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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
puppetry
noun
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▪ However, modernisation will help to expand the programme further, including film shows, shadow puppetry and matinees - presently impracticable.
▪ This is a vivid and funny production and their expertise makes the intricate puppetry go like a dream.
▪ Told through pantomime, puppetry, live music, song and spectacular images.
▪ We allow ourselves to let our minds go when we watch cartoons or puppetry or even the theater.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puppetry

Puppetry \Pup"pet*ry\, n. Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation.

Puppetry of the English laws of divorce.
--Chambers.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
puppetry

1520s; see puppet (n.) + -ry.

Wiktionary
puppetry

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The art of making, and performing with puppets 2 (context countable English) The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance

WordNet
puppetry
  1. n. the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows

  2. a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets)

Wikipedia
Puppetry

Puppetry is a form of theatre/performance that involves the manipulation of puppetsinanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of her hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to move the body, head, limbs, and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet. The puppeteer often speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet, and then synchronizes the movements of the puppet's mouth with this spoken part. The actions, gestures and spoken parts acted out by the puppets are typically used in storytelling. There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction.

The simplest puppets are finger puppets, which are tiny puppets that fit onto a single finger, and sock puppets, which are formed from a sock and operated by inserting one's hand inside the sock, with the opening and closing of the hand simulating the movement of the puppet's "mouth". A hand puppet is controlled by one hand which occupies the interior of the puppet and moves the puppet around ( Punch and Judy puppets are familiar examples of hand puppets). A "live-hand puppet" is similar to a hand puppet but is larger and requires two puppeteer for each puppet. Marionettes are suspended and controlled by a number of strings, plus sometimes a central rod attached to a control bar held from above by the puppeteer. Puppetry is a very ancient form of theatre which was first recorded in the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece. Some forms of puppetry may have originated as long ago as 3000 years BC. Puppetry takes many forms, but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects to tell a story. Puppetry is used in almost all human societies both as entertainment – in performance – and ceremonially in rituals and celebrations such as carnivals.

Usage examples of "puppetry".

When he is not drawing, painting, or writing, his interests include metalsmithing, puppetry, and teaching.

By combining top-of-the-line traditional techniques like puppetry, stop-motion miniature photography, and actors in robber suits, with the latest 3-D computer animation and transitional morphing a design team led by Stan Winston, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri made dinosaurs come to life like never before.

I was standing on my front porch again, watching the people dance in the streets and laugh at the puppetry, when Bilby and two of his enforcers climbed the stairs.

As a Church of England clergyman and as teacher of math and logic at Christ Church, Oxford, the Reverend Dodgson could not believe in blind chance or transcendental puppetry as descriptive of the nature of human life.

In puppetry, for instance, the use of stillness can be a more dramatic gesture than a forceful or repetitive action.

With scurrilous puppetry already on record in her SS dossier, that will be the end of her.

His agents infiltrated the government of Moscow quite effectively using only routine puppetry and a modicum of bribes.

When the puppetry had palled and no reason but pride was left to hold him in France, the innermost door, long forced by Thady Boy, had opened to him also.