DEPARTMENT OF PUPPETRY

The Department of Puppetry of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava was established in 1989. It trains the students in three programmes – Puppetry Directing and Dramaturgy, Puppetry Acting, and PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY.

The PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY was launched in the academic year 1991/92 in cooperation with the DEPARTMENT OF SCENOGRAPHY of the Theatre and Puppetry Faculty (present THEATRE FACULTY). Since the establishment of the Department of Puppetry the students have been trained by the well-known protagonists of Slovak puppet theatre, such as Jozef Mokoš, Anton Vaculík, Andrej Pachinger, ANNA CIGÁNOVÁ, Ján Uličiansky, EVA FARKAŠOVÁ, Peter Cigán and many others. The Department of Puppetry has developed into the laboratory of contemporary puppet or material theatre that is object theatre, figurative theatre, animation theatre or the theatre of puppets. It focuses on the synthesis of visual theatre as the theatre of puppets, actors, figures and objects. The Department of Puppetry has been in existence for 25 years and has trained several major artistic personalities and prepared many high-quality productions that represent the Academy of Performing Arts at domestic and especially foreign festivals (Great Britain, Poland, France, Czech Republic, Moldova, Hungary, Croatia … ).

Compulsory core subjects of PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY for the master’s degree:

• Puppetry
• Puppetry – Graduation Project
• Costume in Puppetry Scenography
• Stage Practice

Optional compulsory subjects of PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY for the master’s degree:

• History and Theory of Scenography
• Graphic Design

Compulsory core subjects of PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY for the bachelor’s degree:

• PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY
• Drawing and Painting
• Puppet Technology
• Modelling
• Graphic Design
• History of Scenography

Optional compulsory subjects of PUPPETRY SCENOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY for the bachelor’s degree:

• Material Culture
• History of Clothing
• Computer Aided Design
• Lighting