Arts & Culture
Chinese shadow puppetry workshops, offered by Gateway Theatre, will help to ring in the Lunar New Year.
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Gateway offers Lunar New Year workshops
Published 3:32 PST, Mon February 1, 2021
Last Updated: 2:13 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
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Richmond’s Gateway Theatre is offering Chinese shadow puppetry workshops online via Zoom to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
With its origins in the Han Dynasty, shadow puppetry remains one of the most enchanting if precarious forms of Chinese folk art.
Led by Annie Katsura Rollins—whose own “shadow puppet hunt” took the artist deep into tiny villages where the tradition survived both the cultural revolution and the realities of modern China—Gateway’s Chinese Shadow Puppetry Workshops offer a hands-on adventure into a 2000-year-old art form. In this workshop, families will enjoy the rare opportunity to learn how these puppets are made through interactive photos and videos. Rollins will then take participants step-by-step in creating their own shadow puppets.
The two-part series kicks off Feb. 15 with a family session geared towards kids aged eight to 12, while a community session Feb. 21 includes a Mandarin interpreter for anyone eager to revisit a unique corner of their own cultural history.
Each workshop costs $5, and capacity is limited. For more information or to register, visit http://www.gatewaytheatre.com/chinese-shadow-puppetry-workshop.
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