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A New York festival featured restored early 1900s shadow puppets, blending old techniques with modern tech to celebrate U.S.-China cultural ties.
On Sunday, New York’s China Institute hosted a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration featuring a shadow-puppet performance that underscored the lasting cultural ties between China and the U.S.
The show highlighted puppets originally created by American artist Pauline Benton in the early 1900s, rediscovered in the 1980s and preserved for over 30 years by Kuang-Yu Fong and Stephen Kaplin.
Blending traditional Han Dynasty-era techniques with modern digital projectors and printed silhouettes, the performance honored UNESCO-recognized intangible heritage while engaging new generations, including young performers with no prior background in the art.
Un festival de Nueva York presentó muñecos de sombras restaurados de principios del siglo XX, mezclando viejas técnicas con tecnología moderna para celebrar los lazos culturales entre Estados Unidos y China.