Introduction to Puppetry at Royal Roads University

Introduction to Puppetry with Entangled Puppetry at Royal Roads University

Date: Sat, March 31, 2012

Length: 1 day
Times: 10am – 4pm
Location: Royal Roads University

Workshop code: Introduction to Puppetry - TAEA2659

Cost: $75 + applicable taxes
Best to Register By: Sat, March 17, 2012

To register online

http://www.royalroads.ca/NR/exeres/C19A3C59-B0CD-4D40-9876-429E1C3D8827.htm

Or phone 250-391-2600 ext. 4801 or toll free 1-866-890-0220

Course Description

At one time or another, as child or adult, have you brought a doll, stick, shadow, or empty beer can to life with a voice and identity? You are a puppeteer!Simple, beautiful, joyful, and complex, the humble art of puppet theatre breaks through creative boundaries. Elements of drama, storytelling, dance, music, and visual arts combine in this ancient and ever expanding art form. Participants will explore the creative art of puppet theatre through exercises in physicality, improvisation, discovering character, crafting story, puppet manipulation, design, and building. In an art form where the boundaries are as limitless as our imaginations, there are no right or wrong answers, only wildly creative alternatives. This day promises deeply imaginative fun and frivolity!

Topics: • Storytelling: crafting and expressing a narrative
• Physical approach to manipulation technique
• Design and building puppets
• Styles of puppetry
• Discovering and building a character

Learning Outcomes: Students will... • Gain an understanding and appreciation for puppetry as an art form
• Understand that puppetry can take many forms and that there is no right or wrong, only creative solutions and alternatives
• Practice a physical approach to story creation and telling though movement exercises, improv and play
• Create their own puppets
• Be empowered to see themselves as creative individuals capable of creating interesting art 

Facilitator:

Tangle Caron is a performer, puppeteer, musician, environmental educator, napper, snacker and Lady Adventurer. Currently, she is a puppeteer for Mountain WIT, Parks Canada's professional theatre troupe, co-director of Entangled Puppetry, and a founding member of The Found Object Puppetry Collective. She has had the great fortune to study with Bread and Puppet Theatre and at the Banff Puppetry Intensive presented by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop. Tangle believes joy is an essential part of the creative process and is prone to fits of exuberant silliness, which she is pleased to have harnessed into a viable career.