奥贝·福特的“金色杖头木偶”艺术团 《海之歌》

7月20日，星期六，上午10：45和下午4点，地点：Stoll Thrust Stage

《海之歌》讲的是一个男孩在海边发现自然世界的故事。该演出以海龟的生命周期为时间线，展现了各种动物在陆地与海洋交界处共同织就的脆弱环境网。《海之歌》延续了福特“动物”系列的表演风格，使用的是雕刻精美的海绵动物模型，力图将每一个细节呈现在观众面前。

 艺术家简介：

奥贝·福特创立了“金色杖头木偶”艺术团，并在美国和加拿大各地区设计、创作并表演木偶剧。他出生于康涅狄格州沿海区域，目前常驻在北卡罗莱纳州靠近阿什维尔的西部山区。

纽约州立大学是福特操偶生涯的起点，那时的他是该校普切斯学院艺术专业的学生。1980年，福特搬到北卡罗莱纳州居住，之后创立了“金色杖头木偶”艺术团。自那时起，他就在史密森尼博物馆、肯尼迪艺术中心、吉姆·亨森国际木偶艺术节、底特律艺术博物馆等艺术类场所以及全美的学校、庆典、图书馆和剧院进行表演。“金色杖头木偶”艺术团因其专注于杖头木偶而得名，其业务范围涵盖多种使用杖头的木偶剧风格。福特的表演涉及欧洲传统风格的杖头木偶、皮影戏、改良版人形净琉璃（文乐木偶）以及当代的布袋和杖头木偶。福特目前也在美国木偶艺术家协会担任杖头木偶顾问。借助艺术功底、木工技艺和基本的工程技术，福特得以精心设计并制作木偶。他因雕刻海绵橡胶的技艺而闻名，并凭借这种技术制作出活灵活现、细节精美的铰接式动物木偶——他的“海绵朋友”。福特精细地操作繁复的机械构件，施展故事讲述技巧，用自己的声音让木偶鲜活生动。福特荣誉等身，三度获得吉姆·亨森基金会奖金，还曾赢得木偶剧界的最高荣誉——国际偶戏联盟授予的“木偶剧艺术杰出表彰”。他还通过肯尼迪艺术中心的“教师专业发展计划”在全美开展教学。

Hobey Ford's Golden Rod Puppets  Sea Song

Saturday July 20 at 10:45 am & 4:00 pm, Stoll Thrust Stage 

Sea Song, is the story of a boy's discovery of the natural world at the seaside.

This production follows the life cycle of the sea turtle and the fragile interwoven

environment of animals living at the edge of land and sea. Sea Song is

performed in the style of Ford's Animalia series featuring his beautiful carved

foam animals performed in full view of the audience.

BIO:

Hobey Ford, the creator of the Golden Rod Puppets, designs builds and

performs puppet productions throughout the US and Canada. Today he is

based in the mountains of Western North Carolina, near Asheville, but he was

born in coastal Connecticut.

He began working with puppets at The State University of New York in

Purchase, where he studied art. Ford founded the Golden Rod Puppets in

1980 after moving to North Carolina, and since that time he has worked at

such venues as The Smithsonian Museum, The Kennedy Center, The Jim

Henson International Festival of Puppetry, The Detroit Institute of Arts as well

as schools, festivals, libraries and theaters across the country. The Golden

Rod Puppets are named for their focus on rod puppetry, including many

related styles of puppetry, which involve the use of rods. Ford works with

traditional European style rod puppets, shadow puppets, adapted bunraku

puppets, as well as contemporary hand and rod puppets. Ford serves as rod

puppetry consultant to Puppeteers of America. Drawing on art, woodworking

and basic engineering skills, Hobey designs and crafts his puppets. He is

renowned for his techniques of carved foam rubber, which he uses in his

"foamies", finely articulated realistic animal puppets. Ford employs

complicated mechanisms and careful manipulation, while using his own voice

and storytelling skills to bring his puppets to Life. Ford has won numerous

awards including three Jim Henson Foundation grants, and puppetry's highest

honor, a Citation of Excellence from UNIMA. He also teaches nationally

through The Kennedy Center's Professional Development for Teachers

program.