For the past ten years, Matanzas province has annually held the International Puppets Workshop (TITIM by its acronym in Spanish). This year it is celebrating the 11th edition of this event.<\/p>\n
The workshop, which will take place from April 19 through 27, offers a space for dialogue, reflection and debates between Cubans and foreigners on puppets\u2019 theater.<\/p>\n
The event will host workshops for professionals; for example, El cuerpo en ascua by Spanish Joan Baixas; an animation workshop on stick puppets, interactive and intercultural, by the German group Stabfiguren Company; a stop motion puppet workshop by Cuban teachers Ivette Avila and Ramiro Zardoya<\/p>\n
There will be a community workshop with giant puppets for children and teenagers given by Argentinean Gabriela C\u00e9spedes and the community workshop Basura que juega y habla by Mexican Lizette Castro.<\/p>\n
The Freddy Artiles theoretical event will include the participation of Animation Theatre in Brazil by Brazilian ValmorN\u00edniBeltrame. Chico Simoes, also from Brazil, brings a conference on mameluke popular art and Alejandro Jarafrom Mexico brings Millenary Middle American Puppets. The event has also organized the presentation of books from the Ediciones Matanzas and Vigia publishing houses and a meeting with Sandglass Theater from the US.<\/p>\n
Along with the festival, the public will be able to enjoy different exhibits such as: T\u00edteres de ida y vuelta: Desde Las Am\u00e9ricas a Tolosa, a photographic exhibition top ay homage to Miguel Arreche at the Provincial Art Gallery; Constelaci\u00f3n del t\u00edtere on stage element from the PapaloteTheatre at the Union Gallery;and T\u00edteres para todas las estaciones, an exhibit on the renowned work of Zen\u00e9n Caleromade 20 years ago for Teatro de Las Estaciones.<\/p>\n
Every year this International Puppet Workshop brings together the best works in this genre from Cuban and the continent. It offers the opportunity to debate and think about the puppets\u2019 world and the art of manipulating them on stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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