Tremplin residencies
Graduate residencies are designed to support the professional integration of recent ESNAM graduates by enabling them to develop their first professional projects.
These residencies are open to ESNAM graduates within three years of receiving their diploma, working in the field of puppetry. The discipline may be approached in all its forms and intersections with other art forms. The residency is intended to support all stages of the creative process, from writing and dramaturgy to stage research, lighting and sound design, construction, and rehearsals
The call for applications for the 2026/2027 residencies is closed.
Next in March 2027 for the 2027/2028 residencies.
2026/2027
Pierre Lac (ESNAM 13) – Production déléguée Tas de Sable CPS
La piste délicate
Residency from 21 to 25 June 2027.
Purpose of the residency: Production, on-stage research.
*La Piste Délicate* transposes the world of a live stream into a paper theatre production. During a political interview, a streamer questions a politician about a scandal in which he is alleged to have been involved. Through a multifaceted narrative blending text and animated images, this show examines the tactics that certain media outlets and politicians use to make us doubt reality. And why might it be tempting to embrace alternative realities?
Creation FMTM 2029
2026/2027
Raphaëll Dupuy (ESNAM13) – Cie intramusculaire
Cas de Figure
Extension of the final-year project (Carte blanche) commenced at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette in June 2024.
Residency from 19 to 23 October and from 7 to 11 December 2026.
Purpose of the residency: A/R stage production/workshops (set design and puppetry)
When an artist is accused of an act that is punishable by law, is it possible to appreciate their work without the person’s actions immediately springing to mind? *Cas de Figure* explores the moral dilemma raised by the question of separating the person/artist from their work. The performance opens up a discussion on the ways in which we consume art, and how we perceive the individuals who produce it. What leads us to imbue artists with a special aura?
Creation FMTM 2027
2026/2027
Marina de Munck / Cie Carnyx
Creation of L’Histoire Facétieuse et Rocambolesque du Début de la Fin de l’Inquisition dans un bled paumé à une époque Perdue (et dont on aurait mieux fait d’en garder des traces !)
First off-site residency, at the Bercail in Dunkerque (France).
A continuation of his *Solstice* project (a solo piece) begun at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette in December 2023.
Aims of the residency: Scriptwriting and on-stage research; construction of the first puppet prototypes.
L’Histoire Facétieuse” questions a simple and dizzying question: how to fight against violence without reproducing it? In a medieval fable crossed by the grotesque and the ritual, the show explores the mechanisms of domination. Manipulated objects, masks and inhabited costumes make up a puppet theatre where laughter and excess become means to divert the logic of violence.
The premiere is scheduled for November 2028 at Marionnettissimo (France).