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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

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