‘THE GAME OF TIME’ by DAVID ZUAZOLA at LA SALA FÈNIX
Is it really possible to make a show comprising seven stories, each lasting seven minutes, directed by seven directors from seven different countries? David Zuazola, a Chilean puppeteer who lives in Madrid, has taken the number 7 as the organising principle of his new project. Magical and spellbinding, a sacred numeral that many believe to be at the heart of the organisation of the Universe! The universe that Zuazola explores is personal, plumbing depths that are … Read entire article »
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PASSAGER CLANDESTIN, nouvelle création d’Arketal au Festival Mondiale à Charleville-Mézières
La Compagnie Arketal présente dans le Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes à Charleville-Mézières une nouvelle création, ‘Passager Clandestin’, d’après The Great disaster de Patrick Kermann. L’HISTOIRE Voici l’histoire d’un berger, Giovanni Pastore, descendu de ses montagnes du Frioul, pour chercher du travail en Europe, et pour chercher « le paradis » sur terre. Il a pris le chemin de l’émigration, comme des millions d’italiens l’ont fait avant et après lui. Il a marché avec d’autres sur les routes … Read entire article »
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‘Identitats’ (Identities), by Rocamora Teatre
At last, we were able to watch at the Teatre de Ponent in Granollers, a performance of the new show IDENTITATS (Identities) by Carles Cañellas and Susanna Rodriguez of the Rocamora Teatre Company. An enormous challenge, which both puppeteers, residents in the village of Calders, took upon themselves in order to open this new cycle in their lives. I saw the first steps during the project presentation in San Sebastian at the Unima Congress 2016 … Read entire article »
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Inauguration of IF Barcelona, with the Opening of the Exhibition “Figures of Doubleness”, at Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona
On Thursday 8th October, at exactly 7.00 pm, the exhibition ‘Figures of Doubleness’ at Arts Santa Mònica in Barcelona opened its doors. The exhibition space is the nerve centre of the festival IF Barcelona – Puppets, Machines and Strings, an exhibition occupying two floors at Arts Santa Mònica, which is probably the biggest exhibition ever held in Barcelona on puppets and marionettes, in the broadest sense of the terms. Arts Santa Mònica, at the end of … Read entire article »
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Un public majorquin en caravane, une compagnie française en cavale: tradition catalane et présence internationale à Palma de Majorque
Dans un coin du Patio de la Miséricorde, quelques minutes après un spectacle de marionnettes à gaine de tradition catalane, Le Fantastique Magicien d’Oz de la compagnie Titelles Sebastià Vergés [1], le public se divise. Un groupe de 17 personnes tourne le dos à la scène centrale et se dirige vers une caravane vétuste, son propriétaire installé devant elle sur une chaise, revêche et renfrogné, rend l’endroit parfaitement inhospitalier. De l’art d’organiser une caravane en boîte à … Read entire article »
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El Zorro, bt Eudald Ferré and Luca Ronga
The show ‘El Zorro ‘ was seen a few days ago in one of the Institut del Teatre classes Barcelona – as well as in La Mostra d’Igualada-. the leading performing arts market for young audiences in Catalonia. The show is a creation of the puppeteers Eudald Ferré and Luca Ronga, under the direction of Lluís Graells. A creation but at the same time a major challenge to which director and puppeteers have had to … Read entire article »
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The 17 İstanbul’s International Puppet Festival
The İstanbul’s International Puppet Festival, directed and led by actor and shadow player Cengiz Özek and coordinated by Stefan Carelius, reaches its 17th edition with a program consisting of 70 performances by a total of 30 companies from 15 countries, with a special focus on Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and the 600th year of Turkish-Polish relations. Scheduled from Oct. 16 to 26 in different locations across İstanbul, the Festival welcomes South Korea, Kazakhstan and Belarus for the … Read entire article »
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FIDENA Festival first days, in Bochum, Germany
From 16 to 24 May 2014, the Festival Der Figurentheater Nationen, better known as FIDENA, is taking place in Bochum, in the Ruhr area, the industrial heart of Germany. It is one of the largest festivals held in the Germany and is, without a doubt, one of the most important in Europe. I had the opportunity of attending as an observer, at the invitation of the NRW Kultur Ruhr, an institution responsible for promoting and … Read entire article »
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“A Flowering Tree”, Opéra de John Adams, au Chatelet de Paris. Masks et marionnettes de Dadi Pudumjee
L’opéra et les marionnettes sont deux genres du théâtre très séparés et, à la fois, très voisins. Surtout dans le langage de la scène contemporaine, les arts du visuel sont de plus en plus présents dans les nouvelles créations d’opéra du monde entier. C’est le cas de cette nouvelle version du titre de John Adams, “A Flowering Tree”, création en 2006 au Vienna New Crowned Hope Festival, présentée maintenant au Théâtre du Chatelet à Paris … Read entire article »
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Movement and forms between puppetry and circus
Puppetry and circus have more in common than we think. It’s about movement and signification —the way both scenic disciplines find their true expression. Of course, there are many differences: while the puppeteer animates objects, the acrobat, the juggler and the balance artist perform acts that go beyond the usual limits of the human body and take a risk for it. But in some modern circus productions, artists use their props as living creatures. They … Read entire article »
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