The sun is warm, a gentle breeze is blowing over the pigs’ snouts and the smell of grilled vegetables is in the air. But it’s time to pull our tails out of the native mud and stand on our own little feet. The three pink-tanned brothers will each take a different path. “Bang, clang, wham, click” and the houses are standing. But the wolf’s teeth are sharp and the tin lungs are puffing. A deep breath, then a strong gale… and the houses are gone, just like that! The wolf’s saliva is running and the piglets are shaking with fear. 

The Three handy snouts were created as an INTERSTECTION of puppet theatre and sound improvisation.

Dramatization, direction, set, puppets, acting: Lukáš Tandara

Photo: Lukáš Tandara

LUKÁŠ TANDARA

Actor, puppeteer, clown doctor, occasional set designer, producer of puppets and everything that a nail can be hammered into. He is a member of the Bratislava puppet theatre ensemble, founder of the independent theatre Splinter, member of the theatre and improvisation troupe Carp on the stage and father of a flock of children. He loves wood, paper and clay, and enjoys the outdoors and naturally wacky people.  In the summer of 2016 he did an internship at the American Bread and Puppet Theatre and in 2017/2018 he participated in the European Union’s international improvisation project “Our lives” (Berlin-Copenhagen). He also made his way to the Bratislava Puppet Theatre as the director of the production Stretchy, Googly, Fatty.

The three performers offer an open creative space in which everyone and everything is an important element. They focus attention on the little things that are often not visible at first glance. Imagination breathes from their interactive approach, opening up a whole new universe for children and adults alike. The creators have set out a path that takes us from the fast-paced big world to the small, fragile and vulnerable aspects of our human existence. 

In Microworlds, we are surprised by the INTERSECTIONS of micro objects and movement theatre.

The production won the International Jury Award and the Audience Award at the 29th Czech Dance Platform.  Jazmína Piktorová was nominated for the Thalia Award in the Puppet Theatre category. The production is part of the prestigious selection of the pan-European platform for emerging choreographers Aerowaves Twenty24.

In collaboration with the International festival of contemporary dance Bratislava in Motion. 

Concept: Jazmína Piktorová 

Choreography, interpretation: Jazmína Piktorová, Sabina Bočková

Music: Václav Kalivoda

Dramaturgy: Mária Danadová

Visual collaboration: Simona Gottierová 

Lighting design: Jiří Šmirk

Consultation of magic tricks: Aleš Hrdlička

Consultation and research: Monika Kováčová, Mária Danadová, Alessandro Lumare and Simona Lobefaro – Segni mossi

Production : Wanda Kapralova & ZDRUHESTRANY

Co-production: Studio ALTA Prague, Divadlo Drak Hradec Králové, Divadlo Piki Pezinok

Photo: Adam Mráček

Jazmína Piktorová

Choreographer, performer and lecturer exploring the spheres of physical theatre, dance, acting and clowning. Jazmína’s creative passion is centered on the intersection of education through movement and creation for children, and her long-term ambition is to address themes that challenge both herself and her audience. She made contact with the Bratislava Puppet Theatre in 2016 as a performer in the production On Hen’s Wings, later in the production Mowgli (2021), and at the same time in 2022 she participated in the production RoundAround as a choreographer.

GALLERY

The three performers offer an open creative space in which everyone and everything is an important element. They focus attention on the little things that are often not visible at first glance. Imagination breathes from their interactive approach, opening up a whole new universe for children and adults alike. The creators have set out a path that takes us from the fast-paced big world to the small, fragile and vulnerable aspects of our human existence. 

In Microworlds, we are surprised by the INTERSECTIONS of micro objects and movement theatre.

The production won the International Jury Award and the Audience Award at the 29th Czech Dance Platform.  Jazmína Piktorová was nominated for the Thalia Award in the Puppet Theatre category. The production is part of the prestigious selection of the pan-European platform for emerging choreographers Aerowaves Twenty24.

In collaboration with the International festival of contemporary dance Bratislava in Motion. 

Concept: Jazmína Piktorová 

Choreography, interpretation: Jazmína Piktorová, Sabina Bočková

Music: Václav Kalivoda

Dramaturgy: Mária Danadová

Visual collaboration: Simona Gottierová 

Lighting design: Jiří Šmirk

Consultation of magic tricks: Aleš Hrdlička

Consultation and research: Monika Kováčová, Mária Danadová, Alessandro Lumare and Simona Lobefaro – Segni mossi

Production : Wanda Kapralova & ZDRUHESTRANY

Co-production: Studio ALTA Prague, Divadlo Drak Hradec Králové, Divadlo Piki Pezinok

Photo: Adam Mráček

Jazmína Piktorová

Choreographer, performer and lecturer exploring the spheres of physical theatre, dance, acting and clowning. Jazmína’s creative passion is centered on the intersection of education through movement and creation for children, and her long-term ambition is to address themes that challenge both herself and her audience. She made contact with the Bratislava Puppet Theatre in 2016 as a performer in the production On Hen’s Wings, later in the production Mowgli (2021), and at the same time in 2022 she participated in the production RoundAround as a choreographer.

GALLERY

What can happen, when you put on a clown nose? Workshop of clown and circus stunts and magic tricks with Ľubomír Piktor.

How does one cut out a poem? Do words have colours? Can a rhyme be drawn? Can drawings rhyme? How can you write verses backwards? You’ll find out during the workshop with Miroslava Dudková

Material, substance, object… can they walk, breathe, Materiál, hmota, objekt…. môžu chodiť, dýchať, tešiť sa či byť smutné? Úvod do tajov znakovej reči objektu a materiálu s Petrom Pavlíkom

The production plays with the dog’s view of space, sounds, people and society. A miniature about the life of a puppy as Čapek sees it, and also about the dog’s perspective as Solce understands it. A dog’s life for Dašenka is when someone steps on her tail; in the days before World War II, it was a dog’s life for those who stood up to the growing power of ideology. The American president as a teddy bear, the Holocaust wrapped into a tragicomic kangaroo. The object theatre is enhanced by the improvised creation of music from random sounds. The voice of Čapek’s friend Jan Masaryk, reporting from exile, is interspersed with Nazi mass-media cues. The viewer witnesses the contrast between the lyrical attitude towards the small and naive and the clamour of the media, which imposes its dogmas again and again in the name of truth. From the dog’s point of view, human life is a tragedy that can only be solved by one doctor – Death.

The production is presented with the support of the City of Koper, Slovenia.

Author, set, cast: Matija Solce 

Matija Solce 

Musician, puppeteer, actor and director, professor, festival organizer and activist. In his work, he closely links music and theatre, which is why his concerts often turn into interactive theatre performances or his puppet shows become musical compositions. With an accordion and a suitcase full of puppets, he has travelled all over the world, experiencing extreme places such as prisons, ashrams, private bedrooms and the great halls of international festivals. The number of projects, performances, festivals and awards he has won cannot be counted. He has a unique authorial expression on the border between tradition and modernity, in which the puppetry tradition is highlighted by surprisingly fresh transformations with a touch of popular culture.

GALÉRIA

The band mixes, reworks and transforms traditional folk motifs and songs from all over the world, turning them into new, original pieces and compositions. Their concerts are very lively, almost cabaret-like, and each time different and new, both acoustic and sound, on a large stage or in a very intimate setting. Accordion, cello, trumpet, double bass, violin, cajon and five vocalists.
Six musicians and actors, graduates of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Thanks to their theatricality they are often part of the opening or closing ceremonies of various theatre, film and music festivals (Figurentheaterfestival Wels, Sziget, BTK St. Petersburg, Alfred Radok Awards, Viljandi Folk Music Festival, Skupova Plzeň, Reims, Anifest, Cikl Cakl Sankt Michael, Cibulák, Divadelná Nitra, Puf, Zlomvaz, etc.).

Matija Solce – accordion, composer and arranger
Pavol Smolárik – double bass
Jan Meduna – trumpet
Anička Bubníková – cello
Jiří N. Jelínek – violin
Ivo Sedlacek – cajon