Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:33:14 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Philippe Genty


There are 3 Phillipe Genty DVDs that are a part of the Puppeteers of America
AV collection. Members of PofA may borrow them
On the store site if you search "Phillip Genty" you will come up with 2
items
1. A black and white documentary about "Expedition Alexandre" the name of
Gernty's around the world tour.
2. The Jim Henson World of Puppetry series (1985) did an hour on Genty

3if you do search for "Blue Like an Orange" you will see the Store has it.
It has been many years since I have seen it but it made a huge impression.
As I remember it was the first film that let us see excellent examples of
international folk traditions, as well as some modern puppetry. I dont
remember that it had a great deal of Genty's own work

The program for the PofA national festival for 1965 in Detroit lists a
performance by Expedition Alexandre "Les Farfadets" (adults only)

When I was co-artistic director of the national festival in Tampa 2001, I
looked into bringing Phillipe Genty to the festival, but the cost was
enormous.

The package I received had a copy the tech needs and light plot.
FORMIDABLE!!

"Ah Oui Genty" played the Bijou Theater on Broadway in the April 9-May 3,
1981 (Mumenshanz began at the same theatre in 1977)

Steve

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:22 PM, <puppetpro-AT-aol.com> wrote:

> I believe the Renault that he drove on that trip had clocked the highest
> miles of any car (at the time). I think Renault underwrote his trip --
> Much of his present style is a blend of his experience as a magician,
> puppeteer, and his partner Mary Underwood's choreography and sewing skills.
>
>
> I had the pleasure of studying with him and Mary in Charleville-Mezieres.
>
> Rolande
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Cook <alangregorycook-AT-msn.com>
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Sent: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:26 pm
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Philippe Genty
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> Back in the 1960s Philippe Genty was touring the world. He performed and
> also
> made a film shown on Public Television, "Blue Like an Orange" may have been
> the
> title of the film.
>
> He also performed for a Puppeteers of America Festival at Asilomar CA. I
> rode
> with him from Asilomar to Los Angeles via scenic Highway #1 ---and enroute
> he
> was stopped by an officer of California Highway Patrol for violating
> umpteen
> laws (including speeding, driving on wrong side of road and such.) He was
> told
> he'd have to attend a court hearing for all the offenses, but he said he
> was
> leaving the USA in a matter of days. The officer said he should write to
> traffic
> court that he was leaving the country, and that the judge would probably
> cancel
> the charges, and if a letter was not sent, the traffic fines would double
> automatically, world without end.   Well, the letter was never sent, and
> the
> fines reached an improbable leve
> l. The next time some years later, Philippe
> performed in California was a single booking just over the border from
> Nevada in
> a desert town, followed by a hasty departure I missed that performance
> since I
> did not know about it in time to go. The Los Angeles Times gave his show an
> ecstatic review, comparing it to Mummenshanz (tho actually Philippe
> preceded
> Mumenshanz) and the Times asked why such a show did not reach Los Angeles.
> If it
> HAD Philippe might have ended up in an L.A, jail.
>
> Finally the traffic record was dropped. Philippe made anoher appearance in
> California at Loyola-Marymount University near LAX (airport) to glowing
> reviews.
>
>  He was a big hit at the 1965 UNIMA Fest in Bucharest and many other
> places, but
> he was not the best driver.
>
> ALAN COOK
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Dowell
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:00 AM
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Video: Philippe Genty (more)
>
> Thanks! Just what I was looking for.
>
> - In my enthusiasm, I believe I had misspelled the name when I first
> tried to search.
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> On Dec 12, 2008, at 4:36 AM, Deborah Hunt wrote:
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> > more about Genty
> >
> > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/15/1089694477397.html
> >
> > http://www.livevideo.com/video/973A25A6B39F466FA578E37D204518B0/
> > puppeteers-of-philippe-genty-.aspx
> >
> > http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4112234.html
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Mathieu Ren=EF=BF=BD
> > <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>wrote:
> >
> >> He certainly has a good name among puppeteers internationaly, but
>
> >> what
> >> frustrates me is that there's hardly anything we can see online of
> >> his
> >> work!
> >>
> >> Maybe he doesn't need the web presence.
> >> But for us new to his work, it would be practical to see some
> >> excerpts and
> >> pics.
> >>
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> > http://hemisphericinstitute.org/artistprofiles/index.php?
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