18 Nov - 6 Dec 24
Fee: 800€, three weeks, projected hours 16h - 20:15h Monday to Friday
LOCATION
EDEN, Studio 190 OG
Breite Straße 43
13187 Berlin
This three-week Intensive will be led by the arthaus team with one full week working exclusively with Robin Guiver.
On this practical intensive, you will explore the endless potential of the object and the puppet. The intensive offers a chance not only to learn a range of puppetry techniques but also to open new possibilities of using objects and puppets to create visual narratives and poetic performances. We foster a collaborative approach to both making and animating and encourage you to work closely with fellow participants towards telling stories and creating atmosphere. Join us to explore the relationship between the puppet, audience and the performer and deep dive into the possibilities of what puppetry can teach us about the creative process as a whole.
Robin: “ I am interested in examining in depth the relationships between puppet, performer and audience, combining technical exercises with creative challenges. Vitally, we ask why would we choose to use puppetry and when does it work best. Handspring's principles of puppetry are for me a jumping off point for exploring a whole world of performing objects, actor-puppet relationships, and expressions of poetic metaphor. We will look at both solo and multi operator puppets.“
ROBIN GUIVER is an actor and puppeteer, who has been working professionally in the theatre and film world for nearly 20 years. His approach to puppetry combines his Lecoq-based training at LISPA with extensive work with Handspring Puppet Company as part of the original West End cast of War Horse, and later as a workshop facilitator for the company. From there he has honed his skills with collaborations in film, TV and Theatre in the UK.
In addition to his Performing in the West End, Robin has also worked with Complicite, Ad-Infinitum, the National Theatre, Gyre and Gimble and many others. Robin's first work in film was as a Movement Artist on the award winning Gravity. Further projects include Creature FX puppetry with Neil Scanlan Studio on Star Wars ep VII, VIII and IX, Jurassic World and Solo. Under his own company, Performance FX, he has used puppets on the film sets of Tom and Jerry, the Fantastic Beasts films, The Little Mermaid and many others.