MARINA MONTEFUSCO

Puppeteer, Producer-director, founder and Artistic Director of the Company LE CLAN DES SONGES

Following on from her theatre studies at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Marina moved to France where, in 1990, she set up her own theatre company. Supported by a faithful team, she wrote, produced and constructed shows in a language capable of reaching the spectator beyond the means of words. Her aesthetic choices veered mainly towards the creation of images, a theatre of metaphors, joining the revival of puppetry in France. Her works have travelled the globe. Amongst the better-known : 'Faux Départ', 'Colère polaire', 'Souvenir d'un pantin' (audience choice award Cannes '98), 'Cargo'... And the trilogy for young audiences : 'La Nuit s'en va le Jour', 'Fragile', 'Cité'.

"I imagine the theatre as a crossing point between reality and fantasy... To be present as the doors open, as hosts of our house of waking dreams. To share, in a close and intimate way, the breathing of the audience, feel their thrills, hear the words escaping their lips, to be captivated by their laughter and their tears."

TOURING SHOWS

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	PRESS BOOK	Arrivederci is a visual and poetic show from 5 years and above.Throughout her childhood in Italy, Marina watched the laundry drying in the sun and held in her memory a fascination for clothes playing and waving about in the wind, for their shadows projected onto the fronts of houses, fanciful and fantastic images. They seemed to be alive when, inflated by the breeze, they tried with all their might to free themselves from the line that held them.
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	PRESS BOOK	‘Bout à bout’ is a story full of poetry and light, for young and old alike.
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	PRESS BOOK	Bella is a timeless figure, part of the everlasting world of hope and wishes. This show speaks of the innermost thoughts of those who, at any age, find themselves living the difficult transition between one state of being and another.
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	PRESS BOOK	The third part, is a fairy tale with an urban theme, inspired by the world of the paintings of Evsa Model, a contemporary New York based artist. Her works are slabs of solid bright colours and geometric shapes.
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	PRESS BOOK	Fragile’ is a poetic portrayal hovering between imbalance and instability. A topsy-turvy world which speaks of the pleasure gained through surpassing one’s own limitations.
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