Carnival del Mundo

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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
2:30 PM

Step right up! Carnaval del Mundo is riveting from the bright first peel of the herald�s trumpet to the sweetly comical romp of puppies tumbling out from the stage. Intricately carved puppets whirl from the stage and through the air into the audience, inspired by infectious global music in this �Carnival of the World.� Butterworth�s award-winning marionette theatre has performed internationally in movies, operas, classical music venues and television specials.

Dan Butterworth's intricately hand carved puppets dance and whirl from the stage, through the air, and right out into the audience, moving to a stream of infectious world music. A unique cacophony of puppet styles and genres combine and build until the whole stage becomes one huge moving carnival creature. Supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts since 1979, Dan and his puppets have performed in movies, operas, classical music festivals and TV specials.

Dan's magical celebrations have been staged from the big city of New York to the Inuit villages of Nunavut and Alaska. His troupe has toured throughout the world, performing in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and all of the US and Canada.

Tickets are available at Whales Tale Toys and South Hollow Gallery on 5th Street in Courtenay for two performances, 2:30 and 7:00.