PRESENTATION
At a time when puppet festivals are flourishing successfully in France, it was vital that Nice, a cosmopolitan crossroads of artistic influences, should create its own. Visit Théâtre de la Massuehas long been keen to pass on its love of puppetry to local audiences.
FORMA, Festival of Rare Objects and Puppetswas born of the Théâtre de la Massue's desire to promote the arts of puppetry and object theatre in the region where it is based. There are very few events around these disciplines in our region today, and we felt it was necessary to offer the public access to the wealth of work produced by both local and international puppeteers. The aim of the festival is also to enable puppeteers from near and far to come together for a festival to discover each other's work and discuss their respective practices.
This desire also goes hand in hand with an ambition for training and research in these disciplines. A puppet university will be set up as part of the programming of the FORMA but also on an ongoing basis, throughout the year, by organising conferences, training courses, workshops and round tables. The aim of this university and its international presence is to encourage academic, professional and cultural exchanges, with the aim of continually enriching these disciplines and those who explore them.
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PARTNERS
Le Théâtre de la Massue would like to thank all the partners who helped make this first edition of the FORMA With the support of: the Ministère de la Culture - Direction régionale des affaires culturelles PACA, the Région Sud - Provence Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the Département des Alpes-Maritimes, the Ville de Nice, the Comité de Nice de la Società Dante Alighieri, the Institut Confucius Côte d'Azur, the Théâtre National de Nice, L'Entre-Pont, l'Espace Magnan, La Semeuse and the collective Les En-jeux de la Marionnette.
We would also like to extend our warmest thanks to the financial partners who specifically supported this first edition of the FORMA The City of Nice, the Nice Committee of the Società Dante Alighieri and the Institut Confucius Côte d'Azur.
