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Nana Projects

Nana Projects

Contact: Molly Ross Phone: 443-919-6980 Fax: 410-814-5290
Email:
molly@nanaprojects.com
4504 Wilmslow Road • Baltimore, MD 21210
Website: nanaprojects.com

Nana Projects, Inc. (aka the studio of Molly Ross & Company) is a company of lanterneers and visual alchemists inventing innovative artwork that draws people together in public spaces, strengthening their sense of community identity through shared cultural experience. The company specializes in original "cultural performances" including Paper Lantern Parades and Magic Lantern Shows - a hybrid of shadow puppetry and slide performance.

Touring Show  Magic Lantern Show -
Four 20 minute shows in repertoire
  Duration: 20-50 minutes
Audience: Children/Family/Adult
Audience Size: 250
Puppet Style: Overhead projector shadows
Language(s): English, Spanish
Description: Performed by 2-3 puppeteers who project two dimensional images made of plastic and acrylic gels onto a screen with three overhead projectors. Relying on inventive tricks including scrolls of plastic, making illusions, and faders allow the puppeteers to manipulate the pieces of plastic with a fluidity that is often mistaken for animation. Custom tables hold the overhead projectors and the puppets to allow various animated tricks. With graceful, hand manipulated cutouts and a bold graphic sensibility, this is a unique form of puppetry that in spirit and technique blends the manipulation of objects with the tricks of Victorian magic lanters slide shows and brings a modern twist to pre-cinema. Shows include Danny the Diver, Luna, From Out My Heart, and When Night Comes.
Design service  Designer- Molly Ross
  Types of Puppets Built: Overhead projector shadow puppets, large-scale parade puppets
Design Styles Offered: Illuminated props and sets (lanterns covered with fabric or paper)
Other Services  Parade School
  Duration: Week intensive
Audience: Adult
Dates: June 2008
Description: A training program for artists, community organizers, and college students interested in the artistry of community-based parades.

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