The CIRQUE DU SOLEIL is looking for professional puppeteers for a new touring show in 2015, inspired by the world of the film AVATAR, created by James Cameron. These puppeteers (men or women) should be at least 1.70m, have experience as physical actors and interested in manipulating large size puppets. For complete information and submit […]
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The organizers of the “Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes” of Charleville Mézières unveiled the poster of the next edition of this important event, held in September 2015.
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The Professional Training Commission is glad announcing the name of the recipients 2015 of its Grants 2015 Xiaoran, student from China, and – Faith-Ann Chester-Inniss, puppeteer from Guyana. Thank to thse grants, Xiaoran would attend, in April 2015, to the workshop “Contemporary String Puppet” with Frank Soehnle in the Atelier d’Arketal in Cannes (France) and […]
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The international “Prix Michael Meschke for the Preservation and Renewal of Puppet Theatre Arts” has been granted to a theatre company from Thailand, namely the SEMATHAI PUPPET THEATRE of Bangkok directed by Piewnam Chalermyart for outstanding efforts to promote youth and puppet theatre. The price, created in 1991, named after Swedish theatre director Michael Meschke, […]
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The Commission for Latin America announces the names of the selected artists for the Scholarships, for the courses programed by the companies Caixa do Elefante and Cia Lumbra, in January 2015: Desdobramentos do Corpo, January 5th to 11th, 2015 – Joana Vieira Viana – Brazil – Jândi Caetano De Matos – Uruguay Territorios Desconhecidos, January […]
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Dutch Puppeteer Feike Boschma died at the age of 93, November the 13th 2014 after a brief illness. Boschma developed his work in World War II and debuted in 1947 at the cabaret shows of Wim Sonneveld. In the following decades he worked with artists from various disciplines such as dance, mime and visual arts. […]
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Documentary Theatre – Marionette and Society
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