Thursday, February 10, 2011
3 examples
The first example that comes to mind would be Ralph Lee's influences on the New York Village Parade, which bares loads of similarities to dia de los muertos. In this festival families remember their lost loved ones by celebrating the dead with candied skulls, parades, floats music and puppets in the shape of skeletons and ghosts. The next would be the New years festival which featured many large puppets in the form of snakes, floating fish, long whisping flags and big humans. This has many tie ins with the chinese new years where large dragon, snake and other puppets are paraded through the street in celebration. The last would be the amount of puppiteers that have had their styles passed down to them from masters form all over the world including spain china and germany, and the many world festivals like the formentioned.
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I agree with Darrell's post, there were indeed, a lot of inspirations from Ralph Lee's work that seemed to be brought from many different cultures. His puppetry designs were very ornate and theatrical to look at. He really uses cultural influence in his inspirations. I found that most of his work seemed to be the most pleasing and interactive for his audience. Ultimately, that is why people are drawn to his puppets. I think this has to do with the fact that he combines many different cultures into his designs; therefore, more individuals and cultures can relate.
ReplyDeleteDarrell good job man I would have not ever got the dia de los muertos reference, way to go. Secondly, I commented on my blog that the Chinese used dragons for their parades and celebrations and just didn't know it was for the new year celebration! Good background work Darrell. Ralph Lee is such an influential part of the puppeteer community of his time, and his puppets will not be soon long forgotten after he has pasted from this life to the next. (sorry this was late but had a family emergency to attend to this weekend...)
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