{"id":465,"date":"2008-04-04T00:59:28","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T14:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2008\/04\/04\/from-the-unima-world-puppetry-festival\/"},"modified":"2008-04-07T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T22:28:49","slug":"from-the-unima-world-puppetry-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/2008\/04\/04\/from-the-unima-world-puppetry-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"From the UNIMA World Puppetry Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m spending  the first few days here at the in Perth at the 20th UNIMA World Puppetry Festival doing the master class <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unima2008.com\/go\/events\/professional-development\/professional-development-event&amp;categoryId=6A15C466-1708-51EB-A64CC7CD0AFB395C&amp;itemObjId=852F6992-1708-51EB-A6C968303F39301D\">Making Ningyo-Joruri<\/a>, given by Nori Sawa. I&#8217;m really enjoying it. Nori says his workshop usually takes a week, so we are working hard to fit it in in 3 1\/2 long days. So not much time to dally on the web at the moment! One of the nice aspects so far has been meeting up with fellow bloggers <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/PuppetsInMelbourne\/~3\/263316558\/title_79\">Naomi Guss<\/a> (who is sharing the masterclass with me) and <a href=\"http:\/\/africanpuppet.blogspot.com\/\">Gary Friedman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have some photos taken in the workshop later on, but here are some taken during the first evening.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the roving entertainers, Riders, were at the Welcome BBQ and Official Opening at the Perth Town Hall last night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2384328031\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2112\/2384328031_aa3defcc70.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2384327669\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3201\/2384327669_4786982abc.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2384326377\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2116\/2384326377_fa4b0db734.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Molly and Jacko were part of the official party and the Welcome to Country given by the local indigenous people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2384328435\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3050\/2384328435_4de1811ed5.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2384328859\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2298\/2384328859_8786da4b9c.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The UNIMA poster catches the light on a lovely mild Perth night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2384329425\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2382\/2384329425_65bc167c3a.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle Griffin performing at the Transit Lounge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spiritsdancing\/2385160070\/\" title=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival by Hil, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2003\/2385160070_61e4ee2d56.jpg\" alt=\"UNIMA World puppetry Festival\" height=\"500\" width=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/actgov.jpg\" title=\"actgov.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsdancing.com\/sdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/actgov.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"actgov.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My attendence at Unima 2008 is supported by the ACT Government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m spending the first few days here at the in Perth at the 20th UNIMA World Puppetry Festival doing the master class Making Ningyo-Joruri, given by Nori Sawa. 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