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The
Heartless Monster
Where does
a giant monster find a heart big enough?
A Children’s Valentine’s Day
Puppetry Party
Interactive! Crafts! Storytelling!
Create the Heartless Monster and his friends, and together,
we’ll help them come to life! Reclaimed materials
inspire resourcefulness, innovation, and imaginations,
as well as ecological creativity! Bring home Valentine’s
Day Puppets and Valentines.
Welcoming space for parents and children. Healthy snacks
and inspiring wordless music provided. REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
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| DATE
& TIME: |
POSTPONED
- STAY TUNED FOR NEW DATE
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| AGE
GROUP |
8 and
up |
| LOCATION: |
Open
Door Designs, 1597 Dupont Street, Toronto |
| COST: |
$40
(this
includes all materials) |
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Download
Registration Form click here
email or call
(416) 531-1290
Once
you have completed the registration form email, mail, or
drop off at Open Door Designs.
Feel free to call to confirm (416) 531-1290.
You
may pay by credit card, Debit or cheque. If you would like
to pay online through Paypal, please click the button below
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WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION |
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Do you like puppets? Do you like making things? How about
making some puppets with us?
Help puppet artists James and Grey of The Bricoteer Puppetry
Project piece together puppets from reclaimed and recyclable
materials. Then we will all perform a story, This will stretch
your imagination and build eco-logic in your brains. Wear
shoes and clothes in which you can move around easily. This
workshop is also a party. Bring your music or sound effect
audio files on CD.
Why newspaper? Puppet artists sometimes use newspaper to
create maquettes of puppets when developing new work. Maquettes
act as working models that allow artists to express, demonstrate,
or test their concepts. Like a sketch in 3-D, maquettes
allow artists to explore ideas quickly and inexpensively.
They can also be enjoyable as an end in themselves and as
a source of further inspiration.
So, join us and learn how to be a puppet artist! |
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Bricoteer
Workshop
Dovercourt Boys & Girls Club
March 2009
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Grey
Muldoon and James Ashby devised the name Bricoteer Puppetry
Project for several related reasons: 1) to emphasize how they
creatively use material available “at hand” to construct
both stories and puppets, a tendency encapsulated in the critical
term bricolage (bricoteer is an amalgamation of the words bricolage
and puppeteer); 2) to declare openly that they are most interested
in pushing the boundaries of puppetry, which in many ways already
goes beyond what the theatre of human actors is capable of doing;
3) to inform others that theirs is an ongoing project that always
welcomes new collaborators.
For More
information visit The Bricoteer Website: click
here
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| WORKSHOPS
& DESCRIPTION |
Puppetry
for Educators: STORYTELLING
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| DATE
& TIME: |
March
20, 2011
10:00am - 4:00pm |
| LOCATION: |
Open
Door Designs, 1597 Dupont Street, Toronto |
| COST: |
$180.00
(this
includes all materials) |
|
Download
Registration Form click here
email or
call (416) 531-1290
Once
you have completed the registration form email, mail,
or drop off at Open Door
Designs. Feel free to call to confirm (416) 531-1290.
You
may pay by credit card, Debit or cheque. If you would
like to pay online through Paypal, please click the button
below
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WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION |
This
storytelling workshop will allow participants to transform
ordinary items such as newspaper, tape, and gift wrap into
puppets in an exploration of the potential for imagination
to transform and reshape the everyday world. James and Grey
of the Bricoteer Puppetry Project will lead participants
in a collaboration that will result in the performance of
short sketches.
Beyond the specific skills of using ordinary newspaper,
masking tape, and (optional) scissors, string, and wire
to create fantastic working models (maquettes) of any imagined
puppet, participants will develop skills in performance,
design, narrative development, and the communication of
ideas visually and intuitively. The unique capacities of
puppetry, as compared to the theatre of human actors, will
be explored.
Professional puppet artists, including those associated
with the Bricoteer Puppetry Project, use newspaper to create
maquettes of puppets while developing new work. Maquettes
act as working models that allow artists to express, demonstrate,
or test their concepts. Like a sketch in 3-D, maquettes
allow artists to explore ideas quickly and inexpensively.
They can also be enjoyable as an end in themselves and as
a source of further inspiration.
This workshop will support participants in making newspaper
puppets, creating a story using the new puppets, and learning
about performing. Two groups or troupes will be formed,
and each will prepare a sketch to present to the other,
with the help of James and Grey. Participants who do not
wish to perform are invited to support the performance in
other ways. There will also be time to address the professional
concerns of artists, educators, and caretakers and specific
needs or adaptations. Participants will be encouraged to
share these concerns during the workshop so that Grey and
James can focus on what is uniquely important to them. Time
will be spent discussing puppet-theatre theory and history,
and a handout will provide suggestions on how to employ
skills from this workshop in your work and find additional
resources. |
Bricoteer
Storytelling Workshop
at Open Door Designs, February 2009 |
"I
just loved it all and will recomend to others. I got
alot out of it and will implement with school age children
I work with."
"I
really enjoyed the workshop. I thought it was very accessible
to the variety of people participating. It was also
well planned out, so there was useful information for
everyone attending."
"I never felt there was a particular lag in activity,
and the bricoteers never seemed much at a loss as to
what to do." |
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