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Also... note how at the end when the marionettist kneels to pet the black dog (which is controlled with a single string!) his control stays fixed in place and the white dog's tail continues to wag.
There's a training exercise we do in which you hold a broomstick parallel to the ground with the ends aligned with a point. Not touching, just aligned.

You practice kneeling and standing without letting the orientation change.
We do the same thing with a vertical broomstick over a spot on the floor, walking in a circle until we can keep it at the same point without drifting.

I'm taking flying lessons, and learning turns around a point feels like the same thing, except my puppet is an airplane.
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