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The Butterfly Life Cycle with puppeteer Hobey Ford

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Puppeteer Hobey Ford became interested in puppetry when he was in the 5th grade: “A puppet show came to a school assembly and I just never forgot it.” He began seriously practicing the craft in college and built a career by building and performing with his own original puppets.

This silent Butterfly Life Cycle video from Kennedy Center Education Digital Learning shares a clip from his 2010 Family Theater performance of Animalia.

observing the monarch caterpillar

“Together with his team of adorable “Foamies,” Hobey makes animals of all sorts emerge in movement and music to form a full-on puppet ballet. Watch as the habits and habitats of the world’s mightiest beasts and tiniest bugs come into furry focus right before your eyes.”

listening to the chrysalis
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