Mar ~ Marionetas | Espinho International Puppet Festival

Mar~Marionetas - Festival Internacional de Marionetas de Espinho 2024

free SOUL [ BOOK PRESENTATION ]

• Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
• M/3 . 30mins . free access
• session with interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language

free SOUL

There are paper-hearted people who are fragile and delicate. There are stone-hearted people who are strong, but get caught up in themselves. There are scissor-heart people who can create or shatter.

Alma decided to be paper. Alma was there by choice, or rather, by a multitude of choices. There might not have been any villains, because we can all make choices.

What those choices were, and how they transformed this story into what it is, are the secret of this show.

This book that accompanies the show “The girl who painted birds” allows us to look inwards, to realize that our choices can change the world, that they can interfere with the freedom of others or even with our own happiness.

There is no one way, no right or wrong. This is a reflection that we invite you to make.

Rock, paper or scissors… what would you choose to be?

Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora

Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora is a professional puppet theater company with artistic direction by Clara Ribeiro and Filipa Mesquita and art direction by enVide neFelibata. The company was founded on April 2, 2002. In the symbiosis of a symbolic language that combines heritage and traditional legacy with contemporary society's thought and dynamics, often in a not-so-peaceful dialogue, a fundamental element emerges: the puppet. This element supports us in the search for our own cultural identity.

Our goal is to discover the aesthetic, visual, scenic, and dramatic potential of the puppet itself, as well as in its relationship with the actor, and in this discovery, explore the dramaturgy that characterizes us: to explore culture, belief, and legend allied with the city, technological exploration, and the speed of the global village. Throughout our artistic journey, we have presented various proposals to different audiences, including adults, youth, school, and family groups, as well as in basic and specialized training. One of our major commitments is the national and international tour of our projects. Decentralization, community work, partnership creation, and social and inclusive value are predominant concerns in our daily activities.

Over these 22 years, we have established the company as a contemporary artistic creation structure through dozens of show proposals presented nationally and internationally, whether they are our own creations or collaborations with other national and international cultural structures and entities. Our premise is to provide space for the creative freedom of our artistic team, ensuring the existence within the structure of various languages and diverse visions that unite in the common goal of developing the art of puppet theater. Reflection on social fragility issues and a keen eye on traditions and heritage form the basis of the Company's dramaturgy, consolidated in distinct yet simultaneously convergent perspectives.

Dialogue with diverse audiences and the involvement of creation in different contexts and spaces, as well as the intersection between entities and structures, is fundamental, creating multidisciplinary proposals aimed mainly at artistic communication with audiences. Noteworthy is our collaboration with numerous educational services in the implementation of activities in institutions such as monuments, museums, and heritage buildings.

links

• ei.marionetasmandragora.pt
• loja.marionetasmandragora.pt
• marionetasmandragora.pt
• facebook.com/marionetas.mandragora
• instagram.com/marionetas_mandragora
• youtube.com/@MarionetasMandragora

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Artistic creation is an act of sharing, communication, exposure, but also of kindness and giving, where the word gratitude takes on an enormous dimension when in this creation we think that it is said at the most important moment of the story's narrative. We would like to thank everyone present and all those who showed their appreciation for the work done.

The book “ALMA livre”, which accompanies the show, was also presented, and we had a conversation between the writer Clara Ribeiro and the illustrator Rúben Gomes, namely the director and the artistic director. It was an excellent moment that allowed a broader communication of the message behind this creation. Freedom, April 25th, a stance against war, in favor of protecting children above all else.