Stick figure
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A stick figure (also stick puppet) is a puppet figure whose movements are controlled by skillfully guiding the sticks attached to it. The stick figure is played mainly from below behind a screen , with the head and hands on sticks. Since it does not have to be adapted to the anatomy of the human hand like the hand puppet , this type of figure enables more varied body shapes without hindering the directness of the game.
As with the hand puppet, the legs are usually missing, which limits the design options in contrast to the marionette and table puppet . The movements of the abdomen must be imagined, which makes special demands on the player. If the figure is led by two puppeteers , large-scale gestures become possible. However, this requires practice and a strong "mutual understanding".
The most famous stick puppet theaters in Germany include the Hänneschen Theater in Cologne and the Weilheim puppet shows ; One of the special features of the latter theater is that the management staffs are integrated into the dolls' costumes and are therefore invisible to the audience.
Stick figures have a long tradition in Chinese puppet theater .
A variation is the hand stick figure, in which the stick figure is animated with the player's hand directly through the sleeve.