Workshops

Puppets
Teatro Maria Matos
Sala de Ensaios
Saturday 16th May from 10.30am to 1pm
and from 2.30pm to 5pm

LED BY João Paulo Seara Cardoso
FOR M/18
FOR A MAXIMUM OF Limited
INFORMATIONS AND SIGN UP Ana Ladeira projectoeducativo.teatromariamatos@egeac.pt Tel. 218 438 800

The puppet theatre emerged, some decades ago, of its archaic limb. Today is affirmed as a complex scenic language, an ideal platform of crossing multiple expressions of contemporary art. A poetical, anarchical and imagetic language, in which the puppet, as the actors double, reveals itself like a powerful metaphor, of a man’s dreams, ghosts and passions. This workshop will be a special moment to think about questions related to puppet theatre, in an historical and contemporary approach, sharing the creative process and theatrical games.

João Paulo Seara Cardoso has training in sociocultural domain, in theatre and puppets. He attended the Institut Nacional d’Éducation Populaire and Institut International de la Marionnette, with masters Marcel Violette, Lopez Barrantes, Jim Henson and João Coimbra. João Paulo initiated his theatre activity and training in Teatro Universitário do Porto. He dedicated his research to Teatro Dom Roberto, a popular Portuguese type of glove puppets, having performed more than a thousand and five hundred shows. For the RTP, he created and directed children’s programs. He has nine children’s books published. He is the artistic director and founder of Teatro de Marionetas do Porto and has directed all the shows presented by the company since 1988. He created “Máquina-Homem/Clone Fighters” for the event Peregrination at Expo 98. He is also a teacher of Theatrical Interpretation in Balleteatro Escola Profissional.



Guarattelle:
Traditional Neapolitan Puppets
Museu da Marioneta
Saturday 16th May from 3pm to 6pm

LED BY Gaspare Nasuto (Italy)
FOR Puppeteers, teachers, visual artists, theatre students and actors
FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10
INFORMATIONS AND SIGN UP ruteribeiro@tarumba.org Tel. 212 427 621

Gaspare Nasuto started his activity in 1989; as a puppeteer and sculptor, he is considered one of the Masters of the Neapolitan puppet tradition, a true tipping point for whoever wants to approach the secrets of the Neapolitan "Guarattelle". The "Guarattelle" are an ancient kind of hand puppet created in Naples around the 16th century. The peculiarity of the show is the voice of Pulcinella, achieved with the swazzle, an instrument hold by the puppeteer under his palate during the show. The striking and exclusive movement technique of the puppets and its powerful performance give the show a strong modernity. An unique opportunity to all who want to learn the secrets of the Neapolitan “Guarattelle".



The Body like a Puppet
Teatro Maria Matos
Sala de Ensaios
19th to 24th May
Tuesday to Friday at 10pm
Saturday at 3pm
Sunday at 11am

LED BY Yola Pinto
FOR From 3 to 5 years
FOR A MAXIMUM OF Limited
INFORMATIONS AND SIGN UP Ana Ladeira projectoeducativo.teatromariamatos@egeac.pt Tel. 218 438 800

Exploring new extension possibilities of the movement of our body and in some materials, like paper, cardboard and wool. Starting from ideas and sensations that are prolonged in traces and drawings that will be transformed in new and fantastic parts of an original body.

Yola Pinto was born in 1974. She graduated in Architecture and has training in Contemporary Dance. In 2001 she enters in the Intensive Course of Movement Exploration in SNDO, in Amsterdam, where she collaborates with Magpie Company. She has been working with this method with artists of several areas, conceiving movement related installations.



Chinese Shadow Theatre and Glove Puppets
Museu da Marioneta
Tuesday 26th May from 6pm to 8pm
Wednesday 27th May from 6pm to 8pm

LED BY Jean-Luc Penso (França)
FOR Puppeteers, teachers, visual artists, theatre students and actors
FOR A MAXIMUM OF 10
INFORMATIONS AND SIGN UP ruteribeiro@tarumba.org Tel. 212 427 621

A workshop by one of the biggest masters and investigators of Chinese shadow theatre and glove puppets. An unique opportunity to learn some of the secrets of these techniques.
An introduction to the Chinese shadow theatre and Taiwanese puppets, with an approach to several techniques, like the traditional shadow puppets made of leather, shadows in cardboard, shadows with the body, special effects with lights and puppet manipulation and how to give them life through different demonstrations.

Jean-Luc Penso studied Chinese puppets and shadows in Taiwan and China with the masters Li Tien Lu e Wei Jin Quan. He directs the Théâtre du Petit Miroir in Paris. The company has several productions staged in France and Asia, and a cooperation with the company Yi Wan Jan, from Taipei. It was the first western puppet company invited to perform in China, after the Cultural Revolution. Encouraged by his master Li Tien Lu to use Chinese puppet techniques in no Asiatic contexts, has expanded his repertoire including works of European tradition, since 1985. In 2007 he was rewarded by the Taiwan-France Cultural Foundation for his contribute to the cultural relations between France and Taiwan.