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Our neighbor to the north is teeming with puppetry activities this summer, too many to list here. Canada's diverse and thriving puppetry scene features festivals, performances, workshops, and websites. You can download the entire list right here. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
Thanks to Dawn Schell & Tim Gosley for putting it all together.

Calling puppeteers, actors, writers, directors, performance artists, dancers, poets, seasoned troupes and emerging theater groups to perform their shows in the second annual, award-winning New Orleans Fringe Fest, the festival of wild, weird, fresh and original theater. Submit applications by July 1. Festival dates are November 11-15. [MORE]

Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, one of Canada's most
respected puppetry arts producers, will once again offer a unique training program- ANIMOTION 2009. Under the auspices of Mermaid's Institute of Puppetry Arts, the four-week puppetry intensive for performers will run from August 3rd - 28th. A limited number of participants will explore a range of puppetry styles, broadening their frame of reference and skill set. Faculty will include an outstanding roster of Atlantic Canada's leading professionals. ANIMOTION 2009 will take place at Mermaid's headquarters in Windsor, NS,
which is a 35-minute trip from Halifax. Cost is $1130 (HST included). For more information or a brochure please contact Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's Institute of Puppetry Arts - 902-798-5841 ext. 7,
animotion@mermaidtheatre.ns.ca, or visit their website
mermaidtheatre.ns.ca

Two workshops are being offered this summer at the Institut International de la Marionnette- Interior Landscapes conducted by Philippe Genty and Mary Underwood, July 1-31 and Revisiting the String Puppet led by Stephen Mottram, August 31- September 18 [MORE]

For ten years, Puppets in Prague has brought hundreds of students from around the world into the magical world of Czech puppetry and marionettes. Master puppeteer Miroslav Trejtnar leads workshops with a team of Czech puppet artists. Marionette Carving- In their classic workshop, you design and create a beautiful hand-carved wooden marionette - and take it home with you!
SUMMER 1: June 6-20
SUMMER 2: June 27 - July 11. Puppet Film Animation- Learn how to design a puppet for stop-motion animation (including how the interior skeleton is constructed). ANIMATION 1: April 24- May 3- (includes a day at ANIFEST film animation festival)  ANIMATION 2: August 14-23
NEW!  Manipulation and performance workshop-
Students work with professional puppeteers to learn the intricacies of marionette manipulation.  They will create a performance for TEATROTOC, an international Street Theatre Festival taking place in the historical center of Prague. PERFORMANCE: July 12-22 [MORE]

The next issue of PUCK: LA Marionnette et les Autres Arts (puppetry and other arts) published by the International Institute of Puppetry in Charleville will be on Chinese Puppetry. The Editor, Brunella Eruli is looking for some experts in the field who might have articles for the issue. The magazine will take an article in English and translate it into French. (The publication later comes out in a Spanish and German edition as well). Interested? Contact Brunella Eruli at: eruli@unifi.it

NYU SUMMER PUPPET WORKSHOP IN DUBLIN
NYU has opened its doors to making a home for puppetry and is giving students a chance to study abroad in an intensive puppetry program at their campus in Dublin, June 29-August 7. Yvette Edery will be the primary teacher. She needs 12 students for this program to run. Since it is a summer program it's open to anyone in the USA from any university. If interested contact Yvette: yvette.edery@gmail.com [MORE]

NATIONAL FESTIVAL GOES INTERNATIONAL
In conjunction with the National Puppetry Festival, the Center for Puppetry Arts, UNIMA-USA, and the Puppeteers of America are presenting the International Puppetry Festival with performances taking place at venues around Atlanta, GA July 14-19. All of the international artists will be performing at the National Festival like Bob Theatre from Rennes, France performing Nosferatu - "Dracula" pictured above. [MORE]

UNIMA-USA MEMBERS TO PERFORM AT NATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL IN ATLANTA
Eight member companies are slated to perform at the National Puppet Festival in July:
• Crabgrass Puppet Theatre (Halifax, Vermont)- Performance: The Day It Snowed Tortillas
• Evolve Company
(New York City, New York)- Performance: Secrets History Remembers
• The Haverty Marionettes (Atlanta, Georgia)- Performance: As I Lay Dying
• Hobey Ford's Golden Rod Puppets (Weaverville, North Carolina)- Performance: The Rainbow Bridge and Other Tales
• The Center for Puppetry Arts' Jon Ludwig and Jason von Hinezmeyer (Atlanta, Georgia)- Performance: The Ghastly Dreadfuls
• The Paul Mesner Puppets (Kansas City, Missouri)- Performance: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf
• The Tanglewood Marionettes (Ware, MA)- Performance: The Dragon King
• Teatro SEA (New York City, NY and Puerto Rico)-
Performance: The Toothache of King Farfan
You can register to attend the festival online. [MORE]

VIRTUAL SCHOOL OF PUPPETRY
Turku Arts Academy in Finland is working on a project aimed at establishing a virtual school of puppetry titled "PuppetNet" in hopes of giving lessons on puppetry arts via the internet. Turku Arts Academy is looking for different experiences in puppetry education in internet (virtual schools, workshops, lectures, distance learning courses...). If you know of any projects in the USA related to this topic contact Suvi Auvinen, Project Coordinator, TUrku Arts Academy, Turku Univeristy of Applied Sciences.
Email: Suvi.Auvinen@turkuamk.fi

INTERNATIONAL FEST IN HOLLAND
The 2009 International Poppentheater Festival takes place in Dordrecht Holland this summer- June 20-July 4. Lone Wolf Tribe from the USA is one of many companies performing. A Master Class lead by Agnes Limbos of Belgium will be conducted as part of the festival from July 1-4. Participants can be dancers, puppet players, film makers and directors. [MORE]

Paul Zaloom and Lynn Jeffries are teaching a one-week master class in shadow puppet writing, design and performance this summer at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, July 26-31. The course is part of a graduate-level theater program and is open to anyone. [MORE]

FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS-
VISIT THE UNIMA WEB SITE