Students learn the entire process of building a traditional Czech puppet for stop motion animation from professional puppet film artists. Students also work in a film studio with animators and create pilot stop motion puppet films. Other topics include film equipment, computer technology...more
Carving traditional marionette
During this puppet students make a wooden marionette of their own design. They work with many puppet masters to learn how about designing puppets, drafting technical drawings, woodcarving, painting, stringing, making a cotroller and puppet costume design plus manipulation and Czech puppet history...more
Carving + Manipulation/Performance
Students will MAKE A WOODEN MARIONETTE and then CREATE A PERFORMANCE, that will be performed at Czech theatre festivals and castles. They will learn the whole process of making the puppet: design, technical drawings, woodcarving, painting, stringing, costume, controller). Plus they will learn about manipulating different styles of marionettes and how to create an original show with an ensemble.
Here you can see photos from last years.
In past years shows have been performed at the Teatrotoc Street Theatre Festival and the Letni Letna New Circus Festival in Prague as well as on tour outside of the city....more
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