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In Charleville, France, at the biggest puppet festival in the world, imagine my pride overhearing audience members proclaiming “genial!” (genius) “les marionettistes du Calgary.” They were talking about The Old Trout Puppet Workshop. For the lucky seventh Festival, for the first time, we are thrilled to present the Old Trouts on stage in not one, but two different shows, the world-renowned Famous Puppet Death Scenes, and the brand-new Trunk Puppet. The Old Trouts and I share a long and sordid history stretching far beyond their ranch house genesis. So it is with confidence and great expectation that I pass the IFAO torch to Bob Davis and Peter Balkwill. Thanks to IFAO’s artists, volunteers, and hard-working staff for the great times and all the wonderful memories.
Xstine Cook, photo by Sean Dennie. See pg 23
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4 Letters of Welcome 5 Muerte Pan Alley Carnival 6 Pigs in A Canoe, Petits Cochons dans un Canot 7 The House By the Lake 8 In the Workshop, Polystyrene Workshop 9 The White Woman, Giving Life to Material Lecture 10 Famous Puppet Death Scenes 11 Trunk Puppet, CAMP 12 Schedule & Ticket Information 14 Ms. Sugarcoat 15 Dolly Wiggler Cabaret, Mooky Cornish 16 Online Auction 17 Sagowsko 18 Human Automaton Theatre Arcade, Handmade Puppet Dreams 19 Animovies, Prairie Puppet Underground & The River 20 Aboriginal Youth Animation Project, Learning Component 21 Thursday Thinking, Breakfast With Sleepy Artists, Puppetry for Green Screen, Moving and Making Puppets 22 CAOS in the School 23 Who’s the Puppet Now?, Animating the Spirit
Puppets Rule - Xstine Cook CAOS is a non-profit charity dedicated to the art of mask, puppetry, and animated objects. We spearhead community art projects like Spirit of White Buffalo, a giant white bison puppet created with inmates in Drumheller Institution, and Spirit of the Bluebird, an animated film honouring Blackfoot murder victim Gloria Black Plume. Check out CAOS’s new book Who’s the Puppet Now? on page 23.
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FESTIVAL INFO 403.266.1503 • animatedobjects.ca Theatre Junction GRAND SHOWS 403.205.2922 • theatrejunction.com LEGION SHOWS • brownpapertickets.com PIGS IN A CANOE • eventbrite.ca BOX OFFICE Tickets available at venue one hour before showtime. Cash preferred. *Member ticket pricing for students, kids under 12, seniors and unemployed. Children under 2 free.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Becky Scott President Sean Dennie Vice-President Yvonne Jobin Treasurer Megan Hodgkinson Secretary Kerry Clarke Director Mooky Cornish Director Kyle Hinton Director Xstine Cook Founding Director
STAFF Xstine Cook Curator & Artistic Director Sarah Scott Assistant Producer Thomas Hall Production Manager Kelly Phelan Marketing & Media Heather Cook Volunteer Coordinator Alyssa Ellis Fundraising Andra Louie Ad Sales P. Moller/Egg Press Co. Graphic Design Sean Dennie Photography
Carl Spencer Animovies Curator Neil Evenson Videography TEAM LEADERS Catherine Cartmill Info Booth & Merch Cherie Ratte Front of House Megan Evans Décor Adele Sanoy Single Volunteers of Calgary Becky Scott Online Auction Giang Trinh Youth Central Volunteers
CONTACT US CAOS (Calgary Animated Objects Society) 1030 – 20 Ave SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 1M6 • 403.266.1503 • animatedobjects.ca • office@animatedobjects.ca Check us out on Twitter: @puppetflogger #puppetYYC • facebook.com/animatedobjects • Instagram: animatedobjects_yyc Cover photograph by Sean Dennie • Design P. Moller / Egg Press Co. TICKET INFORMATION & SCHEDULE ON PAGES 12 &13
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LETTERS OF WELCOME
On the road to Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, we have a wonderful opportunity to celebrate everything that makes this such a remarkable country—including our rich cultural heritage and the festivals that bring vitality to our communities. Our Government is proud to support events like the International Festival of Animated Objects that showcase Canadian excellence and highlight the diversity of arts in our country. With its wide array of performances and outreach activities, this festival allows audiences to experience the fascinating world of puppetry, masks and all things animated.
On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I would like to thank the Calgary Animated Objects Society and all the organizers, volunteers and artists who helped bring this year’s festival to life.
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En route vers le 150e anniversaire de la Confédération, en 2017, le moment est bien choisi pour célébrer tout ce qui fait du Canada un pays remarquable, y compris notre riche patrimoine culturel et les festivals qui amènent tant de vitalité à nos communautés. Notre gouvernement est fier de soutenir des rencontres comme l’International Festival of Animated Objects, qui met en lumière l’excellence canadienne et la diversité de notre scène artistique. Par ses prestations en tout genre et ses activités de sensibilisation, le festival permet au public de découvrir l’univers fascinant des marionnettes, des masques et des objets animés. Au nom du premier ministre Stephen Harper et du gouvernement du Canada, je remercie la Calgary Animated Objects Society et tous les organisateurs, bénévoles et artistes qui donnent vie au festival de cette année.
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On behalf of my City Council colleagues and the people of Calgay, I am pleased to welcome the artists, patrons, and supporters of the seventh biennial International Festival of Animated Objects. Calgarians are once again fortunate to have this opportunity to watch some incredibly creative and innovative performers transform the ancient art forms of mask and puppetry. Artists from around the world will showcase their unique talents for audiences of all ages. I commend the people of the Calgary Animated Objects Society for organizing this festival and to the many sponsors for contributing to Calgary's evolving reputation as a progressive artistic community. Best wishes for a successful and enjoyable festival and for many more years of enlightening entertainment.
CONJURING IMAGES OF JUKE JOINTS AND OUT-OF-BODY-EXPERIENCES Join us at Legion #1 for a rip snortin’ fundraiser with Domestic Bear and Muerte Pan Alley. Guitarist Bob Keelaghan and drummer Jason Woolley (half of Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir) are joined by virtuoso bassist Rob Oxoby, stomping big holes in the floorboards as Muerte Pan Alley. • muerte-pan.com PLAY GAMES AND WIN PRIZES IN THE CARNIVAL ALLEY
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 Doors at 9 pm, Band at 10 pm The Legion # 1 • 116 - 7 Ave SE • 18+ • $20 advance / $25 door Power, more precisely, powerful is what lunges out from a wailing, slide guitar and howling vocals...brutal and glorious at the same time. –Beatroute Magazine
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Masks & puppets by Xstine Cook, photography by Sean Dennie
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PIGS IN A CANOE A N D O T H E R WAT E R Y S T O R I E S
Alice Nelson and a variety of fun puppets explore humankind’s intricate relationship with water. The younger set will love hilarious stories, historical anecdotes, and fascinating facts. Check out the online study guide with activities to enrich the experience! PETITS COCHONS DANS UN CANOT Alice Nelson et un nombre varié de marionnettes uniques explorent l’humanité et sa relation complexe avec l’eau avec histoires hilarantes, anecdotes historiques, faits fascinants. Un guide de travail en ligne suggère des activités pour enrichir la connaissance. Idéal pour les élèves de la maternelle à la sixième année ou pour les familles.
WP PUPPET THEATRE SOCIETY A touring company based in Calgary, WP creates original shows for schools & families, using puppetry to engage and animate curiosity about the world we live in. WP also produces Puppet Power, an international conference series that examines the power of puppetry in the social issues of our time. SAVE THE DATE! Puppet Power 2016, May 27-19, 2016. wppuppet.com/pigs-in-a-canoe *Turn to page 21 for Panel discussions with Artistic Director Wendy Passmore
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 11 am in English • 2 pm en français La Cité des Rocheuses, 4800 Richard Rd SW • Ages 4 -10 & families $15 regular / $10 children / $5 for City of Calgary Fee Assistance Recreation Pass Holders Tickets through EventBrite • Cash only at door • 45 min
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An original and highly imaginative piece that succeeds in creating a delicate and beautiful theatrical world. –Shai Bar Yaakov, Yediot Arohonot
FROM THE DEPTH OF UNSPEAKABLE MEMORIES Through a haunted gaze, a cabaret singer tells the story of three sisters forced to hide in a tiny cold room during the Holocaust. Waiting for their mother to return, the sisters try preserving a shadow of the life they once knew. While reality’s falling apart, they create a fantastic and absurd world, proving imagination can’t be silenced even in the darkest times. Swinging between musical cabaret and contemporary puppetry for adults, humor and tragedy are woven together for a powerful theatrical experience.
YAEL RASOOLY and YAARA GOLDRING (Israel) Since meeting as students of the School of Visual Theater in Jerusalem, directors Yael Rasooly and Yaara Goldring have developed compelling object and puppet theater for adult audiences. Their images and stories juxtapose a delicate pairing of humour with a terrifying situation. • yaelrasooly.com HAZIRA PERFORMANCE ART ARENA (Jerusalem, Israel) Encompassing theater, dance, video arts, and multimedia, HaZira is an important artistic institution unique to the heart of Israel’s local cultural discourse • hazira.org.il
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 8 pm • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 8 pm Flanagan Theatre, Theatre Junction GRAND • 606 1 Street SW $55 / $45 members • 60 min Not Suitable for Young Children
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For 18 minutes …(a) delicious thriller, reaching a height of comic trashiness that rivals Tarantino. But parents should rest assured: it is safe to bring your children (eight and up nevertheless). A rectangle of polystyrene on a rod is all you need for the task (with the help of two brilliant and very discreet puppeteers)... It’s sheer madness, clever, brilliant! –Catherine Makereel, Le Soir
IN THE WORKSHOP THE MISHAPS OF A PUPPET UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHO TAKES A STAB AT FINISHING THE JOB ITSELF
Tof THEATRE COMPANY (Belgium) Starting in 1986, Alain Moreau‘s TOF THEATRE originally created work for adult audiences. Often without words, the shows are now conceived for a wider public, enjoyed by all ages, and occasionally taking to the street. toftheatre.be * Turn to page 21 for Thursday Thinking Panel with Artistic Director Alain Moreau. * Catch Alain in the Saturday night Dolly Wiggler Cabaret. See page 15 for details.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 8 pm FRIDAY, MARCH 13 6 pm, 7 pm, 8:30 pm SATURDAY, MARCH 14 11 am, 12 pm The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW • Recommended for Ages 8+ $15 reg / $10 members & kids under 12 • 18 min
LEARNING COMPONENT: POLYSTYRENE WORKSHOP* After viewing In the Workshop, flock to the Legion, grab a set of carving tools to begin sculpting your own puppet under TOF THEATRE’s guidance. Clearly an hour is not enough to complete a puppet, however, you will have the keys for finishing it up at home, and the inspiration to bring it to life.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2pm The Legion #1, Upstairs • 116 - 7 Ave SE • Recommended for Ages 8+ $35 regular / $25 members & kids • 60 min • *Participants must have first seen In the Workshop.
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Solitude can be a special place, or a world so small it fits in her suitcase. Silent, slow and deliberate, steering away from a linear narrative, The White Woman is a poetic and visual performance, without words. Examining the close relationship between performer, object, and viewer, the show centers on a character living in a world filled with puppets, images and allegories. The black-and-white tones inspire layers of meaning while The White Woman shares an intimate moment with you. Avec La femme blanche, la solitude est un espace privilégié. Avec un silence et une lenteur délibérés, et à des lieux du récit linéaire, La femme blanche est une performance poétique et visuelle, sans paroles.
Photographs by Isabelle L’Italien
MAGALI CHOUINARD (Montreal) A multidisciplinary artist and creator of The White Woman, Magali Chouinard has presented in different festivals worldwide. Teaching arts and scenography for over 25 years, Magali now focuses on puppetry, building, manipulation, and initiation. She uses the poetry of images and puppets to represent a multifaceted human experience. Artiste multidisciplinaire, Magali Chouinard a créé la femme blanche qu'elle présente dans différents festivals à travers le monde. Elle utilise l'image poétique et la marionnette pour symboliser les multiples expériences de l'intériorité. magalichouinard.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 9:45 pm SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 3:30 pm, 6 pm SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1 pm The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW • All Ages $15 regular / $10 members & kids • 30 min LECTURE - DEMO
LEARNING COMPONENT: GIVING LIFE TO MATERIAL Learn techniques on giving life and character to a puppet, how to represent feelings, and how to make a puppet breathe. Magali will talk about her influences and creative process, leading participants through a playful workshop on puppet manipulation. (puppets supplied).
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 10am The Legion #1, Upstairs • 116 - 7 Ave SE All Ages $25 reg / $15 members & kids • 60 min
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FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES The Old Trouts return with their classic show. After many years on the road in Europe, the US, and the rest of Canada, they’ve grown wrinkled and semi-feral, but they’ve come home with a promise: to cure your fear of death. Say goodbye to anxiety about difficult choices, dreaded birthdays, and desperate pleas for immortality through fame, art, or progeny. With their collection of famous scenes from the absolute best puppet shows in history, including Edward’s Last Prance, from The Ballad of Edward Grue by Samuel Groanswallow, and the unforgettable Bipsy’s Mistake, from Bipsy and Mumu Go to the Zoo by Fun Freddy, the Trouts will deconstruct your traumatized psyche and reconstruct it so death means nothing. In a way, they promise ever-lasting life, through a puppet show. That’s right. THE OLD TROUT PUPPET WORKSHOP (Calgary) In the blustery winter of 1999, with the dreaded Y2K looming, a gang of childhood friends huddled on a southern Alberta ranch, seeking mutual protection in case of apocalypse. With the simple reasoning the world will always need puppetry— even in the face of an economic and technological collapse— they founded the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, and premiered to a bunkhouse full of cowboys and Hutterites. Ever since those uncertain, savage days in the wilderness, the Old Trouts have toured the world with their puppets, written and illustrated books, crafted immense sculptures, taught eager young apprentices their secrets, and made films. The Old Trouts also form half of trance-blues band, Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir. Next up (if the world doesn’t end), a show in a Roman amphitheatre in Lyon, France.
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theoldtrouts.org Visually stunning and endlessly entertaining. –LA Times One of the best shows of the year… not to be missed. –The Globe & Mail *Turn to page 15 to catch many Old Trouts in the Dolly Wiggler Cabaret.
Photograph by Jason Stang
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 8 pm SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2 pm, 8 pm SUNDAY MARCH 15, 2 pm The Flanagan, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW • Recommended for 14+ $39 regular / $20 members • 70 minutes Shows continue Tues –Sun until March 28
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WHAT IS THAT STRANGE SCRATCHING SOUND? Oh! That trunk is opening! Trunk Puppet lifts the lid off the BIG BOX OF LIFE containing our creative spirit, pushing the boundaries of how we experience puppetry. By releasing the
imposed control of the puppeteer, letting the puppet have a life of its own, what wonders and mysteries, hilarity and havoc will be unleashed? CAOS is proud to support the world premiere of Trunk Puppet, a brand new work, co-produced with Montreal’s Festival de Casteliers. theoldtrouts.org
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 7 pm • SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2 pm The Legion #1 • 116 - 7 Ave SE Recommended for ages 5+ • $15 reg / $10 members & kids • 50 min
CAMP photography by Jason Stang
*Turn to page 21 for a panel discussion with Old Trout Artistic Director Peter Balkwill, and a puppetry workshop with Anne Lalancette.
CAMP The Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry is a new institution based in Calgary. Dedicated to training and developing the stylized physical forms of performance and object manipulation, CAMP’s mandate fosters the next generation of artists inspired by these forms of theatre and storytelling. CAMP’s objective is to found a centre that will enable all of these activities. Join our CAMP! Email pete@theoldtrouts.org to pitch in. TICKET INFORMATION & SCHEDULE ON PAGES 12 &13
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SATURDAY, MARCH 7 11am PIGS IN A CANOE AND OTHER WATERY STORIES Performance by WP Puppet Theatre (Calgary) La Cité des Rocheuses • $15 Regular / $10 Members & kids $5 for City of Calgary Fee Assistance Recreation Pass Holders 45 min • 4 -10 & families 2pm PETITS COCHONS DANS UN CANOT Performance en français by WP Puppet Theatre (Calgary) La Cité des Rocheuses $15 Regular / $10 Members & kids $5 for City of Calgary Fee Assistance Recreation Pass Holders 45 min • 4 -10 & families SUNDAY, MARCH 8 & MONDAY MARCH 9 LEARNING COMPONENT: OUTREACH TALKS & WORKSHOPS To book an artist in your school or community, contact wppuppet@telus.net, 403.619.2501 TUESDAY, MARCH 10 7:30pm, 9pm HUMAN AUTOMATON THEATRE ARCADE Vintage Room, Theatre Junction GRAND $2-$5 avail. at door only • 2-9 min • General 8pm THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE Performance by Hazira Performance Art Arena (Jerusalem) The Flanagan, Theatre Junction GRAND Tickets: $55 regular / $45 members • 1 hr General, not suitable for young children, disturbing content WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 9pm HUMAN AUTOMATON THEATRE ARCADE Vintage Room, Theatre Junction GRAND $2-$5 avail. at door only • 2-9 min • General 7pm HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS: VOLUME VI COLLECTION Screening of new puppet films, curated by Heather Henson (USA) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members • 85 min • 14+ 8pm THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE Performance by Hazira Performance Art Arena (Jerusalem) The Flanagan, Theatre Junction GRAND $55 regular / $45 members • 1 hr General, not suitable for young children, disturbing content 9:30pm HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS: “BEST OF” COLLECTION Screening of puppet films, curated by Heather Henson (USA) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members • 60 min • 14+ THURSDAY, MARCH 12 12:30pm THURSDAY THINKING PANEL Chrystene Ells, Kenn McLeod, Alain Moreau, Alice Nelson, Moderated by Wendy Passmore Royal Canadian Legion #1, Upstairs $15 regular / $10 members • 60 min • 14+ • Light lunch provided
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THURSDAY, MARCH 12 continued 5pm, 5:45pm, 6:45pm, 8:15pm HUMAN AUTOMATON THEATRE ARCADE Vintage Room, Theatre Junction GRAND Tickets: $2-$5 avail. at door only • 2-9 min • General 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 8pm IN THE WORKSHOP Performance by Tof Theatre (Belgium) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members & kids 18 min • 8+ 8pm Ms. SUGARCOAT Performance by Alice Nelson Royal Canadian Legion Branch #1 $20 regular/ $15 members • 1hr • 14+ 9:15 pm ANIMOVIES Animated film screening, curated by Carl Spencer (Calgary) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members • 1 hr • 14+ FRIDAY, MARCH 13 5:30pm, 6:15pm, 7:15pm, 8:45pm HUMAN AUTOMATON THEATRE ARCADE Vintage Room, Theatre Junction GRAND $2-$5 avail. at door only • 2-9 min • General 6pm, 7pm, 8:30pm IN THE WORKSHOP Performance by Tof Theatre (Belgium) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members & kids 18 min • 8+ 6:30pm Ms. SUGARCOAT Performance by Alice Nelson (Calgary) Royal Canadian Legion Branch #1 $20 regular/ $15 members • 1hr • 14+ 8pm FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES Performance by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop (Calgary) The Flanagan, Theatre Junction GRAND $39 regular / $20 students/seniors/unemployed 70 min • 14+ 9pm MUERTE PAN ALLEY CARNIVAL MUSIC • CARNIVAL GAMES Royal Canadian Legion Branch #1 $20 in advance / $25 at the door Doors at 9pm, band at 10pm • 18+ 9:45pm THE WHITE WOMAN Performance by Magali Chouinard (Montreal) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members & kids 30 min • All Ages SATURDAY, MARCH 14 10am BREAKFAST WITH SLEEPY ARTISTS PANEL Peter Balkwill, Berny Hi, Sandra Lamouche, Rowan Pantel, Alice Nelson • Moderated by Wendy Passmore Royal Canadian Legion #1, Upstairs $15 regular / $10 members • 60 min 14+ • Light brunch provided
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1pm THE WHITE WOMAN Performance by Magali Chouinard (Montreal) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members & kids 30 min • All Ages
Pigs in a Canoe • eventbrite.ca Tickets available at venues one hour before show time. Cash preferred. FESTIVAL INFO: 403.266.1503 or visit animatedobjects.ca
2pm TRUNK PUPPET New show by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop (Calgary) Royal Canadian Legion #1 $15 regular / $10 members & kids 50 min • Family
*Member ticket pricing for students, children under 12, seniors and unemployed. Magali Chouinard, The White Woman, photo by Patrick Argirakis. See Pg. 9
CAOS MEMBERSHIP Members of CAOS receive member pricing and benefits. Sign up online, or at IFAO info booth at the Legion March 11-15.
2pm FAMOUS PUPPET DEATH SCENES Performance by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop (Calgary) The Flanagan, Theatre Junction GRAND $39 regular / $20 students/seniors/unemployed 70 min • 14+
$10 Non-Voting, $25 Voting. Mooky Cornish, Dolly Wiggler Cabaret, photo by Sean Dennie. Pg. 15
3:30pm MOVING AND MAKING PUPPETS Workshop with Anne Lalancette Royal Canadian Legion #1, Upstairs $55 regular / $45 member 3 hours • 14+
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3:30 pm PRAIRIE PUPPET UNDERGROUND & THE RIVER Screening of puppet films from Saskatchewan & director’s cut of Bleeding Art Industries’ Arrogant Worms video. Plus a stop-motion show & tell. The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members & kids 60 min • General
The House By The Lake, photo by Nir Shaanani. Pg. 7
5pm HAND MADE PUPPET DREAMS: FAMILY COLLECTION Screening of puppet films curated by Heather Henson (USA) The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND $15 regular / $10 members & kids 40 min • Family 6pm ABORIGINAL YOUTH ANIMATION PROJECT Screening of new animation & Spirit of the Bluebird The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND Free • 45 min • General 7pm DOLLY WIGGLER CABARET Variety show starring Mooky Cornish Royal Canadian Legion No. 1 $35 regular / $25 members 90 min • Mature FEB 1- MARCH 31 Monday-Friday, 10am to midnight ANIMATING THE SPIRIT Xstine Cook (Calgary) • Exhibition of masks and puppets Stride +15 Window Gallery in Arts Commons Free • Ongoing
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FESTIVAL SWAG Groovy IFAO T’s: $25. Cool Buffalo Toques: $20. Get them at the IFAO Info Booth in the Legion March 11-15, or online at animatedobjects.ca
FESTIVAL PASS check online for the deal animatedobjects.ca
VENUE KEY La Cité des Rocheuses • 4800 Richard Rd SW • 403.249.1749 Emmedia Screening Room • #203, 351 11 Ave SW • 403.263.2833 The Flanagan, Theatre Junction GRAND • Main Floor Vintage Room, Theatre Junction GRAND • Second Floor The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND • Third Floor • 606 -1 St SW • 403.205.2922 Royal Canadian Legion (Alberta No.1) Branch • 116 - 7 Ave SE • 403.266.5752 Stride +15 Window Gallery • Arts Commons (Formerly the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts) 2nd Floor, 220 – 8 Ave SE
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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Ms. Sugarcoat is eager to mold the young minds of the future. But university textbooks didn't prepare her for helicopter parents, entitled high-needs students, and political correctness at the cost of telling the truth. When Pat the Beaver shows up, Ms. Sugarcoat’s delicately controlled world threatens to implode. A hilarious original show written and performed by Alice Nelson, Ms.Sugarcoat won the Audience Choice Poll at Sage Theatre's Ignite! Festival. appliedimprov.ning.com/profile/AliceNelson
ALICE NELSON (Calgary) Alice is an actor, playwright, director, theatre educator, puppeteer, improviser, mask maker, clown, and founder of Organized Crime Productions. Alice holds an MFA in Ensemble Created Theatre from Dell’Arte Physical Theatre School in California, and works with the renowned Loose Moose Theatre and WP Puppet Theatre. As a volunteer with Clowns Without Borders, Alice has been on four expeditions to South Africa since 2006, performing and teaching clown to children and communities whose lives have been affected by HIV/ AIDS.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 8 pm • FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 6:30 pm The Legion #1 • 116 - 7 Ave SE • Recommended for 14+ • $20 regular/ $15 members • 60 min
*Catch Alice performing Kelleen Conway Blanchard’s creepy puppet plays in the Dolly Wiggler Cabaret (page 15) *Turn to page 21 for panels with Alice
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Foul-mouthed, darkly inappropriate and hysterical, these puppet skits stole the show –Jessica Goldman, Applause Meter
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FA S T, F U N , F U R I O U S P U P P E T R Y Book your tickets early! Fresh off Broadway from a run with La Soirée, physical comedienne Mooky Cornish returns home to rock the Legion as compère of the Dolly Wiggler Cabaret. An extremely popular night of short form puppetry for adult audiences, you’ll see the best of the fest and new raw material. Catch both teams of The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Tof Theatre (Sat. only), Pape & Taper, Juanita Dawn, Stefanie Wong, Erin Baskerville, the Wind Up Arsenal, and Alice Nelson’s dark and hilarious short plays by Kellee Conway Blanchard.
MOOKY CORNISH (Cumberland) One of the funniest ladies working the international circuit today, this quirky comedienne’s repertoire of talents includes pianist, puppeteer, mask maker and accordion squeezer. The slapstick superstar has captivated over three million spectators worldwide in Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai, and other shows. • facebook.com/DollyWigglerCabaret • mooky.eu • puppetslam.blogspot.ca
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 10 pm • SUNDAY MARCH 15, 7 pm The Legion #1 • 116 - 7 Ave SE • 18+ Licensed event • $35 regular / $25 members • 90 min *Turn to page 21 for panels and workshops with many Dolly Wiggler artists.
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THANK YOU A festival is an unlikely convergence of passionate souls, each contributing skills, talents, and their goodwill to the creation of an extraordinary space where, for a few days, magic happens. To each and every one of our artists, volunteers, sponsors, public funders, and partner organizations, thank you. Thank you for dreaming the impossible, for making the journey with us and for bringing it all together. The House By The Lake pg 7 / Photograph by Nir Shaanani
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Moving and Making Puppets with Anne Lalancette pg 21 / Photograph by Jason Stang
The IFAO’s legendary online auction fundraiser is on! Bid on tantalizing goods, services, and artwork donated by artists, businesses, and festival supporters. Our online auction has something for everyone. AUCTION DONORS AT PRESS TIME: Alberta Theatre Projects • Bike Bike • Bleeding Art Industries • Calaway Park Calgary Circus Studio • Calgary Comic & Ent. Expo • Calgary Folk Festival • Clayground Globe Cinema • Group 933 • Hoop-di-do • James Davidge • Jan & Don Cook Market Collective • Moonstone Gallery • Nadine Charman The Old Trout Puppet Workshop • Quickdraw Animation • R n R Wellness Ronnie Burkett • Sean Dennie Photography • Spectacle Blue Studio Silk Road Spice Merchant • Theatre Calgary • Timothy’s Coffee • Tnik Vertigo Theatre • Yuk Yuk’s • Xstine Cook Visit animatedobjects.ca for the latest items and to bid on our fabulous prizes.
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T H E HOOP ITSELF R E P R ESENTS UNITY, I N CLUSIVENESS A ND EQUALITY
S A G O W S K O Sagowsko was inspired by the Anishnaabe (Ojibway) hoop dance story taught when Sandra Lamouche first started learning to hoop dance in 2005. Pukawiss, the disowned one, was fascinated with nature. His father, who wished he was more like his older brother, a great hunter and warrior, disowned him. Pukawiss left his family and performed for different villages, eventually creating the hoop dance.
SANDRA LAMOUCHE (Lethbridge, Cree) Sagowsko, “bush woman,” is the nickname of Sandra Lamouche, who is a member of the International Dance Council and holds a B.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Lethbridge. Sandra is completing a Master of Arts Degree in Indigenous Studies from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
Sagowsko expresses the sacredness and strengths of Native women, the exploration and discovery of nature, the devastation of loss and disconnection, and finally, feeling the heartbeat of the earth and reconnecting. Sagowsko represents a sort of healing ritual one may experience when able to be oneself, to live in a connected way with identity and the world.
Dance is one of the ways that we reconnect the sacred hoop, which has been broken through colonization and assimilation as we recreate our reality to benefit all of creation.
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I am my ancestors. WE are our ancestors. Not just descendants of our ancestors, but we are experiencing the same things they have experienced for years! We are fighting the same fight. We are being our ancestors, by being ourselves. –Sandra Lamouche
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1pm, 4:30 pm The Legion #1 • 116 - 7 Ave SE • All Ages • $15 reg / $10 members & kids under 12 • 25 min *Turn to page 21 for a panel with Sandra Lamouche.
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HUMAN AUTOMATON THEATRE ARCADE (Calgary) Come early, or stay late, the arcade will be open. Most shows suitable for families, but not all.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 10:30 am, 11:15 am, 12:15 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:15pm, 5:30 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9 pm
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 7:30 pm, 9 pm
SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 3 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 9 pm THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 5 pm, 5:45 pm, 6:45 pm, 8:15 pm FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 5:30 pm, 6:15 pm, 7:15 pm, 8:45 pm
Vintage Room, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW • General $2 to $5 payable at the door 2 to 9 min
Photograph Yamasong, by Sam Koji Hale
Climb the stairs and look for a beckoning hand. Enter a secret arcade of miniature theatres. Cross the palm of each show’s operator with a Toonie or a Fiver. Put on the headphones, and be transported by a brief little puppet show or twisted movie. Prepare yourself for Lilly’s Big Day, run to The Ice Cream Man, capture The Gerbil Who Shot Liberty Vallance, and remember true Friendship lasts.
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HANDMADE PUPPET DREAMS (USA) Catch three dazzling collections of shorts featuring marionettes, shadow puppetry, digital animation and live action puppets in whimsical, thoughtful and bizarre scenarios. Curated by Heather Henson (USA), Handmade Puppet Dreams produces DIY puppet films focusing on real time puppetry performed specifically for the camera. HEATHER HENSON The youngest of Jim and Jane Henson’s five children, Heather curates and distrib-
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utes the HMPD film series, produces the annual Orlando Puppet Festival, creates original environmental theatre spectacles and has a variety of on-screen appearances in major movies. She’s also involved in Puppet Slam, an online networking resource connecting puppeteers and venues.
HMPD Volume VI Collection: Wed, March 11, 7 pm (85 min) 14+
• muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Heather_Henson • samkojihale.com • handmadepuppetdreams.com
The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW $15 regular / $10 members/kids
HMPD “Best of” Collection: Wed, March 11, 9:30 pm (60 min) 14+ HMPD Family Collection: Sun, March 15, 5pm (40 min) Families
Asparagus, by Susan Pitt
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ANIMOVIES (International) ANIMOVIES (International) Explore the mad world of offbeat and strange hand drawn animations from the 70s & 80s. We’ll bring the VHS player, you bring the acid wash jeans.(Or maybe just the acid).
Animovies is part of Emmedia Production Society’s Homegrown Curator Series.
The First Engine, by Ian Campbell
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 9:15 pm The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW Recommended for 14+ $15 regular / $10 members 60 min
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The River, by Bleeding Art Industries
Featured films: Make me Psychic (Sally Cruikshank), Skeletons & Autosong (Al Jarnow), The Doodlers (Kathy Rose), Tempting Fate (Susan Young), Asparagus (Suzan Pitt), Sunbeam (Paul Vester).
CARL SPENCER (Calgary) Carl Spencer is an artist and teacher whose past works have explored systems theory and Process Art through the use of video, sound, and projection, with a focus on the modification of electronic devices.
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PRAIRIE PUPPET UNDERGROUND & THE RIVER (Saskatchewan & Calgary) PRAIRIE PUPPET UNDERGROUND
DIRECTOR’S CUT OF THE RIVER
What do a lonely bus rider, microscopic puppets, and punk tumours have in common? The prairie, where “nothing ever happens.” Prairie Puppet Underground proves this wrong with a new collection of puppet films.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
Calgary’s Bleeding Art Industries creates a whimsical Monty Python-esque stop motion animation to the song, River of Snot by the comedic musical trio The Arrogant Worms.
3:30 pm The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW General $15 reg / $10 members / & kids 60 min
PPU is a collective of indie Saskatchewan artists creating and exhibiting puppetry on screen. Stay for a Q&A with directors Chrystene Ells, Berny Hi, Kenn McLeod, and Rowan Pantel. *Turn to page 21 for more with PPU. • prairiepuppetunderground.com • filmpool.ca • puppetfilm.blogspot.ca
After the screening, Director Leo Wieser and animator Alyssa Moor share secrets and techniques for shooting in 3D and stop motion, using The River sets and props. • bleedingartindustries.com • twistedstories.com • arrogantworms.com
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Art by Lane Ferguson
LEARNING COMPONENT Photograph by Jenn Pierce
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ABORIGINAL YOUTH ANIMATION PROJECT A collection of brand new shorts created during the Quickdraw Animation Society's 2013/2014 Aboriginal Youth Animation Project. Participants ages 18 to 24 learned animation techniques, and created films on issues related to youth, culture, and identity. Featuring: Untitled (April Powder Face), Neighbors (Amber Two Young Men), Norre Athem Sacred of Dragons (Kelsey Two Young Men), Keena (Kes Left Hand), Body and Soul (Ben Pipe Stem), A Special Gift (Christian Boulet), Tales from the 7th Dimension! (Lane Ferguson), Spirit of the Bluebird (Xstine Cook & Jesse Gouchey). SPIRIT OF THE BLUEBIRD Using spray paint on a fence where Aboriginal mother and grandmother Gloria Black Plume was brutally murdered, AYAP graduate Jesse Gouchey paints a large-scale animation of a bluebird in flight. This award-winning film screened at TIFF and over 70 film festivals worldwide quickdrawanimation.ca SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 6 pm The Studio, Theatre Junction GRAND 606 1 Street SW General • Tickets: Free • 45 min
WP PUPPET THEATRE is pleased to coordinate IFAO’s Learning Component. This is a wonderful opportunity for artists, educators, students, activists, and professionals to gain fascinating behind-the-scenes knowledge in public offerings on the following page. To book an artist into your school or community, contact WP: wppuppet@telus.net, or 403.619.2501. Since 2001 WP's Puppet Power event has offered handson workshops, presentations, idea-sessions, and more, generating thought-provoking conversations surrounding controversial and significant social issues. Explore WP Puppet’s full roster of family, community & school programming, at wppuppet.com *Turn to page 6 for WP’s Pigs In a Canoe and Other Watery Stories/Petits Cochons dans un Canot
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P A N E L BREAKFAST WITH SLEEPY ARTISTS Brave, sleep-deprived panellists Peter Balkwill (pg 11), Berny Hi (pg 19), Sandra Lamouche (pg 17), Rowan Pantel (pg 19), and Alice Nelson (pg 14) will face a challenge. They’ll be shown a photo of a person, place or event, and then have three minutes to brainstorm how puppets or objects could be used to interpret that photo. After the artists explain their interesting, exciting and random thoughts, the audience votes on a variety of awards. Moderated by Wendy Passmore (pg 6). (Light brunch provided.) A founding member of Prairie Puppet Underground, ROWAN PANTEL is a Saskatchewan-based visual artist and puppeteer. Turn to page 19 for her short film Fade to Gray. SATURDAY MARCH 14, 10:00 am The Legion #1, Upstairs • 116 – 7 Av SE • Ages 14+ $15 regular / $10 members • 60 min
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W O R K S H O P PUPPETRY FOR GREEN SCREEN This hands-on workshop takes you through a simple green screen shoot, including footage upload, green screen removal, and superimposing puppets into far-out environments. Bring puppets, dolls, or objects to play with, and learn to create movie magic from your own living room.
W O R K S H O P MOVING AND MAKING PUPPETS WITH ANNE LALANCETTE With only newspaper and masking tape, learn to build a puppet and how to move it with sensitivity, then bring it to life through a short story. The doyenne of Montreal’s dynamic puppetry scene shares secrets and techniques on the art of animating objects.
BERNY HI (Regina) Cinemagician Berny Hi demonstrates unique, organic, and evocative effects through controlled camera and projection techniques.
ANNE LALANCETTE (Montreal) In 2007 Anne created her first puppet show Le Grand Cirque Minuscule, a resounding success. She has extensive film, production, acting and voiceover experience, and rejoins the Old Trouts for the creation of Trunk Puppet (see pg 11).
CHRYSTENE ELLS (Regina) An award-winning artist, filmmaker, and animator whose experience spans working on Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and founding the International Puppet Underground Film Festival. SATURDAY MARCH 14, 12 pm Emmedia’s Screening Room • Suite 203, 351 – 11th Avenue SW $55 regular / $45 members • 120 min LIMITED SPACE, REGISTER EARLY
SUNDAY MARCH 15, 3:30 pm The Legion #1, Upstairs • 116 – 7 Av SE • 3 Hours $55 regular / $45 members • LIMITED SPACE, REGISTER EARLY
quickdrawanimation.ca • puppetfilm.blogspot.com • emmedia.ca
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CAOS in the School Let your imagination run wild with a ridiculously fun CAOS Media Art Residency. Create short videos using simple animation techniques, puppetry, and live action. Tackle curriculum goals and gain hands-on experience with technology. Working with a single class, or the entire school, CAOS Media Art Residencies are tailor-made for any age range, and run from 1 day to 6 months. It’s amazing how students who rarely engage could hardly wait for another class with CAOS. – Patricia, a teacher For more information, contact CAOS at office@animatedobjects.ca
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Photograph by Sean Dennie
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WHO’S THE PUPPET NOW?
ANIMATING THE SPIRIT
Pick up this astonishing collection of photographic portraits of the brightest lights in the world of puppetry, mask, and animated objects. Photographer Sean Dennie takes you behind the mask to meet the person behind the art. Who’s the Puppet Now? is a beautiful hard-bound book comprised of over 100 imaginative and revealing portraits, captured by Dennie during six IFAO from 2002-2013. Artists’ thoughts, words, and philosophies accompany the stunning photography.
A mask is a vessel which may act as conduit for characters, spirits, and beings to visit. Using objects from Journey of Ten Moons, a Dell’Arte play about early explorers’ hubris combined with a Yurok legend, Xstine casts Coyote, the trickster, as the central hero and villain of this two month exhibition.
Visit animatedobjects.ca to purchase a copy, or drop by the Festival Info / Merchandise Booth during IFAO. CAOS thanks The Calgary Foundation for their support of Who’s the Puppet Now? and of the Festival Digital Video Archive, which has digitized six years of IFAO performances.
XSTINE COOK (Calgary) A puppet maker, theatre artist, community activist, and filmmaker, Cook studied mask and puppetry in Bali, Italy, France, and the West Coast of Canada. She is a Dell’Arte graduate and a founder of Green Fools Theatre and Calgary Animated Objects Society. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 TO TUESDAY, MARCH 31 Monday to Friday 10 am to midnight Stride +15 Window Gallery Arts Commons (Formerly the Epcor Centre for Performing Arts) 2nd Floor, 220 – 8 Ave SE Free • Ongoing • animatedobjects.ca
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