Wang Na
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Female, Han ethnicity, born in 1956 in Panshi, Jilin. From 1975 to 1992 Wang Na worked with the Jinzhou Puppet Troupe. She possesses wide-ranging performance abilities and an accurate gift for imitation; her three basic skills of lifting, walking and twisting are solid and assured, and she manipulates puppets steadily, precisely and delicately. She also has deep attainments in puppet making, stage design and lighting. Since becoming director of the Jinzhou Puppet Troupe she has organised the creation and performance of classic puppet plays such as Fei Tian (Flying Apsaras), The Little Match Girl, Love and Man and Puppet, making an important contribution to the promotion of western Liaoning puppetry.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Puppetry (western Liaoning puppetry), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Grade II national actor.
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