Monday, June 23 - Friday, June 27

1:00pm-4:00pm

This class is designed for rising Juniors and Seniors in High School

In this weeklong intensive, we will be exploring the art of puppetry by building a furry puppet suitable for Hand and Rod practice (a type most often used on camera). This part of the intensive will involve following and cutting a pattern, hand sewing, glueing and a few other construction methods.

Additionally we will be doing performance based work focused on discovering the nature of animating inanimate objects utilizing movement games, improvisational techniques, and engaging in the fundamentals of puppetry.

Our goal is to understand how to animate any puppet you encounter by the end of the week or at least have a jumping off point to make the inanimate appear to live.

Supplies are provided by instructor. There is a $30 supply kit fee that is included in the cost of this class.

Natalie Lessard decided to be a puppeteer because they discovered it wasn’t physically possible for them to grow up to be a cartoon. Their curious nature led them to a lifetime of interdisciplinary arts, such as drawing, sculpting, painting, sewing, etc. Their goal has always been to create things that would bring more whimsy to the world.

For the better part of a decade they have been building and clothing puppets, curating, producing slams, and performing. They produced The Granite State Puppet Slam which was named Best of NH for New Cultural Event in 2019.

Natalie is excited to share the magic of puppet building and performance with the students of Kimball Jenkins.