Beginners

Marionette playing course for beginners

 We put the marionettes at your disposal, no prior knowledge is necessary. The course starts on Friday afternoon with coffee and cake and ends Sunday after lunch.

 At the beginning we impart the participants a certain feel for playing the marionette with preliminary practice. Accompanied by music, the participants learn how to make                                                                                      expansive movements with cloth marionettes.

We explain the different ways of moving and turning the marionette and practice every single movement individually, for example walking or turning the marionette’s head. Later, the movements are combined with each other in such a way that motion sequences and play scenes can be created.

These will also be acted out on stage in a final performance on Sunday.

Slideshow

  • Seen from a physical standpoint, a puppet is a pendulum. With the aid of a ball on a string, you can visualise which forces apply and which possibilities result.
  • With these simple, one string puppet, participants first learn how to guide a figure calmly and securely and then how to move with it.
  • With cloth figures, you capture the room with the help of music and learn how to dance with the puppets through large movements.
  • Group dancing with cloth figures
  • In the next step, the so-called full puppet that represents a human is explained.
  • Every sequence of motion is practised individually – here, it is getting up
  • The Pendel control bar comfortably sits in your hand and allows for surprisingly easy, natural movements.
  • If puppeteer and figure are in accord, a harmonic performance occurs
  • For the closing performance, a group play is rehearsed.
  • Der Spielkurs ist in erster Linie für Erwachsene, aber fast immer sind auch Kinder und Jugendliche dabei. Für sie gibt es einige kürzer aufgebundene Figuren.