Spring News at WP Puppet Theatre

Robins, Intrepid Tulips, World Theatre Day... heralds of spring and the summer puppet building season!

But first a look back at our recent Puppet Power 2013 conference, the fun, the supporters and the outcomes!

Many thanks, Wendy Passmore-Godfrey
Artistic Director and Conference Chair

Spring 2013 News

Puppet and registrant connect! photo by Jenn Sieppert

Registrant and puppet connect!

Photo by Jenn Seippert

Thank you

to our
Puppet Power 2013
funding supporters

Community Initiatives Program - Alberta Culture and Alberta Lotteries

Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Calgary Arts Development

City of Calgary

Shawna Ogston Communications and Media Relations

International Festival of Animated Objects

Trotter & Morton Group of Companies

Annapolis Capital

NOtaBLE The Restaurant

CKUA Radio

Shine FM

Theatre Alberta - Workshops By Request

Elegant Edge Website Design

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Interesting to check out:

http://www.puppetring.com/sponsors/periscope-social-projects-with-puppets/

Centre for Research into Objects and Puppets in Performance presents
Hands On 2!:

Applied Puppetry

conference

April 19- 2013 - London England.

http://www.cropp.org.uk/events/hands-2-applied-puppetry-conference#overlay-context=events

Calgary International Children's Festival has a toy- theatre focus this year...

www.calgarykidsfest.ca/toy-theatre/

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"I must say a word about fear.
It is life's only true opponent.

Only fear can defeat life"

Yann Martel - Life of Pi

Mayor Nenshi, Telly and Martin Robinson.

Photo by Andrea Halwas

It was a weekend of inspiring speakers, conversations, creations and more.

Of ... (to highlight a few)

Exploration - How do you contort yourself to keep the puppet in the camera frame?

Emotion - Fiona from the Schizophrenia Society describing the anguish of mental health issues.

Satisfaction - Watching the giant puppet process through the lobby of the Coast Plaza Hotel.

Curiousity - What is a Nudibranch?

Discovery - It was an Alka-Seltzer ad that seeded the Sesame Street methodology!

Galvanizing - As Mayor Naheed Nenshi challenges us to do a 4th thing for Calgary and create a legacy for the Puppet Power 2013 conference.

The best summation is from our keynote
Martin Robinson

"If you can make a difference
in the world -
how can you not do it?"

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Thanks to all the volunteers and staff who contributed somewhere along the 3 year planning of PP13 and to the presenters who shared their passion and talents:

Over 53 of you!

Plus all those who sent in
proposals.

Those 'liked', 'tweeted' 'pinned' 'shared' and 'talked' about us.

And those who worked our casino - the proceeds in part supported PP13

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World Theatre Day:

Check out this message from Theatre Alberta

People who practice theatre

World Puppetry Day:

And this message from Union Internationale de la Marionette

read the message l

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The Jim Henson Company
Celebrates the Life of
Jane Nebel Henson 1934 - 2013

http://www.henson.com/jane.html

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Puppet Power 2013 Evaluation

When asked about how they would use their experience going forward, registrants wrote of integrating their learning into the classroom or the library, of seeking collaborations with other registrants, of being more creative and of making a puppet with a dryer hose neck!
One person wrote they had been inspired to move fearlessly in the direction they believed in.

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