Tossed on the seas of Visual Theatre: challenges to Puppetry’s survival as an independent discipline

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/2595034702252021240

Keywords:

Theater of Animated Forms, Puppet Theater, Visual Theater, Education

Abstract

The goal was to understand the current situation and give an overview of Baltic and Nordic countries' puppet theater and puppet theater training traditions and whether and how the puppeteer's profile has changed recently. To get an idea of the trends in this area, the common ground of the different countries, I interviewed theatre makers from  Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. The title of this research is "Tossed on the seas of visual theatre: challenges to puppetry’s survival as an independent discipline."

To have a wider look at the puppetry, I also did two additional interviews. One of them with Marek Waszkiel - "Puppetry's challenges in the new visual theatre paradigm" and another one with Russian director Yana Tumina - "The puppeteer in the 21st century".

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Author Biography

Leino Rei, Estonian Theatre for Young Audiences

Leino Rei graduated from the Estonian Institute of Humanities in 1998 with a degree in acting (Baccalaureus Artium) and in 2018 with a Master of Arts in Social Sciences in Cultural Management from the University of Tartu.
He has performed in various Estonian theaters in about 50 productions and created 25 productions. He has been awarded twice with the highest children's theater award of the Estonian Theater Association (2006, 2015). Currently works at the Estonian Youth Theater as the Manager of the International Visual Theater Festival Tallinn Treff and the Baltic Visual Theater Showcase.

References

HELGESEN, A. (2021). Interview conducted in written form. Tallinn, 13 April.

JUŠKĖNAS, V. (2021). Interview conducted in written form. Tallinn, 5 May.

NILSSON, H. (2021). Interview conducted in written form. Tallinn, 6 April.

PÖYHÖNEN, M. (2021). Interview conducted in written form. Tallinn, 13 April.

ŠOLIS, Ģ. (2021). Interview conducted in written form. Tallinn, 13 April.

TÕNISSON, T. (2021). Interview conducted in written form. Tallinn, 23 April.

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Published

2021-12-18

How to Cite

REI, Leino. Tossed on the seas of Visual Theatre: challenges to Puppetry’s survival as an independent discipline. Móin-Móin Magazine - Studies in the Art of Puppetry, Florianópolis, v. 2, n. 25, p. 240–284, 2021. DOI: 10.5965/2595034702252021240. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/moin/article/view/20808. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.