Masterclass with Paulo Duarte - MECANIkA
MASTERCLASS with PAULO DUARTE - MECANIkA (FR-PT)
1 of June from 11am to 12.30pm (Sat)
Alongside the presentation of the performance Polaroid, as part of FIMFA Lx24, on 31 May and 1 June at Teatro do Bairro, Paulo Duarte, artistic director of the company MECANIkA, shares his working methods and artistic research.
For: All kinds of participants - professionals and amateurs from all art fields Number of participants: 12
Language: English Fee: 5€ Deadline for applications: 30 May (Thu)
Admittance in order of registration after payment.
The registration is made by the duly filled application form in Google Forms or in doc file - in this case it must be send to: fimfafestival@gmail.com
⇨ APPLICATION FORM DE INSCRIÇÃO: AT GOOGLE FORMS OR DOWNLOAD HERE
BIO
The company MECANIkA was founded by the Portuguese puppeteer and builder Paulo Duarte, based in France. MECANIkA’s goal is to develop and explore contemporary puppetry, interacting with other contemporary artistic fields, in a form known as image theatre.
Paulo Duarte is graduated in Painting by Faculdade de Belas-Artes in Oporto University and in Puppet Theatre by ESNAM - École Nationale Superieure des Arts de la Marionnette de Charleville-Mezieres. After the ESNAM he founded with David Girondin Moab the Cie Pseudonymo, which he co-directed until 2006, and he extended his experiences in several areas: set design, acting, direction, design and puppets construction and scenic objects, object theatre. He joined the company LàOù – marionnette contemporaine, dividing the artistic direction with Renaud Herbin and Julika Mayer, from 2007 to 2011. He has worked with Roman Paska, Joan Baixas, Fanfare Mineable, CREA - Théâtre de Tournai, Zaven Paré, Allen Weiis, among others. He directed several training workshops at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona and in AMK (Turku, Finland). He has been participated as a puppeteer and puppet builder in various artistic projects for other companies, in addition to the development of personal projects. He participated in several editions of FIMFA with: “A Hora do Diabo”, “Deep News”, “Écumes”, “Petites Âmes”, “Deep News #2”, “Pour Bien Dormir” e “Novo”.