Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 11th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy.
This Online Course, created in 2017, is designed for and focuses on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension: to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy course invites you to be part of a journey where creativity and the exchanging of experiences between students and teachers from various fields and places around the globe are combined.
THE COURSE IN PUPPET THERAPY INTEGRATES
- Theory, practice and research on the therapeutic potential of puppets and animated forms
- An extensive and current bibliography
- Three International seminars led by experts
- A puppet construction workshop
- Support for eight creative explorations
- Five Workshops
- Guidance and mentoring for the design and writing of a puppet therapy group intervention model
- Advice on the creation of a therapeutic micro-theatre piece with puppets and objects
GENERAL INFORMATION
Dates of classes
SEPTEMBER 12, 19, 26
OCTOBER 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
NOVEMBER 7, 14, 21
Schedule
Thursdays 17.00 to 21.00 h. (Madrid time)
All classes will be recorded so that students who for reasons of schedule, work, health or other situations are unable to connect, have the possibility to review the session.
SEMINARS
In addition to the classes, this version of the program includes the following lectures:
- Matthew Bernier (United States), “The Psychological Functions of Puppets and Puppetry”
- Cariad Astles (United Kingdom), “Puppetry Within Applied Theatre”
- Raven Kaliana (United Kingdom), “Puppetry as Public Testimony for Social Change”
Application form link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Qelay2RY9Eaek7VWTSoEr4qKIlK7p588nuB7eOLukdQ/edit
For more information:
Academic director: Andrea Markovits
Email: puppettherapybcn@gmail.com
Sponsored by: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission