Fully Booked – Registrations are closed. All the selected for the workshop were contacted and due to the high number of registrations, a waiting list was created.
A unique opportunity to learn with Frank Soehnle, one of the world’s most outstanding creators of puppet theatre, in addition to being considered one of the great masters of string puppets.
For: Puppeteers, actors, dancers, scenographers, visual artists, performing arts professionals and students
Number of participants: 12
Selection in order of registration after payment. Once the application has been analysed, its acceptance will be communicated and the method of payment for the workshop will be indicated.
INFO AND REGISTRATIONS
The registration in the workshop is made by the duly filled application form in Google Forms or in doc file – in this case it must be send to: projectofunicular@gmail.com or atarumba@gmail.com
PROJETO FUNICULAR* An international training project on Puppetry by CAMa – Centro de Artes da Marioneta | A Tarumba
Introduction to basic forms of animation with special focus on strings.
The theatre of animation has a huge variety of techniques.
From materials and objects to different kinds of puppet technics, the basic for animation is the same.
The workshop will introduce everybody to these rules.
The string puppet, always considered as a difficult technique, can be very simple and the range of expressions is enormous. Starting with the pendulum as a basic object, participants will create simple string puppets and explore new borders for this form of animation. The relation between human and puppet, by using strings in a new way, will lead to new forms of expression.
The participants should bring:
-Old Umbrellas, pliers, scissors.
-A pen and a notebook.
-Participants are invited to bring their own string puppets if they like.
-Movement friendly clothing.
BIO
One of the world’s most distinguished creators of puppet theatre and string puppets, Frank Soehnle studied puppetry at the famous University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart and was a student of string puppet master Albrecht Roser. He founded the company Figuren Theater Tübingen in 1991, one of Germany’s most renowned theatre companies, and invites all kinds of artists to retest the boundaries of traditional puppetry.
The centre of his artistic work is always the connection between Fine Arts and Dramatic Arts. He creates puppets, works as puppeteer and director and is an instructor at various Schools and Universities (Bochum, Berlin, Stuttgart, Charleville-Mézières, Jerusalem, Tours).
His shows are visual poems on the threshold between the visual and the performing arts, presented and acclaimed all over the world. He presented several shows at FIMFA Lx – International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms.
