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May 2011 Newsletter    

red tulips
This month...
Puppets On the Go
Call for Proposals
Doing stuff...
Favourite 'Puppety' things

 

 

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Email: wppuppet.com   


Phone: 403 228 3373 MST

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Hello!  

Tulips are budding, and I saw some knee-caps the other day ... it must be spring! Time to plant those ideas and nurture them through the surprise frosts, hail and thunder storms to their summer splendour!  

 

Wendy, Artistic Director

RENT Some FUN!

Save the date for 2011-12 Bookings
Calendar is now at
 www.wppuppet.com

 

 "Puppets on the Go" is our crate-based outreach program, allowing teachers to RENT some puppet fun for their class. Easy to use crates contain all the components, (i.e. puppets, scripts, stage) for students to perform a puppet show and the materials/supplies for students to create their own puppets. Clear instructions, samples and patterns make this a user-friendly experience for teachers and provide suggestions for further curriculum exploration.

Available Crates:

 

Shadow Puppets Express Feelings

"également disponible en français".

 

Shadow Puppets Learn about Community,

"también disponible en español".

  Rod Puppets Look into Alberta History

 

Bunraku Puppets Explore Japan 

 

Two week rentals, Base price (including door to door courier) $120 plus GST. Schools out of Calgary may have a small surcharge for shipping.  


 

PP13 poster

The Fearless Face of Puppetry

Puppet Power Conference 2013   

Calgary, Alberta, Canada,

 

Spring 2013, Specifics TBA



CALL FOR PROPOSALS  

In 2007 WPTS presented the "Puppets as Agents of Social Change" conference. Now we want to "dig deeper" by examining the potential of puppetry to frame the questions, understand the complexity of the problems and fearlessly face the current global or local issues in our world.

 

The Puppet Power 2013 Conference Committee is seeking stories of challenges that have been faced and overcome or challenges still in progress, which feature PUPPETS as the protagonists. We are now accepting proposals for keynote talks, hands on workshops, lecture/demos, and multi-media presentations that address the question:

 

How do you use puppets to address, question and
explore the tough issues facing us in today's world?

 

Deadline for first proposal call is October 31st 2011

 

Link to: Full proposal call and submission guidelines: www.wppuppet.com

 

 

Doing stuff...

 

May 2011:  Time to catch up on administration, office et al. Also premier our drop by interactive puppet program "Shadow Fun" at the Calgary International Children's Festival May 24 - 28. We'll be in the open air area with a huge shadow screen and ready made puppets. 

 

driftwood puppet

A few of

our  favourite 

(pu

ppety)

things:

 

 

Great puppet companies doing important and intriguing work:

 

http://www.tabolarassa.com/ingles/productions.htm

 

Sesame street puppets
The yip yips

Puppetry book store:
http://store.puppeteers.org/


Puppetry place:  
Atlanta Center for Puppetry, USA  www.puppet.org

 

Puppetry You Tube video (VERY large puppets)

The Little Girl Giant by Royal de Luxe

 

Puppetry You Tube video (shadow puppets)   Amazing hand shadows - a Volkswagen advertisement for a Phaeton car

 

Theatre with puppets
The Warhorse, London, England
http://www.nationaltheatre.org

Movie with Puppets   Directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz

http://www.darkcrystalmovie.com/

 

 

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