News

14/01/2025

The Puppetry Arts Portal gets a facelift!

The PAM (Portail des Arts de la Marionnette), Puppetry arts portal, is undergoing maintenance.
A new, more user-friendly version will be available from 31 January 2025. Thank you for your understanding.
See you soon online!

06/01/2025

Frédéric Maurin President of the Pôle

Frédéric Maurin is a member of the Conseil économique social et environnemental de la région Centre – Val de Loire (CESER), as a qualified person. He chairs the Mouffetard – Centre national de la marionnette in Paris and the Pôle international de la marionnette – Jacques Félix in Charleville-Mézières.

20/12/2024

Pôle International de la Marionnette –JacquesFélix

Great news for Charleville-Mézières and the world of puppetry!
The Petits Comédiens de Chiffons and the Institut International de la Marionnette, have merged to form a single entity: the Pôle International de la Marionnette – Jacques Félix.

19/12/2024

Anastasia Puppis : research residency in January

Anastasia Puppis has a dual career as a puppeteer and researcher. She is developing an innovative research project on the iconography of puppet shows in Europe from the Middle Ages to the 19th century […]

18/12/2024

The art of acting at ESNAM, course with Christina Batman and Michael Corbidge

In this first 3-week theater workshop led by Christina Batman and Michael Corbidge, students from ESNAM’s 14th graduating class explored the fundamentals of acting and voice.

13/12/2024

Gabriel Hermand-Priquet : research residency in December

Gabriel Hermand-Priquet explores the evolution of the Grammaire de manipulation, formulated by Gaston Baty and his Marionnettes à la française troupe.

13/12/2024

Cabaret workshop at ESNAM with Jérôme Marin

Jérôme Marin led a week-long workshop with the students of the 14th graduating class from November 4 to 8, 2024, to enable them to grasp the multiple challenges of artistic cabaret.

18/11/2024

Appointment of Jūraté Trimakaite and Marie Godefroy as directors of Tas de Sable – Ches Panses Vertes

It is with great pride that we share some significant news: two of our former students, Jūratė Trimakaité and Marie Godefroy, have just been appointed as directors of Tas de Sable – Ches Panses Vertes.

18/11/2024

Anna Ivanova: research residency in December

Anna Ivanova is a director, producer and researcher in the field of puppetry. She is taking up a residency from 12 November to 9 December to complete the research for her book ‘In The Beginning There Was A Puppet’.

24/06/2024

Temps d’M 2024

Reunion and emotions

Temps d’M came to a close after 5 days of celebrating the puppetry arts in Charleville-Mézières: what an edition!

A moving and joyous reunion for all the graduates of the 13 graduating classes of the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts de la marionnette de Charleville-Mézières, honoured at Temps d’M…