Circus Marionettes! Carving+Performance

About the Workshop

Join our Marionette and Carving Workshop - this summer, you’ll learn to make spectacular CIRCUS MARIONETTES! You will learn from expert puppet designer Mirek Trejtnar with a team of 10 other teachers - carvers, painters, costume designers, puppeteers - professionals in their field. MAKING THE MARIONETTE The first part of the workshop 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. You will get instructions on all types of marionettes. CREATING A SHOW In the second part you create an original show with a professional puppeteer. You will perform 4-5 times at several venues: a park near the workshop, Prague's popular Letni Letna New Circus and Theatre Festival, and the beautiful Baroque Theatre Festival in Kuks,. During this second half, you learn how to manipulate their marionette and the principles of creating an original show for children. You also get the chance to see many other professional children's theatre performances at the festival. 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 10 students. WORKSHOP FEE The price of the workshop is 1,650 Euros. 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 THREE DAYS!