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.
2025/2026
Maxence Moulin (ESNAM 13) – Capillotractée company
Maxence Moulin was hosted in residency for the creation of -196°C, a human-sized puppet show dealing with the issues of mourning and cryonics.
A residency providing an opportunity to continue research into the text, co-written with Mélanie Le Moine, as well as as writing on the stage by exploring the first puppet prototypes, fresh from the workshop. It is also a key stage in beginning to develop a rough draft of the show and sketching out its broad outlines.
2025/2026
Raphaëll Dupuy (ESNAM 13) – Rodéo Théâtre company
Raphaëll Dupuy, a graduate of the 13th class at ESNAM, took part in a Tremplin residency from 10 to 14 February 2025. He was accompanied by Mathilde Peinetti (also from the 13th class) as an external observer.
An important milestone in the creation of her show Fleur Bleue (working title), which explores romantic relationships and power dynamics between two characters through a series of numbers adapted from songs.
A project hold by the Rodéo Théâtre.
2025/2026
Gwenaëlle Guillebot de Nerville (ESNAM 13) – cie Spatule
Gwenaelle Guillebot de Nerville (ESNAM 13), Spatule company, for the creation of the show Une histoire rigolote de la culotte (menstruelle).
In the not-too-distant future, despite budget cuts and government censorship of universities, a rather shy and chaotic young researcher offers a lecture on the history of menstrual panties to a clandestine audience. He/she manages to get through his lecture, despite his inner dilemmas and the impostor syndrome that screams at him/her, until the menstrual products he refers to emerge to tell their story from their own point of view.
Creation in autumn 2026.
2025/2026
Luana Montabonel (ESNAM 13) – cie La Capillotractée
Luana Montabonel (ESNAM 13), La Capillotractée company, for the creation of a long form of the show J’habite dans une grosse dame.
This show confronts the way other people look at large bodies that are constantly being monstrified. The question of the norm for bodies that have to blend in with everyday settings and equipment, and society’s desire to point the finger at those who can’t conform. I want to show the difference between the reality of these bodies and their representations. So how to be a woman. Fat. Today?