End-of-course presentation: hand-held puppets and visual storytelling in black theatre

Workshop entitled Shifting Identities: body-puppets, metamorphoses and visual storytelling in black theatre, led by Nancy Rusek and Éric de Sarria for the students. These two artists are dedicated to bringing Philippe Genty’s training approach to life.

Over the course of six weeks, the students will have worked through every stage of building articulated table puppets with Einat Landais and Matt Jackson, and then learnt how to operate them with Nancy Rusek and Éric de Sarria.
These puppets were designed through a collaborative process between the trainers, in the run-up to the workshop Shifting Identities: body-worn puppets, metamorphoses and visual storytelling in black theatre.
Following individual and group work, the students will present short pieces exploring the metamorphosis in black theatre.