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Touch of Puppet Therapy – Course 1
App. Duration: 6 hours
Fee: Free
In the online course, you will pass through several examples of how to use puppets in therapy. You will pass the online exam to make sure you understand the proceed to the next level. Absolvents of this course will have a solid knowledge in the area.
This course is free of charge, just register and jump in.
- Teacher: Sue Jennings
World of Puppet Therapy – Course 2
Duration: 3× 45 minutes Live lesson
Max. students: 30
Fee: 89 EUR
You have passed the "Touch of Puppet Therapy" course and you have found out that there is much more to be explored. Continue your expertise and understand more with your life Puppet Therapy experience.
- Teacher: Sue Jennings
Deep in Puppet Therapy – Step 3
Duration: 5 days
Max. students: 13
Fee: 890 EUR
Will happen in Prague 11–15 th of July 2024: 890 EUR
In the previous two stages, we learned about the ancient history of puppets and their vital roles in entertainment, storytelling, politics, and society. We have been able to reflect on their application with children and adults to communicate our feelings, illustrate our relationships, and externalize our struggles. The puppet always helps us free thoughts and feelings that are difficult to put into direct words. The puppet does not have to speak but can move, gesture, make sounds, and maybe sink into gloom or dance joyfully.
- Teacher: Sue Jennings
- Teacher: Petr Skacel
Kindergarten Teachers & Puppet Therapy
Duration: 3× 45 minutes Live lesson + 30 min. individual consultation
Max. students: 13
Fee: 150 EUR
We will teach you to build simple puppets and to understand their psychology. Passing this course will better understand what, why, and how kids use puppets.
Masters of Puppet Therapy
Duration: 4× 4 days + 30 min. individual consultation
Max. students: 10
Fee: 10 790 EUR
We will introduce you to the puppet Prague. You will make your own puppet, which we will teach you how to use. You will play in a world-famous puppet theatre in a live performance. We will show you the most valuable historical collection of puppets and many other surprises. All this with the participation of the greatest personalities of contemporary puppetry in the Czech Republic.
You will understand deeply why the puppet has always fascinated human beings and how to use it in therapeutic work at every level.
In addition to the study part, you will practice puppet therapy on real clients.
OFFLINE COURSE
4 x 4 days
Your questions being answered
Your case training
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Puppet Therapy Conference
Duration: 8–10th of May 2025
Destination: Český Krumlov
Fee: 150 EUR
Conference about using Puppet as a therapy tool.
With many experienced experts in the field, we will discuss the topic of the impact of puppets on human life, the awareness of the use of puppets as a tool for communication and therapy.
Build a hand-carved marionette in just a week
The course is suitable for beginners and advanced carvers. In one week you will gain basic knowledge of woodcarving and the technology of building a puppet on thread.
- Teacher: Martin Ruzicka
Learn the craft
Compared to the week-long course, you’ll taste everything to the core. In addition to woodcarving techniques, you will learn how to care for your chisels and choose the right wood. The two-week training will make you a carver capable of really understanding the practicalities of this craft.
- Teacher: Petr Skacel
The basics of carving with your Totem creation
It will bring you to the world of wood hand-carving and straight at the beginning you will taste the most exciting work – carving a head and assembling a totem puppet. During the course, you will learn to unleash your inner creativity into a mass of wood. Totem puppets can be used in our Puppet Therapy courses.
- Teacher: Martin Ruzicka
Consult your project with Petr Puppeteer
Duration: 0.5 hour lesson
Students: 1:1
Fee: 50 EUR
Need to consult your project?
Baby Bonnie Dancing Marionette
Duration: 4+2 hour lesson
Students: max 12
Fee: 290 EUR
Make & Learn to Dance
In the course, you will paint, assemble, and string a marionette from parts. You will learn all the basic tricks to make your own dancing performance.
Mini Anymator Marionette building
Duration: 1.5-hour lesson
Students: 12
Fee: 150 EUR
Making a genuinely functional marionette
Make your own “ANYMATOR” marionette with the leading experienced instructors/puppeteers & discover the magic of puppeteering in 6 hours.
Material for assembly & Refreshment included
We will show you how to build your “ANYMATOR” marionette from ready-made parts. We will varnish the puppet and also create threads for ideal movement. Of course, we will explain how it works and everything you can do with your marionette.
Anymator Marionette building
Duration: 4+2 hour lesson
Students: 12
Fee: 290 EUR
Making a truly functional marionette
Make your own “ANYMATOR” marionette with the leading experienced instructors/puppeteers & discover the magic of puppeteering in 6 hours.
We will show you how to build your “ANYMATOR” marionette from ready-made parts. We will varnish the puppet and also build threads for ideal movement. Of course, we will explain how it works and everything you can do with your marionette.
Consult your performance with Blanka Lunakova
Fee: Price agreement
Have a look at your performance from a proffesional point of view
String & Operate Marionette Puppet
Duration: 3+3 hour lesson
Students: max 6
Fee: 70 EUR
3 additional video lessons & Refreshment included
Understanding the principles of stringing and operating a string puppet
String & Operate Marionette Puppet
3 video lessons
How to string a marionette
How to make basic moves
How to make small rehersal