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begins his activity in 1989, puppeteer and sculptor, is considered to be among the great masters of the neapolitan tradition of puppets, a true point of reference for anyone who wants to get closer to the secrets of Guarattelle napoletane.
The Neapolitan Guarattelle are an ancient type of puppets to glove born in Naples around 1500. The special feature of the show is the voice of Pulcinella which is achieved thanks to the "pivetta", a tool that the puppeteer keeps at the bottom of the palate during performances. This combines a unique and surprising movement technique of puppets and a power acting while practicing that make the shows theatrical performance incredibly modern. In his study The "Domus di Pulcinella” in Pompei Napoli, teaches courses in wood carving and training for a new generation of artists puppeteers.
Its wooden puppets, small masterpieces of craftsmanship, are in private collections and museums in Italy and abroad.
Gaspare Nasuto, Ambassador to the world of the mask of Pulcinella for the Museum of Acerra, is among the artists puppeteers more rewarded with more than twenty international awards to his career and was also hosted with its performances and workshops in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Switzerland, Belgium, England, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Iran, Colombia, Canada, Stati Uniti, Kazakistan, Ecuador, Finland. 
So many are the productions dedicated to Pulcinella, that he is considered an interpreter and also an author of experimental guarattelle neapolitan, to remember a few little jewels of the theater of figure:
A Faust for guarattelle, Se77e from seventh seal of Bergman's movie, waiting for Godot by Beckett, Kamikaze and rock n' roll from the Mishima's books, VGaribaldiV, Pulcinella a quattro mani, Three penny guarattelle from  Three penny opera by Brecht, L'Asino del diavolo.


Gaspare Nasuto style

Pulcinella like you've never seen!


Gaspare Nasuto

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