Like a dancer, the flow of action generated by a marionette puppet begins in the belly of the beast. Grounded at the feet, triangulated by the back string, the power of a marionette to shift, swerve, stop and address the world originates in the puppet’s stomach; its center of gravity. The first challenge to the puppeteer is acquire an intuitive control of this central fulcrum of the puppet and its connection to the stage floor. All other movements proceed from this relationship.