Gateway Theatre's virtual Chinese shadow puppetry workshop has openings February 21
Participants can learn an intricate art form dates back 2,000 years
Workshop leader Annie Katsura Rollins has travelled to remote villages to trace the roots of the art form. Photo by Abby Bosley
Chinese shadow puppet from the Yutian Wenhua collection. Photo by Annie Katsura Rollins
The Gateway Theatre presents the Chinese Shadow Puppetry Workshop via Zoom on February 21 from 1 to 3 pm. Registration is here.
THE FAMILY DAY session filled up quickly for Gateway Theatre’s Chinese shadow puppetry, but there are still openings to learn about the 2,000-year-old art form on February 21.
Shadow puppetry traces its origins back to the Han Dynasty, and Gateway is offering the classes to mark the Lunar New Year
The workshop is led via Zoom by Annie Katsura Rollins, who has travelled deep into tiny Chinese villages where the tradition survived both the Cultural Revolution and the realities of modern China.
She’ll go over the history of the intricate art form through interactive photos and videos before taking participats through a step-by-step process to create their own shadow puppets—and then bring them to life.
This community session includes a Mandarin interpreter.
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