There are tensions between those who wish to preserve the nature of shadow play and those who want to see it evolve. Shadow puppets are accompanied by dancing at Chris Myer's Fire in the Head ...

CHENGDU, 25 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is a traditional Chinese folk art inscribed in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) – In honor of the ...

Traditional Chinese shadow puppetry is one of the country’s most spectacular folk arts. Behind a large screen, backlit so that it’s translucently illuminated, handmade donkey-hide puppets dance across ...

A visitor experiences performing shadow puppets in Xiaoyi city, Shanxi province. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Chinese shadow puppetry utilizes light to project silhouette figures onto a screen, creating a ...

My brush was tiny, more like something you’d use for nail polish. That was apt because I was struggling to paint the toenails of my dragon shadow puppet. Dipping the silken brush into a pot of ...

Kuang-Yu Fong (left) and Stephen Kaplin pose for a photo at Chinese Theatre Works in New York. LI XIRUI/XINHUA A sunlit loft in Long Island City houses a miniature world stitched together by time.

A group of puppet masters from China wowed a Missoula crowd Saturday with a performance that blended complex artistry with historical folklore. Fourteen puppeteers from the Shaanxi Performing Arts ...

Captivating Shadow Puppetry Takes Center Stage at Charles B. Wang Center The Charles B. Wang Center hosted a spellbinding evening of shadow puppetry featuring the collaborative brilliance of renowned ...