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Italian puppeteer Michele Nunno directs his puppet, “Cuore” during a show at the Gapyeong Culture and Arts Center in Gyeonggi Province on Jan. 19. (provided by Michele Nunno)
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The star of the show is a four meter tall puppet named Cuore
A puppet show took place on Jan. 19 at Gapyeong Culture and Arts Center in Gyeonggi Province, featuring a human-shaped puppet measuring 4.2 meters in height and weighing 24 kg. Named Cuore – Italian for “heart” - the puppet showed off various moves, using its specially made joints to sit, walk, and dance. Cuore and the five performers operating the puppet staged a performance where the real and imaginary intertwined to a piano accompaniment and music composed by Italian puppeteer Michele Nunno, 44, drawing applause from an audience of around 300. “My confidence grew after I saw the positive audience response,” said Nunno on Jan. 25 of the Cuore puppet, which he created last November. “I think my inclinations are more suited to Korean people than Italians,” he continued, adding, “I’m not sure why I was born in Italy.” “I think God gave me the task of taking my experience, technical ability, and ideas from Italy and marrying them with Gapyeong, my second hometown.”
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Cuore stands behind Kang Daniel of the Korean boy band “Wanna One” during a performance at the MaMa Festival in Hong Kong on Dec. 1. (provided by Michele Nunno)
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Michele Nunnoand his family
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