Circus Marionettes! 2027
July 30-Aug 22, 2027, From Woodcarving to Festival Performances
About the Workshop
Join our Marionette Carving Workshop and learn to make spectacular CIRCUS MARIONETTES! You will get professional guidance from expert puppet designer Mirek Trejtnar and a team of 10 other teachers - carvers, painters, costume designers, puppeteers - experts in their specialized fields. As you create PART 1: LEARNING THE CRAFT, MAKING THE MARIONETTE You will go through the whole process of making the marionette, learning design, technical drawings, woodcarving, painting, assembly, costume, controller, stringing. You can choose to make one of several types of marionettes: trapeze artists, dancers, weight lifters, or the popular Czech Stomper marionette. PART 2: CREATING A SHOW, PERFORMING You will create an original show, learning manipulation and performance skills, with a professional puppeteer. Then you will get professional performing skills at two festivals: Prague's popular Letni Letna New Circus and Theatre Festival and Teatrum Kuks, a Baroque Theatre Festival outside Prague. See clips from past shows on our website: https://www.puppetsinprague.eu/films-performances SCHEDULE It is intensive: students work from 9:30 - 5:30 p.m. with lectures and practical work. WHO IS THE COURSE DESIGNED FOR? Visual artists, who want the chance to also perform, performers who want the chance to create a puppet, students, teachers, woodcarvers or simply amateurs with a love of puppetry.... There will be maximum 11 students. WORKSHOP FEE The price of the workshop is 1,850 Euros EARLY-BIRD PRICE - 1,750 Euros if you apply by January 15! Price includes all materials, tickets to performances, exhibitions, and trips outside of Prague. To confirm place in the workshop, applicants must send a deposit (details will be sent upon acceptance). CANCELLATION POLICY The payment is nonrefundable but can be transferred to another workshop depending on the circumstances. There will be a 200 Euro cancellation fee. ACCOMMODATIONS/FOOD Most of our students stay at local AirBnbs. We can help coordinate stays in private apartments that our students have used in the past. Participants can cook meals in a small kitchen in the workshop or eat in local Czech restaurants (approx. 8-10 Euro for lunch). THANK YOU FOR APPLYING! WE WILL BE IN TOUCH ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION WITHIN 5 DAYS!
