(Julia Rybinda’s and Anastasiya Karagodina’s article appeared on Russia Beyond the Headlines, 3/27.)
It is natural for humans to animate and anthropomorphize anything they touch. Puppetry is a special case in that it breathes life into what are essentially inanimate objects. Every puppet protagonist has its own unique character and lives its own life. People love them and talk to them. Even the puppeteers themselves struggle to explain the magic between them and their alter egos. Who pulls the strings (quite literally)? Are the puppeteers the actual puppets? Where does the puppeteer end and the puppet begin?
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http://rbth.com/multimedia/pictures/2017/03/27/can-a-puppet-become-human_728123
Photo: Svetlana Skover
