On-Camera Hand & Rod Puppetry Workshop (Feb 28th class)
Sat, Feb 28
|Hollywood Dance Center
Taught by Greg Ballora
Time & Location
Feb 28, 2026, 5:15 PM – 8:00 PM
Hollywood Dance Center, 817 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA
About The Event
Are you looking to improve your puppetry technique? Learning On-Camera Hand and Rod style puppetry is a fantastic way to sharpen your puppeteering focus, specificity, and accuracy with the immediate feedback of the monitor. You actually get to see the performance from the audience's point of view while you do it. These skills can apply to whatever puppetry style you want to pursue! While we’d love to see your puppets, please keep them at home for this workshop. We will supply the puppets! 18+! Only open to current LAGP members.
This workshop, taught by puppeteer and puppet builder Greg Ballora (Earth to Ned, Happytime Murders, Muppets Tonight, and many more), will be a 2 and 1/2 hour intensive, geared towards the beginner. We want to get you up and on camera, with exercises to continue your work at home. We will cover the basics of puppet and puppeteer posture, eye-line,…