Masterclass Object Theatre - Ariel Doron

For: Puppeteers, actors, dancers, directors, visual artists, performing and visual arts students, amateurs from all art fields

Number of participants: 12
Language: English

Fee: 5€
Deadline for applications: 17 May (Wed)

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

⇨ Registration is no longer possible because the maximum number of participants has been reached.

In the context of the presentation of the performance Boxed in FIMFA Lx23 and that will be on stage on May 19th and 20th, the puppeteer and director Ariel Doron will present an Object Theatre Masterclass. A playful introduction to the poetic language of object theatre, which will include some exercises in how objects can express themselves on the stage.

Professionals and amateurs from all art fields are welcome, and you are also warmly invited to bring an object you like, find interesting or horrible, or you would like to explore.

BIO

Ariel is a puppeteer, director and performer. In his work, he uses very little text and a lot of playfulness, often dealing with hard social and political subjects.

Each project is created with a puppetry or performance discipline that best suits, with the hope to always expand and question in the media in which it’s created, and with a desire to inspire viewers to feel, think and react. His solo shows such as Boxed, Plastic Heroes and Pinhas have been invited to festivals and theatres in over 30 countries worldwide. 

Currently living in Germany, Ariel also directs shows for theatres and has collaborated with institutions such as Schauburg Theater München, Theater Junge Generation Dresden, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, The Elbphilharmonie and Opera in Hamburg, among others. He also teaches and is invited to give lectures and masterclasses in institutions such as Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart, UQAM Université de Québec Montréal, Central School of Speech & Drama, London and more.

Ariel also animates puppets for dozens of Television & Cinema productions, such as Sesame Street Israel, where he plays the beloved character Elmo.

He graduated Cinema studies (B.A) in Tel Aviv University, studied puppetry classes in the School of Visual Theatre, Jerusalem, and participated in several masterclasses in the Institute International de la Marionnette, Charleville-Mézières.

In Pandemic times he directed object theatre workshops and he created two shows especially for the internet format Kitchen Games and Alarm in the petting Zoo(m), has created light installations for a single viewer and wrote Do Not Open! - an interactive book/performance.

At FIMFA Lx18 we could see his creativity in theshow Plastic Heroes and he directed an online workshop on the Funicular Project during FIMFA Lx21.

The participants should bring:

● Two objects (examples: toys, dolls, cars, postcards, pictures, decoration objects, natural materials - like branches, stones, etc.).