Latest news from Puppets in Prague
April 2012 animation film
This short film was made by students of our April workshop. Film was made in professional film studio Hafan here in Prague with teachers Patricia Ortiz Martinez and Barbara Zadrazilova.
April 2012 animation workshop
We shot an animated film... we edited it... we designed a puppet... we carved a puppet... we molded latex hands... we welded an armature... we visited the Anifest Film Festival... we met expert after expert after expert... how much can be accomplished in 14 days! see puppets and animated film here.
pip film wins prize
The film "Headshop" created by students in our film animation workshop (January 2012) was awarded BEST SCRIPT at the Anima Catarina festival in Brazil. Congratulations to the creators! Click here to see the film, created in the Hafan studio.
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2012 summer workshops: sign up now!
In June and July we are offering classic carving workshops where you design and make a wooden marionette. in August you can create a marionette AND a performance that will tour to Czech festivals and castles! Apply now!
Kids make puppets!
Twenty-two future puppet masters from the 3rd grade at Jiriho z podebrad Elemetary school spent a morning in the worskhop creating beautiful marionettes!
Four Dragons and one Vodnik (Water Sprite)
After a week of intensive wood carving, we celebrated the birthdays of magical fairy tale marionettes! Click here for photos of magestic dragons and a big-mouthed water man.
Acrobats come to life!
The circus came to the workshop... here are photos of students' magical acobat puppets, which swing through the sky and balance chairs and ladders on their noses!
New fantastic puppets!
Another collection of puppets for animation is finished. See here more photos from workshop, from our visit in Aurel´s Klimt studio Lajka neer Kutna Hora and final puppets...
Animation workshop finished
A very hard-working group of young, talented students from all over the world attended our Fall workshop. Here are photos from the work in process.
New: Workshops in 2012!
Carve the marionette of your dreams, make an animated puppet film, perform in puppet festivals in Prague - all this possible in PIP workshops. Plus we are offering specialized workshops on making DRAGON marionettes and a NEW workshop on making a traditional ACROBAT marionette that can perform tricks! Apply now!
pip in singapore and new zealand
Film animation students at NYU Tisch-Asia in Singapore and the University in Auckland in New Zealand are learning all about Czech film puppets - and making their own! - with PIP director Mirek Trejtnar and instructor Zdar Sorm.
Manipulation Workshop Performances
Students in our manipulation/performance workshop celebrated great success with their charming, funny show that they performed at Prague's huge Letni Letna New Circus and Theatre Festival, the Teatrotoc Festival, and at romantic castles around the Czech Republic.
2011 Teatrotoc Festival
Come to our annual outdoor puppet festival on Sept 1 on Kampa Island in the historic center of Prague. The festival will feature the newly-created puppet performance by students of PIP's manipulation workshop.
PIP in the media
Click here to hear an interview with PIP founder/director Mirek Trejtnar on Czech radio.
PIP at PQ
Our students and their newly-carved puppets performed at the Prague Quadrennial, the world's largest scenography exhibtion that took place this past June.
click here to see the performance..
Lots and lots of puppets came to life in Prague this summer!
We just finished two workshops where students made beautiful puppets... and beautiful performances. click here to follow the blog of one of our June students...
