Master Class

Darko Kovačovski

The Aesthetics of Puppet System Development

Director, playwright, puppeteer, technologist, and pedagogue. Born in 1978 in Tetovo, Macedonia. He earned his degree in theatre directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje and his degree in puppetry directing from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts Krsto Sarafov in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he also completed his master’s studies.

This master class will follow the development of puppetry aesthetics, technical and aesthetic forms of theatrical puppets, methods of their production and animation. It presents an intro­duction to the magical world of puppetry, aim at encouraging the participants to further explore its possibilities, secrets and beauty – and above all, to endlessly enjoy it.

 

Puppet Workshops

The SockSmile worksop, a place where a sock and a smile meet

Turn ordinary socks into extraordinary, smiling crea­tures! Experience the joy of making your own doll and learn how to give it a voice, a personality, and a story to tell.

 

The Smiling Spoon puppet workshop

A spoon – wooden or plastic, big or small – can become a colourful, funny, magical doll, ready to star in a wonderful story or puppet show. All you need to bring is your desire to play and smile!

 

Meetings with Writers

Vlasta Cenić

Embrace’em, My Poems

A poetic–theatrical story about the wordsmiths of Serbian children’s literature

Published by the publishing house Pčelica, here we have a unique presentation of the book by the same name, which has recently received two prestigious awards: Milovan Danojlić and Srebrno Gašino pero, and was declared the best book at the Book Fair in Banja Luka.

This collection of poems for children consists of 31 poems about Serbian poets for children, from poets like Luka Milovanov Georgijević, who is considered the first writer for children, through Uncle Jova Zmaj (čika Jova Zmaj) and all the way to Ljubivoje Ršumović.

Vlasta N. Cenić is a poet from southern Serbia and a passionate fan of dialect and acting. And this time, he will prove that he is also a wizard of words.

 

 

Violeta Jović

All–witty and Dream–knitty

Unhappy, joyful, ugly and fair,

However bizarre, fairies are there.

Our mothers read to us of their delight,

And then they soared into our sight.

Writers are wizards of words. And where there are wizards, magic is created. Where there is magic, there are inevitably a few fairies. From her poems The Silly Fairy to All–witty and Dream–knitty, Violeta Jović has preserved the magic of beautiful words and countless other intriguing ideas, inspiring the infinite imagination of children who love books.

Every child has its wings,

Everyone can fly, it seems,

By magic, like a fairy’s play,

They only need to remember the way,

and peek beneath the cloak’s sides,

where vivid imagination resides.