Célia's blog

MOB

2011-11-23T17:49:00.010+01:00

Pictures from the street theatre show "MOB" by Scopitone & Cie.
I was delighted to revival Carmen's role in this beautiful and revisited version of the french opera.
More info about the show on the company website : www.scopitoneetcompagnie.com
_may/october 2011

Camisole

2010-06-04T09:39:00.003+02:00

Plug Story

2010-05-20T12:40:00.006+02:00

Adult workshop : Ephemeral Animation, Movement and Gender Studies

2010-05-07T17:50:00.017+02:00

I had the pleasure to come back in London for an adult workshop hosted by the London School of Puppetry.
The aim of the weekend was to make a piece of work based on ideas about gender combining the use of your own body and animation of objects.
The teachers were Nenagh Watson, english puppeteer who works on "ephemeral animation" of objects, Caroline Astell-Burt, puppeteer & director of studies of the LSP, and myself.

_ april 24th & 25th 2010.

The suitcase piece..

2010-04-08T15:26:00.005+02:00

I have a project since october 2009. I want to create a piece inside a suitcase.
I asked myself why choose such object as a set for puppets.
Because suitcases are a strong symbol around the world. They remind me of travels, escapes, memories.. Things we chose to bring with us to help us remember the past.
This reflection bring me back to my own memories, at least to my family's.
Because they all escaped from their home to go somewhere unknown, the only ting they all had in
common was the suitcases.
Everyone on the planet must have a remembrance of suitcases.
That was the starting point for this piece.
The other desire I had for this piece was to work with objects and music, only.
Objects because a suitcase is full of objects..
And music because I would like this show to be understandable anywhere, and music often speaks
clearer than words.

PUPPETS

2009-10-20T22:13:00.015+02:00

GLOVE

work on an african play ,"Brasserie" by Koffi Kwahulé. Building of 2 glove-puppets inspirated by african modern art and use of founded material and objects.
_2007

HATS & more

2009-10-20T21:50:00.020+02:00

Sisal turban_ 40's fashion inspired, sisal and peacock feathers.

Marie Stuart_ miniaturised hat, initially being wore on the top-right of the head it can now be modulated in many ways.

Molded felt_ exam subject, free guide lines.

Pics : african theatre festival "Les Récréâtrales" _2006

2009-10-20T21:22:00.019+02:00

I had the opportunity to work during 2 months as a set designer for the west african theatre festival "Les Récréâtrales", in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

This pictures were taken during an outside installation created and animated by the set designer crew which purpose was to promote the festival perfomance week. It took place on a roundabout for an entire day and included stencils of the festival logo painted on an old fountain, lime traditional genealogic caribeans ground drawings, human-size characters installed inside 2m by 2m wooden door frames,etc..

STRASBOURG EUROPEAN FAIR : children workshop

2009-09-13T20:20:00.009+02:00

Animation of a puppet-making workshop for children at the Strasbourg European Fair.

_9 sept.2OO9

"La Lune jetée à l'Eau"

2009-08-31T20:29:00.011+02:00

Building and operating of two glove-puppets for the short movie "La Lune jetée à l'Eau / The Moon thrown in the Water" , directed by Loïc Barrère, written by Ada Loueilh, Paris.

Selected by the tv channel Arte, as a part of the Masterclass project.

_june/july 2009

Curriculum Vitae

2009-06-01T00:25:00.015+02:00

CONSTANTINESCO Célia
38 rue de Stosswihr _67100 Strasbourg France
Phone number : +33688745024/ +447531558046
k.leen12@hotmail.fr / constantinesco.clia680@gmail.com
www.cliasblog.blogspot.com
Date of birth : July 18, 1985.

STUDIES & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• 1991/1998 : Ecole de cirque Le Colibrille, Strasbourg, circus training, tap-dance and contemporary dance training

• 2000/ 2002 : Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, drawing and painting training, Strasbourg
• 2003 : A-Levels (Philosophy, French Literature, History, English) Lycée Marie Curie,

Strasbourg

• 2004 : Vocational Training Certificate in sewing, Lycée Professionnel Camille Claudel, Lyon
• 2005 : Vocational Training Certificate in fashion design and hat-making, Lycée Camille Claudel, Lyon
• 2006/ 2007 : Le Théâtre aux Mains Nues, two years of professional training as an actor and puppeteer, Paris (artistic director : Alain Recoing)
• 2007/2009 : Professional Puppeteer Diploma , The London School of Puppetry, London, Great-Britain.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

• 2004 : -costume designer in Mrs Malika Mihoubi’s studio, Lyon ;
- costume designer at Styl’Costumier with Mrs Sophie de Mûlatier, costume rental, Lyon ;
-costume designer and wardrobe mistress on the set of “No drugs tonight” , short movie, Strasbourg.
• 2005 : milliner at Sophie Peirani Créateur (hat-making and jewellery design), Strasbourg.
• 2006 : assistant theatre designer in Burkina Faso for the theatre festival les Récréâtrales, directed by Papa Mahamoudou Kouyaté (theatre designer, graphic designer, painter), Hervé Yamgen (theatre designer, painter, photographer) and Blaise Patrix (plastic artist).
• 2007 : -costume designer, prop manager, set decorator for the feature film “Coline: les amis de mes amis”, Terrain Vague Production, Strasbourg ;
-design and manipulation of puppets and shadow theatre for a show entitled « Suzy Castanouille, la diva des grenouilles ». LUDILUD Company, Paris.
• 2008 : -design and operating of shadow puppets for the short movie "One for Sorrow",
London College of Communication, London ;
-performing solo piece at the Buxton Puppet festival, Buxton, Great-Britain ;
-animation of a children workshop and performance using Rajasthani puppets for Caroline Astell-Burt, London.
• 2009 : -performing solo pieces and collaborative work elaborated with the Wydzial Lalkarski school's students from Wroclaw, Poland at the Copenhagen Puppet Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark ;
-animation of a glove-puppet making workshop for children,at the Ecole Annexe, Séléstat, France ;
-building and operating of 2 glove-puppets for the short movie "La Lune jetée à l'Eau"/"The Moon thrown in the water", selected in the project la Masterclasse hosted by the french-german tv channel Arte, Paris ;
-animation of a glove-puppet making workshop for children at the Strasbourg European Fair ;
-assistant set manager and performer for the Skipton Puppet Festival, Skipton, Great-Britain ;
-performance of "Hand in hand" piece and discussion in english around Macbeth with 13 years old children, Collège Charles de Gaulle, Seltz, France.
• 2010 : -performance of solo pieces (Plug Story & The Beat'Box) for the festival Giboul'off , Strasbourg, France.
-teaching for an adult workshop based on object theatre & gender theme, for the London School of Puppetry, London, Great-Britain.
-from June to December,story-telling with puppets for children aged between 6 months and 4 years old, La Halt'Jeux, Strasbourg, France.
-July, animation of 2 puppet making and animating workshops (glove & rod puppets) for children, Centre Socio-Culturel de l'ARES, Strasbourg, France.
-August, animation of 3 puppet making and animationg workshops (glove & rod puppets) for children, Maisons de Quartier, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
• 2010/2011 : -from October 2010 to January 2011, animation of 2 puppet making and animating workshops for children (rod & shadow puppets), construction and performance of 2 shows, by the participants, Médiathèques de Saint-Dié, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France.
• 2011 : -April, creation of the art collective MAELSTRÖM, organisation of an exhibition and performance of solo pieces (the Suitcase, Camisole & Plug-Story), Le Molodoï, Strasbourg, France.
-from May to August, revival of Carmen's role in the street theatre show MOB by Scopitone & Cie, for the summer tour.
Performing in Sarrebourg, Domloup, Quimper, and in the following festivals :
Les Petits Pois, Clamart / Les Tombées de la Nuit, Rennes / Chalon dans la Rue, Chalon-sur-Saone / Nacht van Wenduine, Wenduine, Belgium / Au bonheur des Mômes, 20st birthday, le Grand-Bornand.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French: maternal language
English: fluent
Spanish: oral and written understanding

SKILLS
• Specific ability to body/physical work
• Ability to vocal work (theatrical and musical)
• Specific ability to manual work and making
• Puppet maker / Set designer / Costume designer / Props maker
• Rapidity in creative proposition and/or execution
• Ability to find technical solutions
• Very sociable

ANIMATION MOVIE

2009-05-31T19:18:00.005+02:00

Since june 2008_Creation of an animation short-movie using real puppetry and animated characters.
Work elaborated and create with Lucile MASSON, illustrator and graphic designer [http://llousse.blogspot.com].

LIP-SYNC IMPRO

2009-05-28T21:35:00.004+02:00

March 2008_School work. Lip-sync impro for a group of children in Scargill Hall, North Yorkshire, England.

CHILDREN WORKSHOP

2009-05-28T20:42:00.006+02:00

March 2009_Organisation and run of a puppet-making initiation workshop for a class of 10-years-old children at the Ecole Annexe (primary school)in Séléstat,France.
Learning of the definition and bases of puppet theatre, look on different types of puppets and operating.Making of a glove-puppet using socks and found objects.

CAMISOLE

2009-05-28T19:20:00.011+02:00

Rod puppets_january 2009_School work based on the theme "gender aware performance"_length: 5mins.
Exploring questions about how women impose to themselves physical changes and what it includes,through object theatre.

THE BEAT'BOX

2009-05-27T13:09:00.004+02:00

Marionette/String puppet_november 2008_School work based on the theme "futurism"_length: 5mins.
How deeply can you believe that a puppet is alive? Could they have a heart like us?..

HAND IN HAND

2009-05-27T12:30:00.002+02:00

Glove/Body puppetry_ january 2008_School work based on the theme "Shakespeare as cabaret"_length: 5mins.
Join the Weird Sisters around the caldron to give Macbeth a lesson..

PLUGSTORY

2009-05-27T11:12:00.002+02:00

Shadow puppets_november 2007_School work based on the theme "found objects"_length: 5mins.
A tale of love & despair, using real objects as shadow puppets.