Mirek Trejtnar and Leah Gaffen
For over ten years, Mirek Trejtnar and Leah Gaffen have been organizing puppet workshops for students from around the world. Over 500 students have become a part of the unique atomsphere of the workshop, where their dreams and ideas have come to life. Mirek and his team have also taught puppetry workshops in the USA, Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, and soon in New Zealand.
We currently offer 4 workshops: Marionette carving (15 days), Puppets for film animation (10 days), Marionette Manipulation and Creating Performance (14 days} and Dragon Marionettes (9 days}.Mirek heads the workshops - he is a puppet-maker himself and also a designer of toys, sculpture and much more with a special background in wood. Leah is an American who takes care of the organizational side of the workshops. Together Leah and Mirek bring together a team of leading Czech artists - woodcarvers, puppet designers, puppeteers, film animators, etc.- who bring the students into the world of puppetry in Prague.