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WORKSHOP

Object Theatre and Rhythm

with Matija Solce (SI)

24th to 26th October 2026

3 day practical workshop with leading puppeteer and musician Matija Solce for all theater practitioners who would like to explore and incorporate rhythm and musicality in their performances

Suitable for: actors, puppeteers, performers, directors, musicians

The musical perspective of object and puppet animation

Theatre of puppets has the capacity of objectivisation and at same time animation of objects, figures, body, light, space or sound. This capability of changing sources of expression, makes it the most flexible artform, which can change from concert to performance, from visual installation to puppet show, from animator to actor. Any object can be animated and put in a context with the support of simple rules of rhythm and musicality. That is why I avoid using the word “puppetry” (even, if it is very sympathetic to me) but rather “theater of illusive points”, which opens understanding of theater as an illusion, defined by focus of the spectator. This is just the beginning of the musical perspective of puppetry, which can be implemented into almost every creative process, from puppet theater to dance. It is an authorial philosophy, research, based on experiences of performing in contrasting social situations all over the world.

Workshop will be led in the form of training of different techniques, which derive from rhythm, impulses and composition as well as developing situations on music principles. Next part will be orchestration of elements in groups and on other hand individual work on characters. In the third part we will try to build a production, which will be connected with your aim - that can differ from political perspective, to use of material or research of other contextual topics. Maybe there will also be no production, but only a jam session, we will see.

Über den Referenten:

Matija Solce, born 2. 6. 1981 in Slovenia. Musician, puppeteer, actor and director as well as puppetry professor, festival organizer, Matija Solce, finished PhD studies on Alternative Theatre and Puppetry at Prague theater academy (DAMU), on the theme “The musical perspective of puppet theater”.
In his works he closely connects music and theater, and therefore his concerts often turn into interactive theater performances, or his puppet shows become musical compositions. With his accordion and a coffin full of bones, he is traveling around the globe, experiencing venues as extreme as prisons, ashrams, people's bedrooms or big halls of international festivals. So far he has been awarded over 30 times and directed 40 shows.
He leads the annual Ethno Histeria World Orchestra and is programming the international site-specific outdoor festival Floating Castle and Kavč Festival, which happens in people’s flats.

Ort: Kulturverein TRIBÜNE, Bäckerhaus, Mauthausener Straße 7, 4222 St.Georgen/Gusen

Dauer: Samstag, 24. bis Montag, 26. Oktober 2026

Kosten: 180,00 Euro

Kosten Mitglieder: 150,00 Euro

Anmeldung bis: 18. Oktober 2026

Maximal Teilnehmer:innenanzahl: 12