ARGENTINA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Escuela do Titiriteros del Teatro Municipal General SanMartin
(State supported)
Corrientes 1530, 1042 Buenos Aires
Tel: +11 4371 0111, fax: +11 4375 1573
email: amangoni@dgeart.com.ar
3 years. Recognized Diploma
Escuela Municipal de Adores Titiriteros (State supported)
Casa do la Cultura do Avellaneda, Alsina y San Martin,
1870 Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
2 years. Recognized Qualification REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Escuela Provincial de Teatro y Títeres (State supported)
CÚrdoba 1186, 2000 Rosario, Santa Fe
Tel: +341 4246454 and +341 424 6453
3 years. Recognized Diploma for Teachers of Puppet Theatre
Escuela
Provincial do Titeres do Tucumná
Marcos Paz 664 piso 2, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán
Tel: +81 215 663 and +81 352 636
Annual course for puppeteers, and a second year for teachers
for puppetry
BELGIUM
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
La Cambre (Higher National School of the Visual Arts)
21 Abbaye de la Cambre, 1000 Brussels
Tel: +2 648 9619, fax: +2 640 96 93
Contact the Director of the Scenography Section
PART-TIME
COURSES
School von Poppenspel, (3 years)
Kadodderstraat, 2800 Mechelen
Tel: +15 21 83 66
6000 BEF per annum
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
More information: INSAS, Rue Theresienne 8
1000 Brussels
lAD, rue des Wallons 77, 1348 Louvain/La Neuve
ALSO...
Le Centre Provincial de la Marionnette de Namur
109 rue des Brasseurs, 5000 Namur
Tel: +81 23 04 17, fax: +81 23 07 21
Europees
Figurenteatercentrum
Tromelstraat 1, 9000 Gent.
Tel: +9223 12 15, fax: +9 225 45 45
email: eftc.gent@skynet.be
Le Centre
de la Marionnette do Tournai, CREA Theatre
47 rue Saint-Martin, 7500 Tournai
Tel: +69 21 15 83
BELAURUS
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Bielorussian Academy of Art
Pr. Skorny 81, 220012 Minsk
Fax: +17 232 2041
Grodno High School
of Arts
Bul. Leninskogo komsomola 23, 230015 Grodno
Tel/Fax: +152 31 2828
Gomel High School
of Arts
Sovetskaja st. 18, 246050 Gomel
Tel: 232 53 7330
State Higher School
Minsk High School
of Arts
Kizhevatova st. 9, 220024 Minsk
Tel/Fax: 17 277 6062
REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Bielorussian Academy of Art as above
BRAZIL
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
University of Sao Paulo, Escola de Comunicaçôes e Artes,
Departamento do Artes Cenicas ò teatro do Animaçào
Rua Prof. L. Martins Rodrigues 443, Ciudade Universitaria
Cep: 05508-900, Sao Paulo SP
Tel/Fax: 11 8184345
University level. Undergraduate and Post-graduate
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Universidade Estadual do Santo Catarina, Centro de
Artes ò Depto. Do Artes Cênicas
Av. Madre Benvenuta 2007, Cep: 88035-001
Florianopolis
Tel/Fax: 48 3342016
Course in Scenic Arts
Escola
Belas Artes ò UFMG (connected with the Giramundo Theatre),
Av. Antonio Carlos 6627
Cep: 3 1270-010 Belo Horizonte MG
Tel: 31 4995384, fax: 31 499 5387
email: giramundo@metalink.com.br
Centra
Cultural Mamulengo Só-Riso
Rua 13 de Maio 117, Cep:53020-140 Varadouro,
Olinda PE
Tel/Fax: 81 4292934, email: msoriso@elogica.com.br
for further
information:
Associaçâo Brasileira do Teatro do Bonecos
Centro UNIMA Brasil (ABTB/UNIMA)
C.P. 2 16232, Cep: 22222-970 Rio do Janeiro RJ
Tel/Fax: 21 2851237
email: susanita@uol.com.br
BULGARIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts ("NATFIZ")
108A Rakovsky Street, 1000 Sofia
Tel: 2 987 98 62, fax: 2 897 389
email: natfiz@bgcict.acad.bg
Department of Puppetry. 5 year diploma/degree course. Can extend
to a Master of Arts in Directing
CANADA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Département de Théâtro, Université
du Québec ý Montréal
PO Box 888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec
H3C 3P8
Tel: 514 987 3000 ext.4032, fax: 514 987 7881
University diploma: Baccalaureate specializing in dramatic arts
including credits in puppetry
Fees: $200 (Canadian) per course of 3 credits
PART-TIME
COURSES
Département de Théâtro, Université
du Québec ý Montréal, see above
Théâtre
da la Dame de Cúur, 611 rang de la CarriËr,
Upton, DOH 2E0
Tel: 450 549 5828, fax: 450 549 5354
email: tdc@ntic.qc.ca
Giant puppets
More
information: Association Québecoise des Marionnettistes
C.P7, succ. De Lorimior, Montréal, Québec H2H
2N6
email: aqm@aei.ca
Spring Course Offering by Toronto School of Puppetry
Contact:David Powell,
The Toronto School of Puppetry, & Puppetmongers Theatre.
website: pathcom.com/~pmongers
CROATIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Dramatic Art (Akademija Dramske Umjetnosti)
Trg Marsala Tito 5, 10000 Zagreb
Tel: 1 4828 509, fax: 1 4828 508
University level.4-year interdisciplinary course.
2-year specialization for Directors
CZECH
REPUBLIC
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Theatre Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Dept. of Alternative
and Puppet Theatre Karlova 26, Prague 116 65
Tel/Fax: 2 536 229
University status. 3 years Bachelor of Arts degree
2 years Master of Arts
International Institute of Marionette Art
Karlova 12, 110 00 Prague
Tel/Fax: 2 269 383
2-year full-time course leading to nationally validated Certificate
DENMARK
PART-TIME COURSES
Dukkemagor Grunduddannelsen (Basic education
for the Puppet Artist)
Thy Teater, Fyrvej 104, DK-7730 Hanstholm
Tel: 9796 0100, fax: 9796 0102
Teeter Refleksion
Sintrupvej 11A, DK ò 8220 Brabrand
Tel: 86 24 0572, fax: 86 24 0593
email: refleksion@post7.tele.dk
Odsherred
Teatercenter
Egebjergvej 106, 4500 Nykobing Sjaelland
Tel: 59 93 0301
FINLAND
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Turku Arts Academy (Turun Ammottikorkeakoulu, kulttuuri), Department
of Performing Arts, Linnankatu 54, 20100 Turku. (University
and Higher School status)
Tel: 10 5535229, fax: 105535202
email: ari.ahlholm@turkuamk.fi
Bachelor of Arts in Puppet Theatre (4 years, 160 credits)
College
of the Inner Mission Society of the Church of Finland (Pieksämäen
Sisälähetysseuran oppilaitos)
Huvilakatu 31, 76130. Pieksämäki (Vocational modular
course)
Tel: 15 78641, fax: 15 481035
email: Mervi Riikonen@sisop.fi
EU certificate (2 years)
PART-TIME
COURSES
Theatre Academy of Finland (Suomen Teatterikeakoulu)
Sturenkatu 4, 00510 Helsinki
Tel: 431 36 280, fax: 431 36 274
email: tolvonen@teak.fi
University status
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
College of the Inner Mission Society of the Church of Finland
see above
More
information: Green Apple Theatre, Eläintarhan Huvila
7, 00530-Helsinki
Tel: 9 701 2483, fax: 9 712 818
FRANCE
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Ecole Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette, lnstitut
International de la Marionnette,
7 Place Winston Churchill, 08000 Charleville-Méziéres
Tel: 3 24 33 72 50, fax: 3 24 33 72 69
email: institut@marionnette.com
University status
Théâtre aux Mains Nues
7 Square des Cardeurs, 75020 Paris
Tel/Fax: 1 43 73 01 82
email: alain.recoing@wanadoo.fr
One- year course in performance
University
of Paris, Department of Theatre
2 rue de la Liberté, Saint-Denis, 93526 cedex 02.
Tel: 1 49 40 6616, fax: 1 49 40 6624
Some exploration of puppetry arts in the framework of the
theatre program
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Théâtre aux Mains Nues
7 Square des Cardeurs, 75020 Paris
Tel/Fax: 1 43 73 01 82
email: alain.recoing@wanadoo.frFrançois
Lazaro, Clastic Theatre
62 boulevard Victor Hugo, 92110 Clichy
Tel: 41 06 0404, fax: 41 06 0403
GERMANY
FULL-TIME
COURSES/PROGRAMS
Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch"
Schnellerstrasse 104, 12439 Berlin
Tel: 30 6 362261, fax: 30 6 361994
Four year course. University status
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellung,
Studiengang Figurentheater
Fuchseckstrasse 7, 70188 Stuttgart 1
Tel: 7114640 99, fax: 711 480 0635
University status
PART-TIME
COURSES
Babuschka Theater und Kurszentrum
Leiergasse 17, 75031 Eppingen (near Heilbronn)
Tel: 7262 7963, fax: 7262 3049
Two years. Certificated
Figurentheater-Kolleg
Hohe-Eiche 27, 44892 Bochum
Tel/fax: 23 42 84080
2-year program, with certificate
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Figurentheoter-KoIleg, as above
Certificated courses
"Fabula"- Freie Bilugstatte für Figurentheater
Dorfstr. 23, 2381 ldstedt
Tel: 46 25 76 67, fax: 46 25 72 89
Theaterpädagogisches
zentrum
Universitätsplatz 5-6, D-49808 Lingen
Tel: 591 91 66 30, fax: 591 91 66 363
GREAT
BRITAIN
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Central School of Speech and Drama,
Production Art & Design Department Embassy Theatre, Eton Avenue,
London NW3 3HY
Tel: 20 7722 8381 ext. 2290, fax: 20 722 2975.
Prospectus telephone: 020 8782 3303
University status
B.A.(Hons.) in Theatre Practice (3 years), including puppetry
EU: £1000. Other: £7000
M.A. in Advanced Theatre Practice (1 year), 40 students including
4 puppeteers
EU: £3750. Other: £7335
University
of Plymouth, Theatre and Performance Studies
Douglas Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2AT
Tel: 1395 255 303
Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Theatre and Performance, 3 years
including one semester of puppetry (15 weeks)
Anniesland
College
Hatfield Drive, Glasgow G12 0YE
Tel: 141 339 6185; 141 357 6093, fax: 141 357 6557
Further Education College status
Higher National Diploma in puppetry (2 years)
EU: £1000. Other: £3500
FULL & PART-TIME
COURSES
London School of Puppetry (University validated Diploma available)
2 Legard Road, London N5 1 DE also 9 Bridge End,
Grassington, (North Yorkshire) BD23 5NH
Tel: 20 7359 7357 (London), tel/fax: 1756 753495 (Yorkshire)
website: londonschoolofpuppetry.com/
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
London School of Puppetry (see above)
Little
Angel Puppet Theatre
Dogmar Passage, Islington, London N1 2DN
Tel: 20 7226 1787
Norwich
Puppet Theatre, St. James'
Whitefriars, Norwich NR3 1TN
Tel: 1603 615564, email: norpuppet@hotmail.com
Puppetlink,
Punch's Oak
Cleobury Road, Far Forest, Kidderminster, DY14 9EB (Punch
& Judy)
Tel: 1299 266 561, email: glyn@punch-and-judy.com
Fees: variable
More
information: The Puppet Centre
BAC, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN
Tel: 20 7228 5335, fax: 20 7228 8863
email: pct@puppetcentre.demon.co.uk
HUNGARY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Budapest Puppet theatre (Budapest Bábszínház)
Andrássy ™t 69, 1063 Budapest.
Tel: 1 3225 051,fax: 13424765
University status. 3 years leading to a degree in puppet theatre
performance and manipulation.
Fees: 5000 Huf per month
INDIA
(country cod. 91)
PART-TIME COURSES
India Puppet Academy
10, 5th Cross Street, Sammandaner Nager, 60007
Pammal Madras REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Darpana Academy of Performing Arts
Usmonpura, Ahmedabad-380 013
Tel: 91 79 7551389, fax: 91 79 7550955
email: darpana@icenet.net
IRELAND
REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
P™co Puppet Theatre Company
36-40 Upper Dominick street, Dublin 7
Tel/Fax: 1 830 4136, email: nlaw@connect.ie
ISRAEL
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
The School of Visual Theatre
4 Yad Harutzim Street, 91082 Jerusalem
Tel: 2 67 33435, fax: 2 67 10017
University status. 3-4 years. Courses in mixed media including
puppetry REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
The School of Visual Theatre, see above
The Puppet
School
Beit Nehemia 80, 73140 Merkaz
Tel: 397 11530
ITALY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Scuolo Internazionale Teatro di Figure
Viale Trento 39, 9100 Cagliari REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Teatro Figura Umbro
Tieffeu, Via del Castellano 2a 06121 Perugia
Tel: 75 572 5845, fax: 75 5730826
email: MarioMirabassi.puppets.fest@edison.it
Recognized by the EU. Intensive courses June-October
Il Mondo
dei Fili, Comp. Marionette Lupi
Teatro Gianduja, Via Santa Teresa 5, 10121 Torino
Tel/Fax: 11 530238
Centro
Teatro di Figura
Via Cavour 12, 48015 Cervia
Tel: 544 971958, fax: 544 97 1922
Civica
Scuola d'Arte Drammatica
Piccolo Teatro, Corso Magenta 63, Milan
Tel: 805 9752, fax: 805 8157
Accademia dell'Arte
Villa Godiola
Localita San Fabiano
52100 Arezzo
Tel: 011 39 0575 294 155 or 0575
294 139, fax: 011 39 0575 296259
website: dell-arte.org/
JAPAN
PART-TIME COURSES
National Bunraku Theatre
1-12-10 Nipponbashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-0073
Tel: 6-212 2531 REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Sennosuke Takeda, Takeda Studio
2535 Zakoji, lida-shi, Nagano 395-0001
Tel/Fax: 265 22 3825
Masaru
Umazume, Awaji Puppet Theatre
936-3-Hei Ogarumo, Fukura, Nandau-cho, Miharagun,
Hyogo-ken, 656-0503 Nandau
Tel: 799 52 0260, fax: 799 52 3072
Puppets manipulated by three people-ningyo joruri techniques
Huichi
Okamoto, Dondoro Theatre
274-2 Hongo lijima-machi, Kamiina-gun, Nagano-ken,
399-3704 lijima
Tel: 265 864270, fax: 265 883959
MOLDOVA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Department of Puppet Arts, Arts Institute
str. Mateevici III, str. Maria Dragan I, Ciocana, MD2204
Kisinau
Tel: 2 37 61 47, fAx: 2 37 6040
University status. Four years
NORWAY
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Norwegian Academy of Figurative Theatre, Østfold College
Kirkegt 30, Box 1226, 1631 Gamle Frederikstad
Tel: 6935 8700, fax: 6935 8702
University status. Three-year courses in performance and design/crafting
POLAND
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Akademia Teatralna, Wydziat Sztuki Lalkarskiej
(Theatre Academy, Dept. of Puppetry Art)
Sienkiewicza 14, 15-092 Bialystok.
Tel/Fax: 85 743 5353, email: puppetpl@cksr.ac.bialystok.pl
University status. Four and five year courses for performer-puppeteers
and directors
Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkota Teatralna, Wydziat Lalkorski
(State Higher Theatre School, Dept. of Puppetry)
PowstaÒcÚw Slaskich 22, 53-337 Wroctaw
Tel: 71 367 4015, fax: 71 367 1627
University status. Four-year courses for performer-puppeteers
Studium
Aktorskie (Puppet Actors' Studio)
Teatralna 4, 42-500 Bedzin.
Tel/Fax: 32 267 3625
Two-year full-time certificated course
ROMANIA
FULL-TIME
COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Theatre and Cinema (UATC), Puppetry department
Matei Voivod street 75-77, 73224 Bucharest
Tel: 252 8020, fax: 252 5881
University status REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
University Workshop UATC Bucuresti, Puppet Department, (as
above)
Fee: $300 US
RUSSIA
FULL-TIME
COURSES/PROGRAMS
St. Petersburg Theatre Puppetry Dept., Theatre
Academy
Mokhovoya Street 34, 191028 St. Petersburg
Tel: 812 272 8520, fax: 812 272 1789
Courses in Direction, Performance, Stage Design and Technology
Russian Academy of Theatre Art
M. Kislovsky 6, 103009 Moscow
Tel/Fax: 952 904 833
Puppetry
Dept. of the Yaroslavl State Theatre Institute
Pervomaiskayo Street 43, Yaroslavl 150000
Tel/Fax: 0852 72 8111
Fee: $3000 ò $5000 according to the training program
Four-year course leading to a State recognized Diploma
Puppetry
Dept. of the Yekaterinburg State Theatre
Institute, Theatre Institute
Karl Libkneht Street, Yekaterinburg 620075
Tel: 343 2 555130
Puppetry
Dept. of the Nizhni Novgorod Theatre School
Varvarskaya Street 3A, Nizhni Novgorod.
Tel: 831 2 369220
SLOVAKIA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VSMU)
Venturska 3, Bratislava 81301.
Tel: 7 5441 9344, fax: 7 5441 7081
University status. Four or five-year Bachelor of Arts course,
also Master of Arts
Performance, scenography, dramaturgy, etc
SLOVENIA
REGULAR SHORTER COURSES
Puppet Theatre of Ljublana (lutkovno Gledalisce Ljubljano)
Krekov Trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel: 61 300 0970, fax: 61 31 4962
State supported program.
SPAIN
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Institut del Teatre
Sant PËre mes Baix 7, 08003 Barcelona. (temporary address)
Tel: 3268 2078, fax: 3268 1070
University status. Four year course, puppeteers within a general
performance course REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Jordi Bertrán Company
Calle Dos de Maig 260, Entlo 4a, 08025 Barcelona
Tel: 93 435 5457, fax: 93 456 2696
email: jbertran@tresnet.com
One year course in creation, manipulation and construction
100,000 pesetas for the course
SWEDEN
FULL-TIME
COURSES/PROGRAMS
School for Puppet Theatre, Department of the National Dramatic
Institute, c/o Marionetteatern
Brunnsgatan 6-8, 111 38 Stockholm
Tel: 8 11 71 12, fax:8 21 10 15
email: marionetteatorn@telia.com
(Also National Dramatic Institute: Tel: 8 665 1300, fax: 8 662
1484, email konsli@draminst.se)
State Diploma. Three-year course (given in Swedish and English)
Foreign students are accepted by arrangement for short periods
SWITZERLAND
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Academy of Theatre
Gessnerallee 11, 8001 Zurich
Tel: 2 226 1926
3- year course in the department of theatre studies with some
specialist studies in puppetry
State Diploma REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Marionnettes de GenËve
rue Rodo 3, c.p.217, 1211 Geneva 4
Tel: 22 329 6866, fax: 22 32 97340
Puppenspielkurse
E. Bleisch, (Course for Puppet Play)
Zeunerstr.7, CH ò 8037 Zurich
Tel: 127 11239
Workshops in performance, manipulation and construction
300-600 Swiss Francs
UKRAINE
Kharkivski Institut Mistectv ò kafedra
teatru laliok
(Kotlarevski Institute of Arts, Dept. Of Puppetry)
Konstituciji Square, 11/13,31002 Kharkov
Tel: 57 47 15 19, fax: 57 12 78 32
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
FULL-TIME COURSES/PROGRAMS
Department of Dramatic Arts/Puppetry, University
of Connecticut
U-127, 802 Bolton Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1127
Tel: 860 486 4568 (puppetry laboratory)
email: puppetarts@finearts.sfa.uconn.edu
Specialist program: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Master of Fine Arts in Puppetry
California Institute for the Arts ("CalArts"),
Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, California 91355
Tel: 805 255 1050, email: ssimpson@calarts.edu
Central
Washington University, Dept. of Theatre Arts
400 East 8th Ave., Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7460
Tel: 509 963 1230 (Dept. Of Child Drama),
fax: 509 963 1767, email: hawkins@cwu.edu
Puppetry-included courses, inc. new television course
West Virginia
University
2347 Creative Arts Center
Morgantown, WV 26506-6201
Tel: 304 293 2020 Ext. 3113
email: jsiegris@wvu.edu
website: wvu.edu/~theatre/puppet.htm
BFA in Puppetry/ Creative Dramatics/ Children's Theatre
REGULAR
SHORTER COURSES
Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Tel: 404 873 3089, fax: 404 873 9907
email: puppet@mindspring.com
Courses at various levels in a variety of subjects
George Mason University
4107 33rd Street, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Tel: 301 277 8117
Northeastern
University, Theater Department
Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464
Tel: 918 456 9844
California
Polytechnic State Univ., Dept. of Theater and Dance
San Luis Obispo, California 93407
Tel: 805 756 1465
Univ.
of California-Santa Cruz, Theater Arts Dept.
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Tel: 408 459 2974
California
State Univ-Sacramento, Dept. of Theatre Arts
6000 J Street, Sacramento, California 95819
Tel: 916 278 8368
National
Puppetry Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
305 Great Neck Road, Waterford, Connecticut 06385
Dell'Arte
School of Physical Theatre Arts
PO Box 816, Blue Lake, California 95525
Tel: 707 668 5663
Central
Washington University, Puppetry Department of the Theatre
Arts
400 East 8th Avenue, Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7460
Course in television puppetry
URUGUAY
Puppetry
Department of the Theatre School (Escuela de Titeritero de la
InstituciÚn Teatral)
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