Jun 06, 2005   

Deborah Hunt: Teatro de M?scaras presents

"MANO Y OBRA"

An Intensive Summer Laboratory 2005
June 20 to July 15 Mondays to Fridays 9 am - 12pm and 1pm a 3pm.
Location: Taller Mongolia (MASKHUNT) in Teatro Estudio Yerbabruja
1104 Brumbaugh, on the corner of Arzuaga, Rio Piedras.

Contact: Deborah Hunt 787 725 2207 o dhunt@caribe.net
Deborah Hunt, mask performer and puppeteer with more than 30 years of experience in the montage and presentation of original theatre works, is offering the workshop Mano y Obra during the months of June and July. The workshop consists of four weeks of constructing different kinds of masks and puppets with an informal presentation at the end. The participants will make face and helmet masks, glove puppets and marionettes. It is an intensive laboratory with emphasis on construction but there will also be sessions in wearing theatrical masks and manipulating the puppets. Experimentation will be constantly emphasized. Enrolment is limited to a small group of participants over the age of 18

Deborah Hunt specializes in the making and theatrical use of masks and puppets. With more than 30 years of experience in the mounting and presentation of original theatre works, she has traveled and performed in New Zealand, England, Japan, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Argentina, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Belgrade, Venezuela and Cuba.
She is the founder of MASKHUNT Inc, a not- for -profit cultural entity and is a member of the Magdalena Project, an international network of women in contemporary theatre. Hunt was born and raised in New Zealand and has worked and lived in Puerto Rico since 1990. Her work is a direct reflection of her personal development and her commitment to extend to everyone techniques, inspirations and practices that support the idea that all thought is creative.

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