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What a Puppet Can Do – applied puppetry in theory and practice

Last updated: 13-11-2024

A series of webinars by the Education, Development and Therapy Commission

Organised by the UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission, the series will feature online lectures, workshops, exchange of ideas, and examples of good practice in all three fields: education, development and therapy.

The webinars will be held once every two months on Zoom in English, Spanish or French (the official UNIMA languages), starting on February 26th. 

Duration: 40 to 45 minutes plus 20 to 40 minutes for Q&A and sharing experiences with participants.

Maximum duration: 90 minutes.


UPCOMING ZOOM WEBINARS:


Webinar No. 6

Carmela Núñez Linares and Leovaldo Díaz Fernández: Ice Puppets – “On the Omniscience of Mutant Reality”

Date: Monday 20th January 2025

Time: 15:00 CET

Language: Spanish

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We are excited to share with the extended UNIMA community our personal and artistic journey in creating and staging the play Títeres de Hielo, which premiered in May 2019—when we could not have imagined the extreme and fragile conditions that humanity would soon face with the outbreak of COVID-19.

In this work, conceived and crafted from figures made of frozen water (ice), we question existence itself, delving into fundamental questions about the deeper meaning of life. In doing so, we put our love and our most intimate essence at stake, offering our very being to the fluctuating sensations of weight, erosion, and inevitable fading away. Like ice, we are ephemeral beings, endowed with a unique and honest life.


RECORDED ZOOM WEBINARS:


Webinar No. 1

Livija Kroflin : The Language of Puppets
Date: Monday 26th February 2024
Time: 15:00 CET
Language: English


Webinar No. 2

Cariad Astles : Puppetry Healing Stories in Hospital Care 
Date: Monday 29th April 2024
Time: 14:00 CET in English 

Language: English


Webinar No. 3

Andrea Markovits: Therapeutic Animated Forms: From Personal to Collective Memory
Date: Monday 17th June 2024

Time: 15:00 CEST

Language: English


Webinar No. 4

Hélène Ducharme: “Research and creation for neurodiverse and children with an intellectual disability”

Date: Monday 30th September 2024

Language: English


Webinar No. 5

Maurizio Gioco and Felice Amato: “Specific Children, Specific Puppets: Considerations When Designing Puppet Experiences”
Date: Monday 11th November 2024
Time: 15:00 CET
Language: English