"Object and puppet theater" workshops in NAC

Published on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 06:59

On the 23rd of September the "Object and Puppet Theatre" workshops are starting in Nida Art Colony.

The project will last for two weeks in which young scenography students from Vilnius Academy of Arts, puppeteers from Klaipeda University and students from Kaunas Technology University sound & video department will exchange and gain experience and skills. The participants of the project will try to understand how to convey a life experience onto the stage of the theatre and how to tell a story in ten minutes with the help of imagery, sound and body movement. They will also try to responde to a question what is the position of text in between the puppets and objects in a theatrical event.

Workshops will be conducted by VAA lecturer scenographer Giedre Brazyte, KU assoc.prof., theater director Jurate Januskeviciute, KU lect., director Karolina Jurksaite and KTU lect., composer Antanas Jasenka. Guest speakers will include Vilnius puppet theater director Rimas Driezis, theater composer Martynas Bialobzeskis and the head of puppet theater "BAJ" and director Ewa Piotrowska from Warshaw. 

The workshop is organized by Vilnius Academy of Arts in partnership with Klaipeda University and Kaunas Technology University, the project is supported by the Culture Support Fund.