These giant puppets, animated by the dancers who wear ... age 7 at a workshop owned by an uncle who made statues of saints, masks and mojigangas. He uses his formal artistic training to make ...

Backstage at the New Victory Theater, a black-clad puppeteer put on an elaborately stylized mask and stepped into a beam of light, throwing the shadow of fluttering hands onto a large scrim.

"The Herds" is the latest project from the team behind "Little Amal", a giant puppet of a Syrian girl that toured the world to highlight the plight of refugee children. Next year, the animal ...