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Yeung Faï embodies the last generation of a great dynasty of Chinese puppeteers. His father, a revered master, was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for his “academic and reactionary” art. “The infamy” of the father meant ruin for the family and a miserable childhood for Yeung Faï. After the bloody events of Tian’anmen Square, Faï […]

Now in its fifth year, the Marionnettes en vitrines! walkabout exhibition transforms Outremont shop windows into art galleries! This year the exhibition will present over 100 puppets created by puppet master Micheline Legendre. The puppets will be on display in merchant’s windows on Van Horne, Bernard and Park Avenues. Celebrated Outremont resident and Québec puppetry […]

In an informal setting, four creative teams present their works-in-progress. Au train où vont les choses… – Les Chemins errants (Montréal) Coucou (Cuckoo) – Collectif Graham Soul & Jean Cummings (Montréal) L’effet Hyde – Marcelle Hudon (Montréal) Nomade Soul – Magali Chouinard (Saint-Lambert)

Work in progress presented during the CAFÉ-CAUSERIE – Budding creations! L’effet Hyde is based on the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Written in 1886, this fantastic tale—harbinger of modern psychology—forcefully expresses the duality of the soul. L’effet Hyde makes this chemical thriller its own and tries to expose […]

Work in progress presented during the CAFÉ-CAUSERIE – Budding creations! Nomad Soul is evocative of the character’s perception of, and relationship with its many doubles in a quest for mindfulness… A poetic incarnation of the tensions, impulses and emotions that drive her relationship to herself. Nomad Soul is a journey deep into the heart of […]

Work in progress presented during the CAFÉ-CAUSERIE – Budding creations! The disciplined life inside a cuckoo clock is thrown upside-down when a strange intruder mysteriously appears. Cuckoo, the clock bird, chases after it and discovers a magical world beyond time.

Work in progress presented during the CAFÉ-CAUSERIE – Budding creations! Au train où vont les choses… is the story of Boris, a painfully lonely robot. With just a few words and images, and the poetry of shadow theatre, Boris tells the story of how he lovingly cares for his garden and of the melodies he […]

A touching and elegant reflection on the short life span of stop-motion animation puppets: their creation, life and demise … STEMS received the 2015 McLaren Award for New British Animation at the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival. DURATION: 2 min 24 s TECHNIQUE: Stop-motion Animation

The Mouse is in tears: she hasn’t yet recovered from her encounter with Loup Bleu, and she still has to deal with The Cat’s menacing looks. To make things worse, she learns through the grapevine that HER Carl Béchard had the gall to work on the production of Around the World in Eighty Days … […]

Marionnettes en vitrines! is a walkabout exhibition that showcases the works of dozens of professional companies and artists as well as up-and-coming puppeteers, and close to 500 elementary school students. The puppets will be on display in over 30 merchant windows on Van Horne, Bernard, and Park Avenues, to the delight of thousands of passers-by […]