The voice of the puppet

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  • Kathy Foley University of California, Santa Cruz

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https://doi.org/10.5965/2595034701192018119

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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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Biografia do Autor

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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2018-11-30

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FOLEY, Kathy. The voice of the puppet. Móin-Móin - Revista de Estudos sobre Teatro de Formas Animadas, Florianópolis, v. 1, n. 19, p. 119–132, 2018. DOI: 10.5965/2595034701192018119. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/moin/article/view/1059652595034701192018119. Acesso em: 29 mar. 2024.

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