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received the Award for the Best Animation of Puppets of the
"11th. World Festival of Puppet Art 2007"
of Prague, Czech Republic. |
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| L'ECO
DI BERGAMO.
Canellas
wins over the audience and shows uncommon skill, giving the
puppets almost humanlike movements. Solista
is a masterpiece of great virtuosity used to provide entertainment.
Pier Giorgio Nosari. |
LA
PROVINCIA DI COMO.
To
watch Canellas performing with his string-puppets
arouses the emotion that is felt in the presence of a true
master. The Catalan puppeteer shows virtuoso, almost acrobatic
technique, combined with great poetic sensitivity.
Sara Cerrato. |
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ROCAMORA
TEATRE
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presents
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SOLOIST
Award
to the Best Animation at the “11th. World Festival
of Puppet Art 2007”
of Prague, Czech Republic.
With 30 years’
professional experience in the theatre, Cañellas,
Dean
of the Catalan string-puppeteers,
presents, solo and as the tale of a long journey, a
summary of what he has produced for string-puppet theatre.
For
all audiences, with versions for children or family and
for youngsters and adults.
For theaters and open air, fixed in stage, or itinerant
with a pedal tricycle.
DESCRIPTION
Medium-format show for one actor and six
string-puppets.
With the perspective that gives to us
the time and the experience, we have wanted to recover
of some of our previous spectacles, those scenes and
ideas that better worked with our public. Not for doing
a simple repetition, but with the desires to play, to
look for new possibilities, to deepen and to continue
experimenting, since, when locating them in another
context, they open new territories to us to explore.
A trip by our preceding works, in order
to recover sensations, ideas, situations and characters
and to recompose a new puzzle with all those moments
that as much we have liked to share and that as much
the public has thanked for us everywhere.
The show is made up of short stories
and performing acts and may be defined as Variety.
Altogether it is an hour’s humour,
with a great deal of poetry and humanity. To some extent
it sums up the experience of the builder and manipulator
of the string-puppets, considered by the international
critics as one of Europe’s best and most skilful
string-puppeteers.
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INTRODUCTION WITH STRING PUPPET |
approximate duration ... 12' |
This symbolises
the discovery of the string-puppet and the start
of a long journey. The actor takes out a tiny chair
from inside a suitcase, followed by a wooden device
that he observes at length without knowing what
it is for. While he is looking at it, a puppet that
can move on its own gets out of the suitcase. Every
action in his brief performance is geared to displaying
a basic principle of puppet theatre: unstable balance.
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JOHNNY DANCE, TAP DANCER |
approximate duration ... 4' |
A classic exercise
in dance in which rhythm plays the leading role.
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GRANDPA MANUEL WANTS TO DANCE TOO |
approximate duration ... 7' |
As a reaffirmation
that the string-puppets are truly independent, the
grandpa interrupts the show’s natural flow
and forces the actor to allow him onto the stage.
An impressive dialogue arises from their interaction.
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FELIX, THE FIREMAN CLOWN |
approximate duration ... 12' |
This is the most
circus-like moment in which the actor becomes the
ringmaster and the string-puppet’s unwitting
comedy double act partner.
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PEPITA
RETUERTO "LA BAILAORA" |
approximate duration ... 4' |
A professional flamenco
dancer is carried away by frenetic foot tapping
with castanets.
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PIERROT’S DREAM |
approximate duration ... 9' |
A pantomime inspired
by classical ballet in which Pierrot tries to reach
the stars using all physical means available to
him. In so doing he becomes so exhausted that he
falls asleep and in his dream achieves what he wants.
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THE GRANDPA SKATER |
approximate duration ... 12' |
Apotheosis of
the relationship between string-puppet and actor.
The credibility of the theme set forth in the previous
act reaches its height here. The likeable grandpa
has to learn to skate at the actor’s will
and becomes a true picture of a child.
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CREDITS
Author and
direction: .....
puppet design
and construction: .....
props design
and construction: .....
puppet wardrobe:
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actor and
animation marionettes: .....
actress and
stage manager: .....
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Carles
Cañellas
Carles Cañellas
and Col·lectiu d'Animació
Rocamora
and Col·lectiu d'Animació
Rocamora
Carles Cañellas
Susanna Rodríguez |
WHAT THE
CRITICS HAVE WRITTEN :
String
puppets d’auteur
Pier
Giorgio Nosari. L'ECO DI BERGAMO.
22/07/1997
The
Rocamora Company with Solista, a show by the
Catalan puppeteer Carles Canellas, opened the
Festival. The structure is simple: using a diffuse
formula, especially abroad, the show comprises
a series of “numbers”, the leading
characters of which interact with the puppeteer.
This is complicit acknowledgement of old variety
theatre, borrowed from street artists and their
art (acrobats, conjurers, dancers and clowns).
In this case it is performed with puppets and
is done so in open view. There then follows
the most difficult part. Despite the simple
structure, remarkable technical expertise is
required. There is no story to hold onto or
a curtain behind which to hide. The manipulator
is alone in front of the audience. From this
perspective, Solista is a production-demonstration
of technique that should be filmed and shown
in puppet schools, if there are any. Canellas
wins the audience over and shows uncommon skill
in making the puppets’ movements almost
humanlike. He plays with his own role, alternating
moments in which he is involved in the action
with his puppets with others in which he simply
manipulates, literally “disappearing”
from the view of the audience. It also touches
virtuosity, when one of the characters hides
behind his legs and he carries on moving it
without tangling the strings or losing the rhythm.
An excerpt of high quality comparable with when
Gassman recited Hamlet’s monologue standing
on his head at the Teatro Tenda in the 1970s:
only that was an exhibition of virtuosity whereas
on this occasion it is done to enhance the production..
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The
magic face of Catalan string puppets charms
Como
Sara Cerrato. LA PROVINCIA
DI COMO. 24/06/2000
Wonderful
string puppets show and a summer evening in
the open air. There were so many ingredients
at the fourth event that the puppet theatre
festival last night experienced one of its most
intense moments. The programme had already hinted
that Solista, a production by the Rocamora Company
from Barcelona, would be a great event. To watch
Carles Canellas performing with his puppets
arouses the emotion that is felt in the presence
of a true master. The Catalan puppeteer shows
virtuoso, almost acrobatic technique, combined
with great poetic sensitivity. His characters,
from the amiable granddad on skates to the exuberant
Flamenco Dancer and the poetic Pierrot, seem
to come alive. The audience’s attention
and the applause at the end showed they shared
this impression.
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TIMING:
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performance:
1h
stage set up (theatre-lighting): 2h / (open
air-no lighting): 1h
dismantling: 1h |
AUDIENCE:
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all
publics from 2 years upward / maximum recommended
capacity: 300 people |
SCENIC
SPACE: ..... |
may
be staged both in a theatre and outside, with or without
interval / a stage is not required when the audience
is arranged on tiers or in an amphitheatre / a stage
or platform of some 80cm in height is however required
if the audience are in stalls or standing and there
are over 150 spectators
(optimum measurements) width: 6m / depth:
6m
theatre: height 3m
proscenium: without footlights nor great front moulding
on the floor
exterior: wind-sheltered area |
SOUND:
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500w
system with Minidisk and 1 cordless Headworn or Lavalier
microphone systems (control on stage) |
LIGHTING:
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6000w
general lighting is required inside or at night |
CURRENT:
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power
outlet on the stage
minimal potency 2,5kWh + 6Kwh lighting |
SOLOIST
have participated in the following Festivals:
1r FESTIVAL DE TITELLES
PER A ADULTS. PREMIÀ DE MAR. SPAIN
FESTIVAL "VIA COL TEMPO" LUGLIO 1997.
CREMA. ITALY
VII RASSEGNA "ARRIVANO IN PIAZZA!".
BERGAMO. ITALY
FESTIVAL MULTISCENA. I COLORI DELLA SCENA.
VINCI. ITALY
X FESTIVAL DE TÍTERES Y MARIONETAS.
MÁLAGA. SPAIN
9a FIRA DE TEATRE DE TITELLES. LLEIDA.
SPAIN
XIIIè FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE VISUAL
I DE TITELLES. BARCELONA. SPAIN
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO RAGAZZI "LINEE
DI CONFINE". ANCONA. ITALY
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEI BURATTINI E DELLE FIGURE.
GENOVA. ITALY
4t FESTIVAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES. SANT
LLORENÇ SAVALL. SPAIN
COLORI D'ESTATE. RASSEGNA DI TEATRO RAGAZZI.
AVEZZANO. ITALY
AD INVENTARE LE FAVOLE. RASSEGNA DI TEATRO RAGAZZI.
BALSORANO. ITALY
RASSEGNA BURATTINI SOTTO LE STELLE. QUARTU
S.ELENA. SARDEGNA. ITALY
RASSEGNA BURATTINI IN CITTÀ. CAGLIARI
SARDEGNA. ITALY
RASSEGNA BARACCHE, BURATTINI E BURATTINAI.
IGLESIAS SARDEGNA. ITALY
RASSEGNA LE STELLE DI CARTAPESTA. LA MADDALENA
SARDEGNA. ITALY
FIGURIAMOCI III. FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE BURATTINI
E FIGURE. FIRENZE. ITALY
MUESTRA DE TEATRO CALLEJERO. ZARAGOZA.
SPAIN
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEI BURATTINAI.
COMO. ITALY
VI FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE GIOPPINO & CO 2000.
CARAVAGGIO. TREVIGLIO (BERGAMO). ITALY
X RASSEGNA FAVOLE D'AGOSTO 2000. SANTARCANGELO
DI ROMAGNA (RIMINI). ITALY
FESTIVAL PARQUE DE LAS MARIONETAS. PILAR 2000.
ZARAGOZA. SPAIN
IL CASTELLO DEI BURATTINAI DEL MONDO. MILANO.
ITALY
16ème FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES MARIONNETTES
ET FORMES ANIMÉES. FOURQUES. FRANCE
1r FESTIVAL DE TITELLES A CAN SANT JOAN. MONTCADA
I REIXAC. SPAIN
MARIBUR. IX RASSEGNA DEL TEATRO DI FIGURA OTELLO
SARZI. STABIO. TICINO. SWITZERLAND
IV RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO DI FIGURA "SIRMIONE
IN SCENA". SIRMIONE (BR). ITALY
VI FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO DI FIGURA "DI
TUTTI I COLORI". FIRENZE. ITALY
VIII FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE "IMMAGINI DELL'INTERNO"
. PINEROLO (TO). ITALY
VIII RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO DI FIGURA
BURATTINARTE. VERDUNO (CN). ITALY
DOCKTEATER FRÅN TRE KONTINENTER.
MARIONETTEATERN. STOCKHOLM. SWEDEN
MOSTRA RIALLES 2003. CERDANYOLA DEL VALLÈS.
SPAIN
RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE "TEATRO IN CAMPUS"
UNICAL. ARCAVACATA DI RENDE. (CO). ITALY
RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE "FESTIVILLA".
COSENZA. ITALY
XXI FEST. INTERNAZIONALE DEL TEATRO DI FIGURA "LA LUNA
È AZZURRA". SAN MINIATO (PI). ITALY
RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO DI STRADA "SPETTACOLANDO".
CAMPORGIANO (LU). ITALY
RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO PER RAGAZZI "LUGLIO
BAMBINO". CAMPI BISENZIO (FI). ITALY
FORUM UNIVERSAL DE LAS CULTURAS BARCELONA 2004.
ESPACIO KABARET. BARCELONA. SPAIN
FESTIVAL INT. "BURATTINI E MARIONETTE"
OMAGGIO A FAUSTO BRAGA. COLLE UMBERTO (TV).
ITALY
15è FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TITELLES.
GAVÀ. SPAIN
IV MUESTRA TITEREANDO-IKUSTALDIA TXOTXONGILO TXOROAK.
VITORIA-GASTEIZ. SPAIN
MUESTRA TEATRO Y ARTES DE CALLE-ANTZERKI ETA KALEKO
ARTEEN ERAKUSTALDIA. LAUDIO. SPAIN
20ème FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES MARIONNETTES
ET FORMES ANIMÉES. FOURQUES. FRANCE
7a. CONCENTRACIÓ DE TITELLES DEL POBLE ESPANYOL.
BARCELONA. SPAIN
16è FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TITELLES.
GAVÀ. SPAIN
3r FESTIVAL "MONO, ESTACIÓ DE TEATRE
DE MONÒLEGS". CASTELLDEFELS. SPAIN
VI RASSEGNA "BURATTINI D'ESTATE".
CREMONA. ITALY
XVI RASSEGNA FAVOLE D'AGOSTO 2006. SANTARCANGELO
DI ROMAGNA (RN). ITALY
3º Festival Itinerante di Teatro di Figura
"BURATTINI, MARIONETTE, PUPAZZI". BRONI
(PV). ITALY
RASSEGNA BORGHI E BURATTINI "LA PIAZZA DEI
BURATTINI" MILLE FIGURE ANIMATE. BERGAMO.
ITALY
FESTIVAL DE TITELLES. MERCÈ 2006.
BARCELONA. SPAIN
TITERE-06. V FEST. INT. DE TEATRO DE TÍTERES
DE LA REGIÓN DE MURCIA. MURCIA, BENIAJAN.
SPAIN
2n FESTIVAL DE TITELLES DE LA RIBERA. ALBERIC.
SPAIN
MARIBUR. XVI RASSEGNA DEL TEATRO DI FIGURA OTELLO
SARZI. RIVA SAN VITALE, LIGORNETTO. TICINO. SWITZERLAND
10a. FIRA DE TITELLAIRES ROMÀ MARTÍ.
CALDES DE MONTBUI. SPAIN
11th WORLD FESTIVAL OF PUPPET ART 2007. PRAGUE.
CZECH REPUBLIC
RIO LOCO! GARONNE LE FESTIVAL. TOULOUSE.
FRANCE
GUANT 3r FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES
DE L’ALT CAMP. ALCOVER. SPAIN
1r CICLE DE TEATRE DE TITELLES PER A JOVES I ADULTS.
CASTELLBISBAL. SPAIN
13è FESTIVAL DE TEATRE DE TITELLES.
SANT LLORENÇ SAVALL. SPAIN
X FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TITERES. SANTA
LUCIA DE TIRAJANA. GRAN CANARIA. SPAIN
1a FIRA DE TITELLES. SANT MARTÍ VELL.
SPAIN
FESTIVALUL INTERNATIONAL DE TEATRU PENTRU COPII SI
TINERET "LUCEAFARUL". IASI. RUMANIA
3a. MOSTRA DE TITELLES DE MOLLET. MOLLET.
SPAIN
RASSEGNA MARIONETTE E BURATTINI 2009. PARMA.
ITALY
XVI RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI TEATRO DI FIGURA
BURATTINARTE. POLLENZO, MONFORTE D'ALBA (CN). ITALY
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE I ANIMACIÓ
AL CARRER 2010. VILADECANS. SPAIN
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