Qulture
Puppetry
Season 3 Episode 4 | 5m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about the art of puppetry from one of Montréal’s famous puppet theatres.
Qulture learns about the art of puppetry from one of Montréal’s famous puppet theatres.
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Qulture is a local public television program presented by Vermont Public
Qulture
Puppetry
Season 3 Episode 4 | 5m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Qulture learns about the art of puppetry from one of Montréal’s famous puppet theatres.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> PUPPETRY WAS COMBINING EVERY ART FORM I LOVE.
PUPPETRY IS MAGIC.
>> "QULTURE."
>> WE ARE HERE IN OUR STUDIO THEATERS.
THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.
AND WHAT IS REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE RARE PUPPET THEATER COMPANY WHO HAVE ITS ON VENUE.
-- OWN VENUE.
I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO GET BACK TO HOW I FELT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HOW I FELT WHEN I WAS SEEING PUPPET THEATER PERFORMANCE.
IT HELPS ME EVERY DAY WHEN I CREATE A SHOW.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE THE LIFE OF THE PUPPETS.
YOU PLUNGE INTO A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
THIS SHOW, IT IS ABOUT AN AUTHOR WHO HAS BEEN DRAWN INTO HIS OWN CREATION.
IN FRENCH, ITS -- AND WE TRANSLATED BY A TALE, IN ENGLISH.
THIS SHOW IS INSPIRED BY A VERY GREAT AUGHTER AUGHTER FROM D HE WAS USA A DOCTOR, BUT WE DECIDED TO CREATE OUR OWN STORY ABOUT THE WRITER WHO IS TRYING TO WRITE HIS STORY, BUT HE HAS DIFFICULTIES AT THE BEGINNING AND SUDDENLY, HIS CHARACTERS TAKE LIFE AND THOSE ARE SOME PUPPETS, AND THEY CAME TO HIM AND THEY BRING HIM SLOWLY INTO 24 COMPLETELY CREIGH ATETIVE WORLD.
I THINK -- CREATIVE WORLD.
WING PUPPETRY, WE CAN GO FARTHER THAN WITH JUST HUMAN BODIES.
BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER WHAT YOUO FEEL IT.
SOMETIMES ITS JUST, YOU HAVE IT OR YOU DON'T.
PUPPETS CAN DO THINGS THAT HUMANS CAN'T, AND SOMETIMES ALSO WITH JUST THE MOVEMENT, THEY CAN ILLUSTRATE A LOT OF EMOTIONS.
>> HE'S CUCU, HE CAN DREAM.
I'M ALMOST DOING NOTHING WITH THE PUPPET FOR NOW.
I HOPE IT BRINGS SOMETHING TO YOU, ALSO, WITH JUST LITTLE MOVEMENTS.
AND IT CAN HELP ME TELL WHAT I WANT TO THE AUDIENCE WITH FEW WORDS.
>> THIS SHOW IS IN FRENCH, BUT I THINK, FOR ME, PUPPETRY IS SO VISUAL THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING AND THE CONSENT OF THE SHOW IS TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE WITHOUT WORDS.
>> IN THIS SHOW, WE ARE ACTORS, AND WE ARE ALSO PLAYING WITH PUPPETS.
I THINK WE ARE ABLE WITH THIS SHOW BRING THE AUDIENCE WITH US IN THIS STRANGE PLACE WHERE EVERYTHING IS TRANSFORMING.
AS A PUPPETEER, I'M NOT TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE I'M BRINGING MAY ENERGY INTO THIS LITTLE CREATURE THAT IS ABLE TO REACH THE AUDIENCE.
FOR ME, IT IS THE MOST MAGICAL.
>> WE CAN GO TO THE UNIVERSITY AND HAVE A AGREE IN PUPPETRY, AT LEAST 20 DIFFERENT COMPANIES DEDICATED TO PUPPETRY ARE IN MONTREAL.
IT IS A HUGE SCENE.
PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF IT.
WHEN I SAY I AM A PUT PETEER, PEOPLE SAY, OH.
IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THE MUPPETS.
I LOVE THEM, I HAVE TO SAY, BUT SOMETIMES I HAD TO EXPLAIN OVER AND OVER TO PEOPLE, NO WE DO GIANT PUPPETS, REALLY MICRO PUPPETRY ALSO.
EVERYTHING CAN BE POSSIBLE WITH PUPPETRY AND HUMANITY.
I LOVE ABOUT SHOWS, GOING TOTALLY INTO A STORY AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO EVERY DAY, AND I'M TELL MAKE SELF EVERY DAY I'M REALLY, REALLY LUCKY TO DO THAT.
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