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Shadow Camp at Firefly: Events Day-by-day
Wednesday 3 July
4:00pm-8:00pm: Shadow Meet 'n' Greet: We'll be in camp, and if you are too you should come on by, have a beer, and help us out as we casually work on some of our own original shadow play ideas for performance later at Firefly, or learn about and sign up for our workshops, or discuss a collaboration (especially if you're a video artist).
Thursday 4 July
12:30pm-2:00pm: Shadow Film Screening: Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Theater of Bali
2:00pm-4:00pm: Workshop: Make a shoebox crankie (after hearing a brief talk about what a crankie is, and looking at some examples)! (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early!)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Workshop: Two-Hour Shadow Play! Our signature workshop, in which the participants are given a story and make a complete shadow play including puppets, set, music, script and lighting, and prepare to perform it in just two hours. The show we make this afternoon will be performed at this evening at 9pm. (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early!)
9:00pm-10:00pm: Evening Shadow Show: To include the day's Two-Hour Shadow Play, live performances by Shadow Camp's members, and special film screenings.
Friday 5 July
12:00-3:30: Shadow Film Screening: Ongoing screenings of Lotte Reiniger's classic silhouette animations will take place starting at noon and continuing through the afternoon while campers make similar pieces in our workshop.
12:30pm-3:30pm: Workshop: Silhouette stop-motion animation: Make your own short stop-motion animation using cut paper silhouettes. All of the animations made in the workshop will be edited into a single reel and screened on Firefly's Open Stage on Saturday evening as part of Shadow Camp's Skit Night. (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early!)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Workshop: Two-Hour Shadow Play! Our signature workshop, in which the participants are given a story and make a complete shadow play including puppets, set, music, script and lighting, and prepare to perform it in just two hours. The show we make this afternoon will be performed at this evening at 9pm. (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early! Tonight's Two-Hour Shadow Play is closed to campers who have already taken part in one -- thanks.)
9:00-10:00pm*: Evening Shadow Show: To include the day's Two-Hour Shadow Play, live performances by Shadow Camp's members, and special film screenings.
*BUG BURN: We will adjust the time of Friday's show to take place before or after the Bug Burn, as necessary.
Saturday 6 July
12:00pm-2:00pm: Workshop: Learn advanced shadow puppet-making techniques, using acetate and leather
and traditional puppet templates. Make strictly traditional puppets or puppets to use in tonight's Firefly-themed Two-Hour Shadow Play. Opportunities will also abound for creating large-scale puppets and shadow dance...dancers especially welcome! (Limited to 15 participants: Sign up early!)
2:15pm-4:00pm: Talk and film screening: Learn about traditional Turkish shadow puppetry and see "Gölgeler ve suretler" (Shadows and Faces), a 2010 Turkish film from director Dervis Zaim that uses the shadow theater tradition as a symbol of cultural unity in turbulent 1960s Cyprus.
4:00pm-6:30pm: Workshop: Two (+ 1/2)-Hour Shadow Play, special Our Firefly Stories edition! Our signature workshop, in which participants make a complete shadow play including puppets, set, music, script and lighting, and prepare to perform it in just two hours. For tonight's special edition, use the extra half hour to record your own stories of your experiences of Firefly, and we'll make a collective narrative that culminates with the ecstatic Temple Burn. The show we make this afternoon will be performed this evening at 9pm. (Limited to 20 participants, plus the 15 puppet makers/dancers from the morning workshop: Sign up early!)
7:00-8:00pm: Shadow Camp Skit Night on the Open Stage: Skit Night will include live and video examples of the work made by Shadow Campers all weekend, with the feature presentation being the complete edited reel from our animation workshop.
9:00-10:00pm*: Grand Finale Evening Show: If you liked what you saw on the Open Stage, please come on back to Shadow Camp for our final evening extravaganza, featuring the Firefly-themed original shadow show, made fresh today!
*TEMPLE BURN: We will, of course, schedule our show to accommodate tonight's burn, as well...stay tuned for schedule updates.
Sunday 7 July
12:00pm: Firefly 2013 ends. :(
Shadow Camp at Firefly: Events Day-by-day
Wednesday 3 July
4:00pm-8:00pm: Shadow Meet 'n' Greet: We'll be in camp, and if you are too you should come on by, have a beer, and help us out as we casually work on some of our own original shadow play ideas for performance later at Firefly, or learn about and sign up for our workshops, or discuss a collaboration (especially if you're a video artist).
Thursday 4 July
12:30pm-2:00pm: Shadow Film Screening: Wayang Kulit: Shadow Puppet Theater of Bali
2:00pm-4:00pm: Workshop: Make a shoebox crankie (after hearing a brief talk about what a crankie is, and looking at some examples)! (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early!)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Workshop: Two-Hour Shadow Play! Our signature workshop, in which the participants are given a story and make a complete shadow play including puppets, set, music, script and lighting, and prepare to perform it in just two hours. The show we make this afternoon will be performed at this evening at 9pm. (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early!)
9:00pm-10:00pm: Evening Shadow Show: To include the day's Two-Hour Shadow Play, live performances by Shadow Camp's members, and special film screenings.
Friday 5 July
12:00-3:30: Shadow Film Screening: Ongoing screenings of Lotte Reiniger's classic silhouette animations will take place starting at noon and continuing through the afternoon while campers make similar pieces in our workshop.
12:30pm-3:30pm: Workshop: Silhouette stop-motion animation: Make your own short stop-motion animation using cut paper silhouettes. All of the animations made in the workshop will be edited into a single reel and screened on Firefly's Open Stage on Saturday evening as part of Shadow Camp's Skit Night. (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early!)
4:00pm-6:00pm: Workshop: Two-Hour Shadow Play! Our signature workshop, in which the participants are given a story and make a complete shadow play including puppets, set, music, script and lighting, and prepare to perform it in just two hours. The show we make this afternoon will be performed at this evening at 9pm. (Limited to 20 participants: Sign up early! Tonight's Two-Hour Shadow Play is closed to campers who have already taken part in one -- thanks.)
9:00-10:00pm*: Evening Shadow Show: To include the day's Two-Hour Shadow Play, live performances by Shadow Camp's members, and special film screenings.
*BUG BURN: We will adjust the time of Friday's show to take place before or after the Bug Burn, as necessary.
Saturday 6 July
12:00pm-2:00pm: Workshop: Learn advanced shadow puppet-making techniques, using acetate and leather
and traditional puppet templates. Make strictly traditional puppets or puppets to use in tonight's Firefly-themed Two-Hour Shadow Play. Opportunities will also abound for creating large-scale puppets and shadow dance...dancers especially welcome! (Limited to 15 participants: Sign up early!)
2:15pm-4:00pm: Talk and film screening: Learn about traditional Turkish shadow puppetry and see "Gölgeler ve suretler" (Shadows and Faces), a 2010 Turkish film from director Dervis Zaim that uses the shadow theater tradition as a symbol of cultural unity in turbulent 1960s Cyprus.
4:00pm-6:30pm: Workshop: Two (+ 1/2)-Hour Shadow Play, special Our Firefly Stories edition! Our signature workshop, in which participants make a complete shadow play including puppets, set, music, script and lighting, and prepare to perform it in just two hours. For tonight's special edition, use the extra half hour to record your own stories of your experiences of Firefly, and we'll make a collective narrative that culminates with the ecstatic Temple Burn. The show we make this afternoon will be performed this evening at 9pm. (Limited to 20 participants, plus the 15 puppet makers/dancers from the morning workshop: Sign up early!)
7:00-8:00pm: Shadow Camp Skit Night on the Open Stage: Skit Night will include live and video examples of the work made by Shadow Campers all weekend, with the feature presentation being the complete edited reel from our animation workshop.
9:00-10:00pm*: Grand Finale Evening Show: If you liked what you saw on the Open Stage, please come on back to Shadow Camp for our final evening extravaganza, featuring the Firefly-themed original shadow show, made fresh today!
*TEMPLE BURN: We will, of course, schedule our show to accommodate tonight's burn, as well...stay tuned for schedule updates.
Sunday 7 July
12:00pm: Firefly 2013 ends. :(