The voice of the puppet

Authors

  • Kathy Foley University of California, Santa Cruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/2595034701192018119

Abstract

The puppet as performing object invites vocalization that is different from the normal human voice. Choices to suit body size, stylized features, and the animated objects tendency toward extra-daily sound—song and music—reinforce the otherness of the performing object. Three major types of vocal concepts are presented: 1) the one person, many voices show, which can use different resonators, pitches, and speeds as exemplified in the wayang golek of West Java; 2) the two-voice show, where the puppeteer may speak with a voice modifier such as a swazzle and the dialogue interpreted by a more normative human voice, in traditional puppetry it will often be a musician or interlocutor/back chat who sits outside the booth; and 3) the multi-voice show where individual speakers are often used for each figure, while dialogue may pre-recorded, delivered from the side by appropriate voice actors, or by each of the individual manipulators who speak for their own figure.

Keywords: Voice. Puppet. Swazzle. Wayang Golek. Backchat.

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Author Biography

Kathy Foley, University of California, Santa Cruz

Professora de Artes Cênicas na Universidade da Califórnia, em Santa Cruz. Pesquisa o sundanese wayang golek (Ilha de Java) na Indonésia em locais como o Indonisean Pekan Wayang (Festival Wayang) e a Smithsonian Freer Gallery. Integra as Comissões de Pesquisas e Publicações da UNIMA e a Comissão Executiva da UNIMA-EUA. Publicou artigos sobre Teatro de Bonecos Asiático e é editora do Asian Theatre Journal(Revista Asiática de Teatro).

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Published

2018-11-30

How to Cite

FOLEY, Kathy. The voice of the puppet. Móin-Móin Magazine - Studies in the Art of Puppetry, Florianópolis, v. 1, n. 19, p. 119–132, 2018. DOI: 10.5965/2595034701192018119. Disponível em: https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/moin/article/view/1059652595034701192018119. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 19 (2018): Voz e fala no Teatro de Animação

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Artigos fora do Dossier Temático

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