2016 was a special year for us. We turned 18 and we got our own new space to further explore our puppetry encounters. Our space is at the Southern border of Delhi, 12 kilometers from the city centre. The population around is dense and semi urban.
2016 was a special year for us. We turned 18 and we got our own new space to further explore our puppetry encounters. Our space is at the Southern border of Delhi, 12 kilometers from the city centre. The population around is dense and semi urban.
These are the programs the space is currently supporting or planning to support
Mentorship Program -
In December 2017 we kick start our artists mentorship program with the mentoring of young directors from across India by the Director of Helios Theatre in Hamm, Germany, Barbara Kolling. Barbara will mentor 5 young Indian directors in creating 5 new performances using material only.
These are the programs the space is currently supporting or planning to support
Mentorship Program -
In December 2017 we kick start our artists mentorship program with the mentoring of young directors from across India by the Director of Helios Theatre in Hamm, Germany, Barbara Kolling. Barbara will mentor 5 young Indian directors in creating 5 new performances using material only.
On the occasion of our 25th anniversary we organised India’s first International Puppet Film Festival. PuppetOscope is a bouquet of films that “Hero” the puppet and is carefully curated so that it generates an alternative platform for both the creators and the audience of puppetry.
The first edition of the Festival presented twenty one puppet films from eleven countries from around the world and India in three categories namely films for children, fiction films and documentary films. An accompanying exhibition showcased shadow puppets, the evolution of the moving pictures from shadow puppets to films and puppet sets and real puppets from films at the India International Center in New Delhi.
It provided a platform to discuss the current trends in puppetry, the challenges faced by the art form and artists and created a future space for the genre of puppet films in India.
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