PUPPETS ON DEMAND
SHAPE AND MOVEMENT
Designing, Building and Performing Rodpuppets
9. - 27 August 2004 in Cham (Germany)
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A Coproduction with MASCADO e.V. |
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Puppets On Demand
is pleased to announce its 2004 summer Rod Puppet Workshop:
„SHAPE AND MOVEMENT – Designing, Building and Performing Rodpuppets“
Each participant
will create a rod puppet by exploring simple paper sculptures in order to
discover a shape for his / her own character. Basing our work on the foundations
of classical sculpture, each puppet will be left white, rather than painted,
creating a world of stone sculptures. This will demand a very intense
and exact movement for each individual character as well as for the puppets
in group scenes.
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Application
Date: August 9th – August 28th, 2004 Location: Cham, Bavaria GERMANY Cost: U.S. $650 (this includes materials) Cost for accomodations and meals will be the responsibility of each participant. Inexpensive accomodations and restaurants are available in the town of Cham. A list of accomodations will be provided upon acceptance to the workshop. A 10% discount will be provided to those participants booking prior to April 30th. Also, a limited number of partial scholarships are available. Application Process: Interested persons should send a letter of intent (e-mail or traditional mail) no later than June 30, 2004. Include information about your theater and/or arts background as well as how this workshop will be useful to you . Make sure to include your full name, address, phone number and e-mail address as well.Letters can be sent via e-mail to : info@Puppets-on-Demand.de or via snail mail to : Puppets-On-Demand, 29 Kathleen Drive Unit 8c, Willimantic, CT 06226 or in Europe to: Puppets-On-Demand, Fruehlingstrasse 1, Cham 93413, Bavaria GERMANY |
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The Workshop
Rod puppets can be used in many settings, such as small puppet theaters, large theaters and outdoor venues. Their expressiveness helps to enrich their relationship with the audience. Useful for the solo performer or as part of an ensemble, these rod puppets do not even need a set to come alive as their expressive movements give so much life to their character and thus their story. This is a workshop geared for professional puppeteers as well as actors,/theater professionals, visual artists, students and teachers. |
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The place
Come play, work and explore with us in Cham, located in Germany’s most famous state of Bavaria. Our workshop takes place in the beautiful rooms of the „Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus“, a well-known public art gallery located in the village of Cham, Bavaria. Southern Bavaria is one of the most beautiful areas of Germany and Cham is right in the Bavarian forest, which boasts plentiful hiking, quaint towns, river sports and plenty of Germany’s famous biergartens! Cham is also only a three hour train ride from the awesome city of Prague as well as a two hour ride from world famous Munich. |
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Designing and building puppets Timetable
The SHAPE and
MOVEMENT workshop is divided into two components: building / designing
and performing. The building / designing component takes place each
morning and begins with a week of sketching and designing the character each
participant would like to create. The paper sculpture method for sculpting
will be taught and ample time given in order to learn and experiment with
it, culminating in each person’s design brought to a three-dimensional paper
sculpture. This type of sculpture, developed by Professor Albrecht
Roser, permits artists of all levels to form very impressive sculptures with
simple means.
The second week focuses on making the sculpture stable and long-lasting as well as creating the mechanical components . The control will allow a wide range of movement and expression while aiming to be lightweight and accessible to those without a degree in engineerering! .Paper, foam, plastic glue and fabric will be used. During the final week the puppets will be assembled, painted and costumed. The building takes place during each morning. |
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Performing rodpuppets Timetable
After an hour
break for lunch, the movement, manipulation and performance sessions take
place. The first week centers on exploring the movment of a variety
of kinds of simple puppets as well as creating two very simple and fast-to-make
puppets. These puppets will aid in our explorations. Exploring
and experimenting with the movement of our own bodies will also be part of
our learning. Enriching our exploration will be the warm-up and training
of our own bodies as we seek to make the connections between performer and
puppet stronger.
Our workshops ends by bringing several
short pieces to life, some created during our first two weeks of work and
some directed during this last week, all the time building on the work and
ideas that came before. As our rod puppets are finished, they will
be incorporated into a very simple and brief scene. Time to share our
discoveries will be included as well as a final Share Day, where we will
perform for each other as well as for a small number of invited guests.The discoveries made during the first week will be built upon during our second week of work. This week takes us to two facets: solo work with small rod puppets and ensemble work in small groups.. Games, exercises, feedback and lots of time to work, play and experiment make up this week’s work. |
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| Skulpting and building
puppets Sebastian Roser |
Figurenspiel
Amy L. Weinstein
MA
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Drama Therapie
Athena Madan MA
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