We invite you to workshops on working with puppets in social practice.
The workshop is a form of training that teaches a method of working with a self-made theatrical puppet, tested in many years of practice. This method is applicable in education, art, therapy, building social harmony and supporting those who need help.
Secondly, it offers the experience of a creative and group process that supports personal development and self-insight, and creates space for self-expression and meeting others. It is an artistic, emotional and cognitive adventure.
During the workshops each participant creates their own theatrical puppet (independently, but under the instructor’s guidance), and then learns to animate it. The next step is working on theatrical stories in small groups. The classes end with presentations of short puppet performances.
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27.02 G.17:30 - 20:30
28.02-01.03 G. 11:00 -14:00
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 14
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REGISTRATION: ZAPISY
WORKSHOPS – LED BY: MARIA SCHEJBAL-CYTAWA
A graduate of theatre studies at Jagiellonian University, psychodrama assistant, theatre instructor and cultural animator, two-time scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Since 1996 she has been running creative workshops, especially using puppet theatre, for a wide range of participant groups. She has worked with teachers, therapists, artists, as well as people with disabilities and those with addictions, in various parts of Poland and abroad – in Italy, Ireland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Armenia, the Netherlands, Thailand, Austria, Germany, Spain and Slovakia.
Since 2001 she has been affiliated with the Bielsko Artistic Association Teatr Grodzki in Bielsko-Biała, where she initiated and carried out a variety of artistic and educational projects. She is the author and co-author of several publications published by Teatr Grodzki devoted to socially engaged creativity.
In the years 2012-2025 she ran an intergenerational inclusive theatre group at Teatr Grodzki, composed of people with intellectual disabilities, deaf, blind and able-bodied participants.
Since 2003 she has been a member of the international organization ASHOKA – Innovators for the Public.
