NIKOLAI ZYKOV
THEATRE
NIKOLAI ZYKOV
THEATRE
Puppet performance for adults and family audience. Duration - 1h. 30min. without intermission
First presentation - October 7 2008, Obraztsov State Academic Central Puppet Theatre, Moscow, Russia
OTHER PUPPETS - experimental constructions, glow objects, electric puppets, radio controlled mechanisms and unique marionettes-transformers in original puppet performance.
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Author, artist, producer and performer - NIKOLAI ZYKOV Wardrobe, assistant of puppeteer - NADIA DUBININA Light, sound, technical director - SERGEY ISAEV All puppets are created, designed and built by NIKOLAI ZYKOV
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In the program: MICROCOSMOS - experimental constructions, THAI DANCE - ancient Thai dance, SECOND BIRTH - marionette-transformer, ALIEN - mission impossible (radio-controlled joke), MAN OF THE XXI CENTURY - only electric wire and lamps (experimental marionette), PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - marionettes-transformers, FUNNY COMPANY - feathers and ping pong balls, QUEEN OF DISCO - the star of the show, RUSSIAN SOUVENIR - puppets in exotic costumes of different regions of Russia, GIANT - giant puppet assembled on the stage.
"Nikolai Zykov has a variety of technical surprises that make his shows a success. His puppets live independently from their creator. Nikolai Zykov is making the step of technical development into the future." Jacob Steiner, Austria.
"Nikolai Zykov is a celebrated Russian puppeteer, known for pushing the boundaries of traditional puppetry." World Performing Arts Festival, Lahore, Pakistan.
"...Far more difficult than standard puppetry because it involved greater technical know-how, being more technological and complex in nature. " Metallpress, Moscow, Russia.