My dad was the first person to introduce me to shadow puppets. When my sister and I were tiny kids, he would tuck us into bed, turn off the lights and then cast an image of a dog against the wall.

Chinese Theatre Works (CTW) performed their shadow puppetry piece “Tiger Tales” on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP) in Storrs, Conn.

AMES, Iowa — In the puppet lab at Iowa State University, students sit cross legged on the carpet, reviewing their lines before rehearsal. Behind them, propped on a table, is something that looks like ...

A collaborative shadow puppetry work by Wang's Shadow in partnership with a mobile game. [Photo provided to China Daily] Besides exhibitions and performances at home and abroad, Wang's Shadow has ...

Have you ever experienced one of the earliest precursors of movies? It boasts star-studded ensembles, undergoes rapid transformations in the blink of an eye, and even includes special effects, music ...

You probably mastered the shadow-puppet bunny back in grade school. But have you ever thought of moving past bunnies to, say, the story of the Exodus? From the audience perspective, it’s an amazing ...

Shadow puppetry is an art form that requires nothing more than a light source, a surface to project that light onto, and a shadow-casting object that moves between the two. It's also an ancient ...