
Classes and workshops for Adult students of Puppetry
Taking Registrations Now! THE SPRING INTENSIVE A chance to explore your creativity, develop your art, experiment, collaborate and refresh. Get an inside view of how Puppetmongers create their award-winning work, with a constant questioning, learning and collaborating that is uniquely their own. The Intensive is open to artists of all disciplines, students 16 and older, and anyone with an interest in learning about the possibilities in puppetry.
WEEK I. June 7 through 11, 2010 Developmental Play. The Puppetmongers lead an exploration of the many arts involved in puppetry: Mornings are devoted to learning the basics of making and working with glove puppets, rod puppets, marionettes, table top figure and shadows; afternoons are an exploration of puppetry as a branch of theatre, a collaborative, visual, multi-media art-form. Each day features a guest artist who will expand your skills and connect them back into puppetry. WEEK II. June 14 through 18, 2010 Play Development. Join the Puppetmongers and a guest director in the creation of a puppet production. In this week we integrate the ideas of week I as we engage in collaborative theatre-making from the ground up. We dive into the process of brainstorming, story-boarding, construction, character development and scene creation, culminating in a performance for a small audience on the final day. Fees: Both weeks $800, or one week $450

Classes and workshops for Adult students of Puppetry

Taking Registrations Now!

THE SPRING INTENSIVE

A chance to explore your creativity, develop your art, experiment, collaborate and refresh. Get an inside view of how Puppetmongers create their award-winning work, with a constant questioning, learning and collaborating that is uniquely their own. The Intensive is open to artists of all disciplines, students 16 and older, and anyone with an interest in learning about the possibilities in puppetry.

WEEK I. June 7 through 11, 2010

Developmental Play. The Puppetmongers lead an exploration of the many arts involved in puppetry: Mornings are devoted to learning the basics of making and working with glove puppets, rod puppets, marionettes, table top figure and shadows; afternoons are an exploration of puppetry as a branch of theatre, a collaborative, visual, multi-media art-form. Each day features a guest artist who will expand your skills and connect them back into puppetry.

WEEK II. June 14 through 18, 2010

Play Development. Join the Puppetmongers and a guest director in the creation of a puppet production. In this week we integrate the ideas of week I as we engage in collaborative theatre-making from the ground up. We dive into the process of brainstorming, story-boarding, construction, character development and scene creation, culminating in a performance for a small audience on the final day.

Fees: Both weeks $800, or one week $450

Class

Dates

Price

Shadow Puppet Traditions Weekend

Dec 5 & 6

$ 190 ($175 before Nov. 21

Halogen Shadow Puppetry Weekend

Feb 27 & 28

$ 190 ($175 before Feb. 13

School of Puppetry Intensive

Week 1

Week 2

JUNE

7 to 11

14 to 18

Both weeks $800

One week $450

Please see below for registration and policies

Buy June Intensive--Week 1

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Week 2

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Week 1 & 2

SHADOW PUPPETRY TRADITIONS

December 5 & 6, 2009: 10 am to 5 pm

Fees: $190 ($175 If paid before November 21st)

Materials fee $14

This two-day workshop will visit the living traditions of shadow puppetry around the world. As well as hands-on puppet making, participants will build their own small shadow screens. Delve into puppet design, jointing and controls; explore variations in lamp and screen set ups, and of course try out manipulation techniques.

HALOGEN SHADOW EXPLORATION

February 27 & 28, 2010: 10 am to 5 pm

Fees: $190 ($175 If paid before February 13th)

Materials fee $50
(through a special purchase this materials fee is greatly reduced this year for this workshop)

With halogen lamps the shadow world merges with film: Create huge shadows, shadows within shadows, layered images, cross fades, pans for close-ups and long shots, make large items dwindle away, and invent psychedelic tricks with reflective materials. Participants will assemble their own halogen lamps and use them to discover the incredible shadow effects possible with this near point source of light.

Registration and Policies

TO REGISTER for any course please contact David at 416-469-3555 or email to confirm that there is still room in the course.

PAYMENT can be made from our links to PayPal or by cheque made out to the Toronto School of Puppetry and mailed to 401 Logan Ave., suite 219, Toronto. Ontario. M4M 2P2.

Due to limited class sizes, registration is on a first paid basis. Our receipt of your cheque confirms your registration in class.

Waiting List If a class is full, you may still reserve your place on the waiting list by mailing your cheque. Places do sometimes become available when other registrants cancel. Your placement on the waiting list will be established in the sequence of cheque arrivals. We will hold your waiting list cheque and return it to you if no place becomes available for you.

Cancellations. If you cancel in advance of two weeks before your first class we will refund your fees less a 20% administrative charge. We regret that there can be no refunds for cancellations made in the two weeks leading up to the first class. We will refund your full fee in the unlikely event that we have to cancel your course.

Puppetmongers, 401 Logan Avenue, suite 219, TORONTO, ON M4M 2P2 Charitable Registration #10434-7042-RR0001