Vietnamese Water Puppets

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Event Vietnamese Water Puppets
Venue Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Sydney Festival 1999
First Date 7 January 1999
Last Date 24 January 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The pond of the Royal Botanic Gardens transforms into a shimmering stage and the water explodes with jumping fish, fighting knights and fire breathing dragons! The villagers of the Red River Delta have practiced this astonishing and exotic art from for 1000 years and yet the puppeteers invisible underwater manipulators remain a closely guarded secret.
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Music
Puppetry
Subjects Fantasy
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Le Van Ngo Director
Peter Neufeld Lighting Designer
Text Nationality Vietnam
Production Nationality Vietnam
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web Sydney Festival
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 118788