From: Sophia Michahelles <sophia-AT-superiorconcept.org> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:23:25 -0400 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: [Puptcrit] Pageant Puppetry in Northern Italy! Hi, hope some of you can join us! Sophia 6th Annual Pageant Puppetry Workshop in Northern Italy! June 16 - 24, 2007 Morinesio's Midsummer Pageant Join us for a one-week workshop in pageant puppetry, culminating in a community procession for the Summer Solstice and the Feast of St. John the Baptist. Collaborate with international participants and local residents to enact age-old traditions of ritual celebration in Morinesio, a remote village in the Piedmont region of the Italian Alps. Master Puppeteers Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles will guide you through the production of the pageant. As a group, we will draw inspiration from the lives, history, and folktales of the village as we design and construct giant puppets, lanterns and musical instruments. At the end of the week, local villagers will join in helping bring our creations to life, for two events - an illuminated Midsummer's Night procession and a Pageant of the Solstice the following day. The workshop will be hosted by Christa Gaebler at Casa dei Fiori, a newly restored complex of traditional stone houses. An international chef, Christa will introduce participants to the delicate tastes of Italian summer cuisine, with gourmet meals prepared daily with fresh, local herbs, produce, and mountain cheeses. The workshop runs from Saturday June 16th to Sunday June 24th. The cost per person for the week is 1250 =96 1650 Euro* (depending on accommodations), and includes the following: =95 Workshop tuition and materials =95 Apartment in Casa dei Fiori or shared rooms w/shared bath in adjacent B&B =95 Daily traditional breakfast, lunch and dinner =95 Private transit to and from train station in Cuneo =95 Guided tour of local cheese farm and other local areas of interest =95 Bread-baking day at the village's communal oven =95 Lessons in traditional Occitan step-dancing, in preparation for the festa. For more detailed information, visit our website (which also has pictures of past workshops): www.superiorconcept.org/Morinesio To make a reservation, contact: Pia Petruzzi USA/ (203) 756=962517 pia-AT-superiorconcept.org *For current exchange rates from Euros to US Dollars, go to http:// www.xe.com/ucc/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sophia Michahelles and Alex Kahn Directors, Superior Concept Monsters Processional Art and Pageant Puppetry www.superiorconcept.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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