From: "Mary Horsley" <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: RE: PUPT: Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:04:43 -0400 WOW!!!! To be in Vermont this month....what makes New England more open to great puppetry? Mary H. > [Original Message] > From: Mathieu <uubald-AT-magma.ca> > To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU> > Date: 9/4/2003 1:48:48 PM > Subject: PUPT: Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival > > Just in case some of you do not know about it, I received this Forward from > my local Puppeteer's association... > ------------------------- > > > > > PUPPETS IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS FESTIVAL > > > > For eight days this September, Sandglass Theater will host an > >international festival of puppet theater. Eight performing groups from > >Europe, South America, and New England will entertain, thrill, and touch > >people of all ages. From Sunday, September 14, through Sunday, September > >21, choose from sixteen public performances and four special events at > >seven venues in Brattleboro, Putney, and Marlboro, Vermont. With puppets, > >masks, mime, dance, music, and shadows and light, talented performers will > >create worlds of comedy, suspense, drama, fantasy, and spectacle. Don't > >miss this opportunity to enjoy the ingenious and varied art of puppet > >theater. > > > > > > Performances For Adults: > > > > > > Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel of Germany in "Toccata" > > > > "Toccata" depicts the madness and hallucinations of the composer Robert > >Schumann (1810-1856). The performance by Charlotte Wilde and Michael Vogel > >is not, however, a historical piece. Rather it is a beautifully lyrical > >evocation of the spirit of an artist, suffering and inspired, filled with > >stunning visions that open worlds of dreams. Directed by Frank Soehnle > >(who amazed audiences with his Flamingo Bar in 1999), "Toccata" uses > >masks, marionettes, illusion, and texts (in English translation) from > >Schumann's diaries. The haunting images are enhanced by Schumann's music > >performed live. Performances Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September > >19 at 8pm at the Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte > >5, Putney. All seats $15. > > > > > > El Chonchón of Argentina & Chile in "Juan Romeo and Julieta Maria" > > > > Two men, four puppets, and Shakespeare: El Chonchón's little hand puppets > >in Romeo and Juliet! Carlos Piñero and Miguel Oyartzún perform a funny, > >touching, and somehow true-to-the-Bard version of Shakespeare's great > >romantic tragedy. Their four delightful hand puppets attempt to play all > >the roles, fussing with their little wigs, their clumsy ladders, their > >lack of technical support as they muddle through a valiant and determined > >attempt to bring Shakespeare's play to life on the tiny stage. In spite of > >setbacks, these little actors, with courage and heart, unlock the deeper > >meaning of Romeo and Juliet while staying true to their own wonderful > >puppet natures. Uproariously funny and engaging, "Juan Romeo and Julieta > >Maria" is a heart winner! Performances Friday, September 19 and Saturday, > >September 20 at 8pm at the New England Youth Theatre, 48 Main Street in > >Brattleboro. All seats $15. > > > > > > Figures of Speech Theatre of Portland, Main in "She-Who-Loves" > > > > "She-Who-Loves" is based on a Comanche Indian legend and is inspired by > >the techniques of Japanese Noh drama. The classic tale tells of a young > >girl who rescues her people from a drought through love and personal > >sacrifice. The structure and spiritual intent of the tale mesh beautifully > >with Noh drama, in which music, masks, and narrative evoke intersections > >of art and nature, earth and spirit, while the puppets themselves are > >drawn from the traditions of Japanese Bunraku and Indonesian shadow play. > >Directed by John Farrell, "She-Who-Loves" is performed by mother and > >daughter Carol and Delia Farrell, with thrilling live music by Andrea > >Goodman and Carl Dimow. Performances Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, > >September 21 at 8pm at the Whittemore Theater, Marlboro College, Marlboro. > > All seats $15. > > > > > > Performances For All-Ages: > > > > > > Dockteaterverkstan of Sweden in "A Special Day at Larsson's Storehouse" > > > > Anders Lindholm and Cecilia Billing return to the United States with > >their newest production, "A Special Day at Larsson's Storehouse." Filling > >the stage with boxes from the storehouse, two workers open one of the > >boxes. Suddenly the stage is transformed into a magical world of cardboard > >creatures that long for love, just as people do! As in all good stories, > >this one has a happy ending. And the delightful cardboard puppets and > >animated objects evoke a fantasy world of dreams, humor, and sheer poetry. > >Performances Sunday, September 21 at 11am and 3pm at the New England Youth > >Theatre, 48 Main Street, Brattleboro. All seats $7.50. > > > > > > Mikropodium of Hungary in "Stop!" > > > > "Stop!" is a performance by Mikropodium's virtuoso Hungarian puppeteer, > >András Lénárt. His tiny show plays with perfectly designed and manipulated > >puppets, each only six inches tall. His Ballerina, his Mermaid, his Clown > >are each micro-gems of movement, dancing in the hands of a master. The > >audience's attention is riveted to the compelling movements of these > >little creatures. They flirt with us, they reveal to us their beauty and > >their souls. This one-man show has played around the world, in spaces too > >small for most theaters to perform. Special free performances of "Stop!" > >will be on Wednesday, September 17 at 12:30 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. at the Gibson > >River Garden, 183 Main Street, Brattleboro (Bring a brown bag lunch!). > > Mikropodium will also be performing "Stop!" at the Festival After-Hours > >Cabaret on Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20 at 10 p.m. to > >midnight at The Ballroom, 111 Main Street, Brattleboro. $5 at the door. > > Additionally, Mikropodium will be performing "Stop! " at the festival > >symposium: "Why a Puppet: How Performers Meet Audiences through an > >Object" on Tuesday, September 16, 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Museum & Art > >Center in Brattleboro. $5. > > > > > > Titeriteros de Binéfar of Spain in "Should We Kill the Dragon?" > > > > Experience Titeriteros de Binéfar at their wildest in a medieval romp of > >dragon slaying, colorful banners, and carnival music. "Should We Kill the > >Dragon?" is a fairy tale with hand puppets, but the presence of these > >boisterous and joyful performers fills the theater with the feeling of > >street fairs jumping through time from the Middle Ages to the present. > >Performances Saturday, September 20, 11am and 3pm at the Greenhoe Theater, > >Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte 5, Putney. All seats $7.50. > > > > > > Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel and Zikade Theater of Germany in "Maria on > >the High Wire" > > > > Ten-year-old Maria and her parents were tightrope dancers in the circus. > >Something terrible happened, but Maria has no memory of it. Now she lives > >with her rich grandmother in the city, and one day she sees an open window > >across the courtyard. She dreams of walking a tightrope to the window, > >where she discovers many doors of different colors. In exploring what's > >behind the doors, Maria remembers, and out of her encounter with the past, > >the door of the future opens. "Maria on the High Wire" is a play with > >puppets and people, a lot of music, a touch of Brazil, and the things that > >make life worth living. Performances Sunday, September 21, 11am and 3pm at > >the Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Putney. All seats > >$7.50 > > > > > > Papilu Theater of Slovenia in "The Grumbling" > > > > The Grumbling is a duet performance of extraordinary design and humor. > >All of the "puppets" of this little booth-style theater are made of > >colorful folded paper, like book illustrations come to life. Relationships > >between beasts big and small, between parents and children, between humans > >and machines are all made visible. The images of this show transform the > >human into pure form, and the material form into pure magic. Performances > >Saturday, September 20, 11am and 3pm at the Latchis Theatre upstairs, 48 > >Main Street, Brattleboro. All seats $7.50. > > > > > > Sandglass Theater of Putney, Vermont presents "Between Sand and Stars" > > > > "Between Sand and Stars" is a new collaboration among Sandglass Theater, > >Gemini Trapeze, and circus artist Rob Mermin. Inspired by texts of Antoine > >de Saint-Exupéry, this innovative work combines the renowned puppetry of > >Sandglass with breathtaking trapeze flying that defines the relationship > >between heaven and earth and illuminates Saint-Exupéry's beloved text on > >art, aspiration, and a deep love of life. Conceived by Rob Mermin, founder > >of Cirkus Smirkus, and Sandglass Theater's Eric Bass, "Between Sand and > >Stars" will be performed by Sandglass artists Ines Zeller Bass and Merrill > >Garbus. Joining them will be aerialists Elsie Smith and Serenity Smith > >Forchion and acrobat Bill Forchion, whose Gemini Trapeze act has been > >featured in Montreal's Cirque du Soleil. The piece will be presented as a > >work-in-progress, which the audience can see in this first stage > >presentation and can look forward to seeing as it develops in the year to > >come. Sunday, September 14, 3pm and Monday, September 15, 7pm. Greenhoe > >Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Putney. All seats $7.50. > > (see special events below for gala reception information). > > > > > > Special Events > > > > Gala Post-Performance Reception with the Puppeteers. > > Monday, September 15, following 7 p.m. performance of "Between Sand and > >Stars" welcome the international performers and kick off the festival at a > > gala reception to benefit Sandglass Theater. Greenhoe Theater, Landmark > >College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney. $30 for performance and > >benefit reception, $7.50 performance only > > > > Symposium: "Why a Puppet: How Performers Meet Audiences through an Object." > > Tuesday, September 16, 7 p.m. Featuring a performance of Mikropodium's > >"Stop!" Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, $5 > > > > Special Free Performances: Wednesday, September 17, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm. > > Bring a brown bag lunch to see virtuoso Hungarian puppeteer András Lénárt > >perform his tiny one-act show "Stop!" at the Gibson River Garden, 183 Main > >Street, Brattleboro. > > > > After-Hours Cabaret > > Friday, September 19, 10 p.m. to midnight > > Saturday, September 20, 10 p.m. to midnight > > Come to the cabaret! Enjoy new experimental works by young puppeteers > >from Vermont and New York. Featured performance of "Stop!" by András > >Lénárt of Hungary. The Ballroom, 111 Main Street, Brattleboro $5 at the > >door > > > > > > PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE > > > > Sunday, September 14, 3pm > > Sandglass Theater, Vermont presents > > "Between Sand and Stars" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney > > $7.50 > > > > Monday, September 15, 7pm > > Sandglass Theater, Vermont presents > > "Between Sand and Stars" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney > > $7.50, performance and reception $30 > > > > Thursday, September 18, 8pm > > Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel, Germany > > "Toccata" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney. > > $15 > > > > Friday, September 19, 8pm > > Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel, Germany > > "Toccata" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney > > $15 > > > > Friday, September 19, 8pm > > El Chonchón, Argentina & Chile > > "Juan Romeo and Julieta Maria" > > New England Youth Theatre, 48 Main Street, Brattleboro > > $15 > > > > Saturday, September 20, 11am and 3pm > > Papilu Theater, Slovenia > > "The Grumbling" > > Latchis Theatre upstairs, 48 Main Street, Brattleboro > > $7.50 > > > > Saturday, September 20, 11am and 3pm > > Titeriteros de Binéfar, Spain > > "Should We Kill the Dragon?" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney > > $7.50 > > > > Saturday, September 20, 8pm > > Figures of Speech Theatre, Portland, Maine > > "She-Who-Loves" > > Whittemore Theater, Marlboro College, Marlboro > > $15 > > > > Saturday, September 20, 8pm > > El Chonchón, Argentina & Chile > > "Juan Romeo and Julieta Maria" > > New England Youth Theatre, 48 Main Street, Brattleboro > > $15 > > > > Sunday, September 21, 11am and 3pm > > Dockteaterverkstan, Sweden > > "A Special Day at Larsson's Storehouse" > > New England Youth Theatre, 48 Main Street, Brattleboro > > $7.50 > > > > Sunday, September 21, 11am and 3pm > > Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel, Germany, with Zikade Theater > > "Maria on the High Wire" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney > > $7.50 > > > > Sunday, September 21, 8pm > > Figures of Speech Theatre, Portland, Maine > > "She-Who-Loves" > > Whittemore Theater, Marlboro College, Marlboro > > $15 > > > > School Performances > > Tuesday, September 16, Noon and Wednesday, September 17, Noon > > Titeriteros de Binéfar, Spain > > "Should We Kill the Dragon?" > > Greenhoe Theater, Landmark College Fine Arts Center, Rte. 5, Putney > > $7.50. Discounts for groups of ten or more. Call the box office for > >details. > > > > TICKET INFO > > > > For more information or to purchase tickets with MasterCard & Visa, call > >802-387-2228. Service charge of $2.50 on all orders. Seating is extremely > >limited -- order your tickets early! To receive an order-form in the mail, > >email your name and mailing address to info-AT-sandglasstheater.org. The Box > >Office will be open daily in the Gibson River Garden at 183 Main Street in > >downtown Brattleboro, from Labor Day throughout the festival. > > > > > > The festival is made possible by grants from the Clowes Fund, the Henson > >Foundation, the New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Vermont Arts > >Council. C&S Wholesale Grocers and Chittenden Bank provided additional > >support. > > > > > > Thanks for taking the time to read this email. > > > > PLEASE FORWARD TO THOSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ------------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Mathieu RENE > CREATURISTE > Marionnettes, masques, ateliers créatifs pour tous, etc. > Puppets, Masks, creative workshops for all, etc. > > Toujours à l'affut de nouvelles opportunités! > Always seeking new opportunities! > http://www.magma.ca/~uubald > http://www.magma.ca/~uubald/ilo.html (+recent contrat) > uubald-AT-magma.ca > Montreal, Canada > (514) 725 - 5821 > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > > --- Personal replies to: Mathieu <uubald-AT-magma.ca> > --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu > --- Archives at: http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons --- Personal replies to: "Mary Horsley" <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Archives at: http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons
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