: the production or creation of puppets or puppet shows
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: the art of manipulating puppets
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Premiering as one of the opening-night shorts at this year’s festival, this Canadian title showcases the duo’s signature handcrafted puppetry and surreal storytelling.—Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 June 2025 The puppet theater academy was founded during the Soviet era, and its grand theater building showcases the important role puppetry has played in a city known for theatrical arts.—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2025 The book was published as a work-in-progress by his brother in 1999, but Tweel treats it as a snapshot into Kaufman’s brain, one that can only be captured through puppetry by the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025 The Terrapins announced their similarly amphibious selection Wednesday, though the choice has some historical merit: The late Muppets creator Jim Henson was a graduate of the University of Maryland in 1960, majoring in home economics before embarking on a legacy in puppetry.—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for puppetry
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