We are delighted to host the internationally renowned puppeteer, Rene Baker, who will teach a Puppetry and object animation Seminar.

September 12-16

Seminar Description
Participants will learn to transmit emotion through the body language of the puppet using rhythm, precise focus and reactions to externalise thought and discover techniques that can be applied to any object to bring it to life.

Total duration 20 hours.

Days - hours:
Tuesday 12 September 17:00-21:00
Wednesday 13 September 10:00-14:00
Thursday 14 September 10:00-14:00
Friday 15 September 10:00-14:00
Saturday 16 September 10:00 - 14:00

Cost: €120, €100 for Unima members

The seminar will be held in English and there will be translation

Rene Baker (London, 1960) is a theatre-maker who specialises in puppet and object theatre and in 27 years of professional experience has worked as a performer, designer, director, researcher and teacher/trainer/coach.

She trained by apprenticeship at the Little Angel Theatre (London) and worked as a freelance puppeteer for leading UK companies. From 1992-1998 she was a core member of the creative team at Norwich Puppet Theatre, devising and performing shows that have been invited to festivals around the world.

Since 1998 she has been developing a training for puppeteers and actors that shows how anything and everything can be brought to life, looking at different aspects of combining actors and objects onstage, and offering an approach to devising performance with materials.

She has led workshops in drama schools, theatre festivals and rehearsal rooms in England, Norway, Finland, Spain, Estonia, Greece, Czech Republic and Russia. From 1998-2005 she was puppetry skills teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama (London), from 2005-2008 she taught visual theatre at the Institut del Teatre (Barcelona) and since 2010 she has been teaching in the puppetry department of the Turku Arts Academy, Finland.

As a freelance director and workshop leader, she continues to investigate the dramatic use of materials in theatre … everyday objects, puppets, moving scenography, animated costume, sticks, stones, water, car parts, toys … and whatever else you might suggest …

More on Rene Baker:
http://renebaker.files.wordpress.com/…/05/cv-rene-baker3.pdf
www.renebaker.org

The seminar is aimed at all those who want to bring puppets to life.

The team will be very small and will have a strict order of priority!
Reservations for the seminar are secured by deposit.
The deposit should be made no later than 10/09/2017.
Due to limited positions and increased demand, priority will be given on the basis of the date of advance payment.
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