THE ART OF OBJECT AND PUPPET THEATRE: Between tradition and modernity - lecture by Marek Waszkiel - Warsaw Theatre Academy, Poland
OBJECTS OF IMAGINATION - Object Theatre Forum
Lecture: THE ART OF OBJECT AND PUPPET THEATRE: Between tradition and modernity.
Two parts:
1. Talk about the puppetry art:
Former traditional forms as stick puppets, rod puppets etc.
Present traditional forms that still exist: hand puppets, shadows and marionettes
New tendencies in the contemporary puppetry art; actor-puppet interplay, animant – the new term of contemporary puppets.
This part will be illustrated by the photos.
2. Short films
– A collection of excerpts from the essential performances by 21st-century puppetry art masters, such as Neville Tranter, Hoichi Okamoto, Frank Soehnle, Duda Paiva, Ilka Schönbein, Kevin Augustin, Yngvild Aspeli, Zero en Conducta and Handspring Puppet Company.
MAREK WASZKIEL - PhD., professor in Puppetry Art History at Warsaw Theatre Academy, vice-president of Warsaw Theatre Academy and chair in Puppet Theatre Department (Bialystok). Head of several Polish Puppet Theatres and artistic consultant (Amber Theatre in Shenzhen, China). President of UNIMA-Poland and member of the executive committee of UNIMA International.
Collaborates with many puppet theatres, puppetry schools and festivals in several countries as lecturer, organizer of different events and puppetry art consultant.
Collaborates with the Polish Academy of Science Institute (PAN, Warsaw)
Editor of the quarterly Pamiętnik Teatralny. Published studies and articles about puppet theatre in Poland and all over the world.
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Forelesning: KUNSTEN AV OBJEKT- OG DUKKETEATER: Mellom tradisjon og modernitet
To deler:
1. Foredrag om dukketeaterkunst (ca. 40 min):
- Tidligere tradisjonelle former som stangdukker, stavdukker, osv.
- Nåværende tradisjonelle former som fortsatt eksisterer: hånddukker, skyggespill og marionetter.
- Nye tendenser innen moderne dukketeaterkunst; samspill mellom skuespiller og dukke, og "animant" – et nytt begrep for moderne dukker.
Denne delen vil bli illustrert med bilder.
2. Kortfilm (40 min)
-En samling utdrag fra sentrale forestillinger av mesterne innen dukketeaterkunst fra det 21. århundre, som Neville Tranter, Hoichi Okamoto, Frank Soehnle, Duda Paiva, Ilka Schönbein, Kevin Augustin, Yngvild Aspeli, Zero en Conducta og Handspring Puppet Company.
MAREK WASZKIEL – PhD., professor i dukketeaterkunstens historie ved Warszawa Teaterakademi, viserektor ved Warszawa Teaterakademi og leder av Dukketeateravdelingen (Bialystok). Har ledet flere polske dukketeatre og vært kunstnerisk konsulent (Amber Theatre i Shenzhen, Kina). President for UNIMA-Polen og medlem av eksekutivkomiteen i UNIMA International.
Samarbeider med mange dukketeatre, dukketeaterskoler og festivaler i flere land som foreleser, arrangør av ulike arrangementer og som konsulent innen dukketeaterkunst.
Samarbeider med Polens Vitenskapsakademi (PAN, Warszawa).
Redaktør av kvartalsskriftet Pamiętnik Teatralny. Har publisert studier og artikler om dukketeater i Polen og verden over.
Restriksjoner
The lecture is free, but seating is limited, so we kindly ask everyone to reserve a free ticket. If you are unable to attend, please let us know by email at: office@openwindowtheatre.com.