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| Nana Projects |
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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.
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Magic Lantern Show -
Four 20 minute shows in repertoire |
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Duration: |
20-50 minutes |
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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. |
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Designer- Molly Ross |
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Types
of Puppets Built: |
Overhead projector shadow puppets, large-scale parade puppets |
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Styles Offered: |
Illuminated props and sets (lanterns covered with fabric or paper) |
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Parade School |
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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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