In-School Performances

THE CASHORE MARIONETTES

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“A WONDERFUL WORLD OF BREATH-TAKING MAGIC IS CREATED BY ONE MAN AND HIS EXQUISITE MARIONETTES”
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta
“THE RANGE OF MOVEMENT TRULY HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED AND EVEN THAT MIGHT BE PUSHING IT”
The Toronto Sun
“A SIMPLE BUT BRILLIANT PRODUCTION THAT CARRIES THE AUDIENCE THROUGH A RANGE OF FEELINGS...THIS SHOW IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED EVEN FOR ADULTS WHO DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE KIDS”
Calgary Herald
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Performance Highlights

03.12.10
[Flamenco Vivo]/Carlota Santana
Gallo Center for the Arts
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Danu
Wilson Center for the Arts - Brookfield, WI

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Danu
Overture Center - Madison, WI

Tours & Projects

Simple Gifts

THE CASHORE MARIONETTES are unmatched in artistry, grace and refinement of movement. The internationally acclaimed Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry. The moving and humorous performances have astounded audiences in Europe, the Far East and across North America including stops at the Kennedy Center, Annenberg Center, Kravis Center, and many others.

The program, Simple Gifts, is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music by such composers as Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, beautiful music, theatrical illusion, and artistic insight, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human. The performance explores a range of emotions with characters and actions that are amazingly convincing. The marionettes are engineering marvels and the quality of movement is extraordinary.

Joseph Cashore has received numerous awards for his artistry including a Pew Fellowship for Performance Art, based upon his artistic accomplishment; a Henson Foundation Grant, an award intended to help promote puppetry to adult audiences; and a Citation of Excellence from the UNIMA-USA, the highest honor an American puppeteer can receive. The Cashore Marionettes are so well conceived and projected, the movement so convincing, the illusion so powerful, that the result is a compelling and unforgettable theatrical experience.

Lecture/demonstrations, workshops, and master-classes are available to high school and college students, teachers, and arts professionals.