Big Nazo

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Big Nazo
Big Nazo at Lumina Festival.jpg
2024 Lumina Festival
Big Nazo puppet creatures at PVDFest 2024.jpg
PVDFest 2024

Big Nazo is an improv performance group launched in 1986 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. [1] Erminio Pinque, the founder and artistic designer of Big Nazo, envisioned his concept as a puppet show without the stage. [2]

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Big Nazo, which derives its name from "big nose" in Italian, runs a "creature class" in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Design Film and Video Department during the winter semester. [3]

Performances

The Big Nazo troupe frequently appears at local cultural events such as parades, [4] [5] Lumina Festival [6] and PVDFest. [7] Outside of Rhode Island, the group has performed in New York, Chicago, Nashville, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Japan, Portugal and Scotland. [8] The troupe has appeared at the 2010 Winter Olympics [2] and was a featured guest at the Maine Eclipse Festival in 2024. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Gilsdorf, Ethan (October 26, 2016). "For creature troupe Big Nazo, Halloween is a year-round affair". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 25, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mascarella, Janene (December 31, 2009). "Monster business". CNN.
  3. ↑ "Creature Creations". BigNazo.com.
  4. ↑ "@bignazo". Instagram. Big Nazo. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2024. The only Saint Patrick's Day Parade of 2020 that featured BIG NAZO was on March 7th in pre-covid Pawtucket.
  5. ↑ Peterson, Brent. "Ancient & Horribles Parade". Destination Eat Drink. Brent Petersen. Retrieved 12 September 2024. Big Nazo puppets at Ancient & Horribles parade, Chepachet, RI
  6. ↑ "LUMINA Jan 19 to Feb 20, 2024". Downtown Providence Park Network. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Big NAZO Intergalactic Creature Band". FirstWorks. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  8. 1 2 Tomaselli, Kathleen Phalen (9 February 2024). "World famous Big Nazo improv group to perform in Houlton for the eclipse". Bangor Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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