The Puppet, a Ritual Artefact or a Magic Object?
The Puppet, a Ritual Artefact or a Magic Object?

Summary/Abstract: If we talk about the puppet of the 21st century, we find that it is an important element of culture: its symbolic and functional capabilities are used in the ritual, theatrical, museum spheres, we see an active use of it in cinema, animation and television. So far there is no universal definition of the theatrical puppet, which is caused by the state of contemporary theater, marked by a movement that tends towards performance, synthesizing different traditions, forms and theatrical signs. The era of total theater, creating productions on a universal scale, addresses animation theater as an impressive allegorical medium. The metamorphoses of the last years change the traditional idea about the theatrical doll, which allows the researchers to include in this concept all the means of artistic expression of the puppet art, united by the motor function.

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