The Story and the Telling – Perspectives on Training in Contemporary Puppetry

Authors

  • Hadas Ophrat School for the Art of Puppetry – Holon (Israel)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/2595034702142015135

Abstract

Quality design and virtuoso performance do not always produce a good play.
They are not enough; neither is the sum total of the stage elements. Staging is a craft primarily focused on constructing complex evolving relationships between the various elements: between the story and the interpretation, the puppets and the performers, the characters and their function, and between the story and the narration. This article looks at the teaching practices established by Ophrat through four exercises dealing respectively with (a) the function of the body as it reflects on the relationship of the performer and the puppets, (b) the separated use of sound and action, being originated from different sources,
(c) The idea of duality of the puppet as major dramatic role, and (d) understanding that everything in puppet theater can be manipulated, including space.


Keywords: Visual Theater. Story telling. Object-subject.

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Author Biography

Hadas Ophrat, School for the Art of Puppetry – Holon (Israel)

Figura de liderança de arte interdisciplinar em Israel,
cofundador da The Train Theatre and The School of Visual Theatre em Jerusalém. Ensina performance–arte, arte urbana, e teatro de bonecos contemporâneo. Dirigiu mais de 30 trabalhos teatrais. Desde meados dos anos 90, trabalha com novas tecnologias em Teatro e Performance.
Publicou diversos livros e catálogos, incluindo: onversations with a Puppet – on a contemporary puppetry (2008) e recebeu o prêmio por excelência em Artes concedido pelo Ministério da Cultura, de Israel.

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Published

2018-03-09

How to Cite

OPHRAT, Hadas. The Story and the Telling – Perspectives on Training in Contemporary Puppetry. Móin-Móin Magazine - Studies in the Art of Puppetry, Florianópolis, v. 2, n. 14, p. 135–143, 2018. DOI: 10.5965/2595034702142015135. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/moin/article/view/1059652595034702142015135. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 14 (2015): Filosofias da Formação Profissional no Teatro de Formas Animadas

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Artigos fora do Dossier Temático

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