puppetry site in English

Thailand Life
Shadow puppets (Thai: Nang Talung) are one form of public entertainment in the south of Thailand

Nan Talung
Southern Thai shadow puppet theater is a form of entertainment that uses the shadow as its principle device

The Great Shadow Play of Nang Yai

Music Resources

Center for World Music
A nonprofit organization whose purpose is to foster awareness and understanding of the world's performing arts traditions through programs of performance, teaching, and cultural travel

Balungan
Balungan is an international journal that presents both scholarly and artistic perspectives on Indonesian and international gamelan music and related performing arts

Profiles on ShadowLight

MetroActive Arts | Top of the Art Honoring 50 who nurture
San Francisco's creative scene

ORIAS | UC Berkeley Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
Teacher Professional Development & Curriculum Resources



National Puppetry Organizations

United States chapter of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette)
Listings of puppet production companies, conferences and scholarships; paid membership

The Jim Henson Foundation
Guide to adult and children's theatre links and events in the United States, free online newsletter and grants information

Puppeteers of America
Provides information, encourages performances, and builds a community of people who love puppet theatre

The Puppetry Home Page
Lists theatre companies, workshops, internships, and performances nationally and internationally

San Francisco Bay Area Theatre/Performance

Theatre Bay Area
Contains theatre, audition and job listings, offers grant programs for emerging theatre companies and local theatre artists, buy tickets online

San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers' Guild
Members share their skills, ideas, performances and know-how to advance the art of puppetry, lists events, free newsletter

Young Audiences of Northern California
Offers comprehensive arts education, professional development and planning services

World Arts West
Serves the world, traditional, and folk dance communities of Northern California by presenting and advancing multicultural performing arts

Gamelan Sekar Jaya
GSJ is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the study and presentation of traditional and contemporary Balinese performing arts.

Shadow Theatre Artists

I Nyoman Sumandhi
Acclaimed Balinese performing artist, I Nyoman Sumandhi was born into a long line of Balinese dalangs (shadow puppet masters)

Leonidas Kassapides
Paranoix Shadow Theater Company breaks cultural, social, and economic boundries and fits in with millions of performance and educational scenarios

Maria Bodmann
Bali & Beyond is a Los Angeles based performing arts ensemble inspired by the cultures of Indonesia

Teatro Gioco Vita

Geoffrey Cormier
Wayang Modern is an improvisational modern shadow puppet theater spawned of the celestial music of Musica Mundana

Oregon Shadow Theatre
A Portland Oregon based company specializing in the art of shadow puppetry

Wendy Morton
The Shadow Makers: The most ancient form of storytelling is brought to life in these grand scale shadow shows

Chinese Theatre Works

Puppet and Its Double Theater
The first theater troupe that is focused on the development of the contemporary puppet arts in Taiwan



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