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The Language of the Puppet
Special Education Program
The Internal Eye
Jerry the Dragon
Happy Friday
Children´s Theater in Progress
Public Works
Where is Mrs. Gabbai?
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The Language of the Puppet The Language of the PuppetThis yearlong program is designed to assist educators to enrich children's experience through looking at theater intelligently. In three meetings educators preview the plays they have chosen, hear lectures from professionals that are closely related to the play's theme and participate in a creative workshop. Educators discover various aspects of a play; theatrical, visual and textual, through a range of activities designed for kindergarten or school age children. This project began in Kiryat-Gat and Tiberius in 1992. It is based upon a model that was piloted in various neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
The project was made possible through the help of the Jewish Agency, The Jerusalem Foundation and Omanut La’am,
Project Goals:
1. Preparing educators to work with children through the medium of puppetry.
2. To impart the language of puppetry to children.
3. Enrichment of children's imagination and their language of images.
4. Teaching theater and art to young people.
Project Advisors: Dr. Eitai Zimran, Director of the David Yellin Teachers Seminary; Dr. Selina Mashiah, lecturer on theater; Marit Ben-Israel, lecturer on visual theater.
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Special Education Program Puppet theater has a special ability to touch the hearts of children with special needs. The use of puppets, objects, masks and various visual symbols gives these children the possibility of identifying with the characters and their stories because of the variety of dimensions which arise form unconscious imagination and, when needed, to disassociate from them by saying "it is just a puppet". In addition to the plays, the Train Theater story tellers adapt the content of their performance to the needs of specific audiences. Ilanot Grammar School, Kindergartens for the Deaf, Communication Gardens, Reim Grammer School, Broshim Grammar School, ALYN School and Hospital, the Feuerstein Institute, B'nai B'rith and minority populations, are some of the populations that have taken advantage of this countrywide project.
The project takes place in Jerusalem thanks to the generous support of the Rachel Benin Foundation through the Jerusalem Foundation. |
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The Internal Eye This project resulted from the collaboration between the Jerusalem Science Museum and the Train Theater that evolved around the play "A Touch of Light" by Patricia O'Donovan. This play deals with the life of Louis Braille who lived in France in the 19th century. He lost his sight when he was only three year old. Thanks to his bravery and passion for knowledge, Louis Braille invented what is called "Braille" in his name, the written language of the blind that is still used worldwide today. The first part of the program is comprised of an activity in the museum that introduces the relevant exhibitions; teaching physiological, physical and cultural factors that influence sight and investigation into which perspectives influence our perception of reality. For the second part, the children come to the Train Theater to view the play. This program offers an opportunity to raise a child's consciousness to the value of human kind and of the place of exceptional people in society. The project is designed for 1st to 6th grade children through the schools or as a parent-child project.
The project is supported by the generosity of the Jerusalem Foundation and through A Basket of Culture, Municipality of Jerusalem, Education Department. The children of Jerusalem enjoyed this project through the support of The Caesaria Foundation and the Jerusalem Foundation.
The project is designed for countrywide participation. |
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Jerry the Dragon Throughout the summer months activities take place around Jerry the Dragon, the stone sculpture at the center of Koret Liberty Bell Park in Jerusalem - for a symbolic fee or free of charge. These include a story theater and workshops as well as movies shown in the Train Theater hall.
During the summer of 2000 a CD was produced with the participation of Naomi Pulver and Maya Ashbel-Wide telling Train Theater's stories accompanied by the music of Marcelo Pilevsky.
The project is supported by a donation through the Jerusalem Foundation with the generosity of Lord Alex and Lady Angela Bernstein Foundation. |
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Happy Friday The Train Theater, in conjunction with the Jerusalem Municipality Department of Culture provides street events every Friday afternoon to the neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Artists creative in various media are responsible for the activities including puppet theater, dance theater, clowning, creative workshops, music and more, which take place simultaneously and free of charge.
The project is supported by the generous contribution of the Rachel Benin Foundation through the Jerusalem Foundation. |
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Children´s Theater in Progress In 1999 the Train Theater, in conjunction with the School of Visual Theater, offered a course instructed by Marit Ben-Israel. This course was directed to artists and students who nearly completed the process of creating a children’s play under through the Train Theater or the School of Visual Theater. The aim was to facilitate the creation of original quality works for children's theater. |
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Public Works An innovative project involving art in the community, between the public and the privet space. The project takes place for 4 days in the "German Colony” neighborhood in Jerusalem, as part of the International Puppet Festival in Jerusalem, organized by the Train Theater every summer.
Some one hundred and thirty years ago a German typical style colony was built in the border of Jerusalem by the Templars Knights. Today, in the center of modern Jerusalem, lies the German Colony- a vibrant neighborhood, which preserve buildings and stories from the 19ty century. The Train Theater’s artists, interdisciplinary artists and artists from abroad, together with Mercaz Shimshon- Beit Shmuel, joined in a new initiative: a selection of original works that relate to the colony and its secrets. The project holds unique encounters between plastic and interdisciplinary arts to the theatrical world.
In addition, the project offer tours, for both adults and children, which involve the historical and artistic aspects.
The Idea behind the project is the exit from the theater hall to the neighborhood, the neighbors, to new stimulations of content and surrounding: not only to host in the Puppet Festival’s halls, but also to be hosted, to be involved in the daily life, to stimulate and be stimulated, to broaden the limits of the theater towards the neighborhood, to blur the barrier between daily life and art; to offer ourselves, the hosting neighborhood residents and the audience- personal definitions inside the neighborhood identity. |
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Where is Mrs. Gabbai? Streets & Alleys-Theater in Yemin Moshe
The childhood neighborhood of Jack Shvilli serves as the set for a show in clues, which takes place in the streets and alleys of Yemin Moshe. It brings to life past games, songs and sounds, which can still be heard from synagogues. The plot follows the traces of Mrs. Gabbai - a unique character who knew to control seasons and alter moods.
Jack Shvilli, together with Avi Cohen, create alleys-theater in Yemin Moshe. It is a theater which combines wonderful and warm acting, puppets' manipulation, songs and stories, in magnificent views. A unique and original theater.
For the whole family, from age 4
Created by Jack Shvilli
Acting and manipulation: Jack Shvilli and Avi Cohen
Composing and playing: Avi Cohen
Artistic guidance: Naomi Yoeli
Props, costume design, and adaptation for puppets: Shelly Nadashi
Content consultation: Shmil Maayan
Production: The Train Theater |
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