Greenwoods Puppet Festival: Remember the Way by Heather Henson

Photograph: © 2025 RICHARD TERMINE

“Where water flows and creatures return, balance is remembered.”
Join Heather Henson in connecting to your local land and waterways. Participants will employ kinetic learning to explore planetary movements and seasonal rhythms. Together, viewers will journey through the interconnected waterways and shifting landscapes of the planet guided by the cultural keystone animals; Whales, Cranes, Sturgeon, and Bison.

Photograph: © 2025 RICHARD TERMINE

Using puppets, masks, and dance props, puppeteers will bring these beings to life through a game of embodied animal role-playing, immersing ourselves in their journeys and behaviors. Through rhythmic dance games, song circles, crafting, and interactive storytelling, they’ll explore the seasonal cycles, planetary movements, and water’s flow from rivers to the ocean – helping us understand the profound connection between the water systems in our own backyards and the ocean beyond.

This program is for all ages. Please register below.

This event is held in Battell Chapel at 12 Litchfield Road, across the Village Green from the Norfolk Library.

Heather Henson is a puppet artist, producer, and philanthropist whose work promotes healing for the planet and bringing people into harmony with nature through immersive experiences. As founder of Green Feather Foundation, Heather produces her own theatrical works– Ajijaak on Turtle Island, Harmonious Migrations, Celebration of Flight, Panther and Crane, Endangered Species Parade, Lhamo Trung Trung, Echo Trace– as well as supporting the work of other independent artists through the Handmade Puppet Dreams film series (currently available to stream on Amazon, Roku, and Kanopy) and through the Puppet Slam Network, a grassroots community of presenters of short form puppetry for adults. In addition, Heather organizes workshops and retreats through a program called “Nature Makers,” fostering a community of professional artists using puppetry to deepen their personal connection with nature.

In honoring her parents’ legacies, Heather serves as President of The Jane Henson Foundation, Chair of the Jim Henson Legacy, and Shareholder of the Jim Henson Company.