Check out the Vox Fabuli winter puppet classes!
What: INTRO TO STAGE PUPPETEERING
January 22, 1-3pm
BASIC PUPPET BUILDING - ANIMALS
February 5, 10am-5:00pm
Where: Inscape Arts Building, Studio 230
815 Seattle Blvd South
Seattle, WA 98134
*Classes recommended for ages 15 and up
*Class sizes limited to 8
Registration links:
Beginning Stage Puppeteering: http://bpt.me/2737790
Basic Puppet Building - Animals: http://bpt.me/2737852
Beginning Stage Puppeteering
Sunday, January 22
1-3pm
Cost: $45 pre-reg/$55 day-of
In this fun, dynamic class, you'll learn the foundations of good stage puppetry - focus, physical commitment and basic puppet operation. Seattle-based puppeteer Rachel Jackson will teach you how to make your puppet seem alive and connect with your audience. You'll get lots of hands-on time with professional arm-and-rod puppets plus a simple practice puppet to take home so you can keep working on your skills.
Basic Puppet Building - Animals
Sunday, February 5
10am - 5:00pm
Cost: $175
Walk in with a sad, naked hand and walk out with a fabulous new puppet friend in this beginning class. Spend your day immersed in the hands-on experience of basic puppet construction: cutting, sewing (hand and machine) and hot gluing your way to a finished puppet. Your teacher will guide you step-by-step as you create one of five animals: Dog, Cat, Bear, Bunny or Unicorn...or any animal your imagination can devise.
About Your Instructors:
Rachel Jackson's Vox Fabuli Puppets specializes in twisting the familiar into dark and humorous shapes. Rachel has been puppeteering on various Seattle stages since 2008, where her work has been called "mad and masterful" by The Seattle Times. The mind behind the hit "MANOS - The Hands of Felt", she more recently brought her talented hands to "Muppets Burlesque," "The Panel Jumper: LIVE!" and The National Puppet Slam. Rachel teaches puppetry classes through her company Vox Fabuli Puppets, co-produces the Fussy Cloud Puppet Slam and is unofficial Puppeteer at Large for the Seattle Nerdlesque scene.. www.VoxFabuli.com
Seattle-based puppeteer Chad Allers has been building puppets since 2010, when he won Project Puppet's annual contest with the second puppet he ever built. He makes puppet videos through his company, Crash Boom Puppets, including a series where he teaches people how to go about creating their own puppet productions. Locally, he has built puppets for live performances of Nunsense and The Pillowman.
http://www.crashboom.net
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