Puppetry and Visual Theatre


The workshop will give directors an opportunity to create original pieces using puppets and objects, movement and design, which are hallmarks of LOCO7's work. Aspects of the workshop will entail participants creating their own puppet, learning how to work with puppets/objects (Restrepo will lend puppets he has created), movement training, and dramaturgy, all used and incorporated towards creating an original performance with emphasis placed on creating linear or abstract stories with little use of spoken text.

About Federico Restrepo

Federico Restrepo was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He began his training of mime and ballet as a young boy with Priscila Welton and Miroslav Kura. His first professional theatre work was dancing with the Ballet National de Colombia in 1983.  He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Dance/Puppet Theatre Company LOCO7, a resident company of La MaMa ETC and has created and performed nine original pieces at La MaMa ETC with subsequent tours throughout the world over these past 20 years. LOCO7's mission has been to develop the use of puppetry as an instrument for the dancer, a style which incorporates dance and design.  www.loco7.org