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''Tall Horse'', a collaboration between the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] and the Sogolon Puppet Troupe from Mali. Writer Kephta Burns, based in New York, choreographer Koffi Kôkô from Benin. Life-sized puppets. Director [[Marthinus Basson]].
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''Tall Horse'', a collaboration between the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] and the Sogolon Troupe from Mali with the legendary puppets of Yaya Coulibaly. Writer Kephra Burns, based in New York, choreographer Koffi Kôkô from Benin. Life-sized puppets. Director [[Marthinus Basson]].
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''Tall Horse'''s tale follows the life of a giraffe and its handler, Atir, sent as a gift from the Egyptian Pasha to the French King Charles X in 1827. Its journey took it via Alexandria and Marseilles, creating a sensation en route.  
  
  

Revision as of 11:28, 8 May 2013

Tall Horse, a collaboration between the Handspring Puppet Company and the Sogolon Troupe from Mali with the legendary puppets of Yaya Coulibaly. Writer Kephra Burns, based in New York, choreographer Koffi Kôkô from Benin. Life-sized puppets. Director Marthinus Basson.

Tall Horse's tale follows the life of a giraffe and its handler, Atir, sent as a gift from the Egyptian Pasha to the French King Charles X in 1827. Its journey took it via Alexandria and Marseilles, creating a sensation en route.


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