Puppets, Masks & Performance Art by Varun Narain

A Documentation of past work

Monday, 16 April 2012

Duration: 10 day workshop

for 30 students (aged: 12 - 14)

At a School in Baroda (Gujrat)

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World Puppets Day Parade

Puppeteer Varun Narain: Varun Narain is a queer artist and puppeteer who believes in blurring boundaries. They tell stories about queerness, survival and colonial history through the eyes of non human characters. Among other things, Varun teaches and takes workshops on using puppetry as a tool to raise issues about stereotypes and prejudices. Varun was the first Indian Performance Artist in Residence in Switzerland facilitated by Prohelvetia, The Swiss Arts Council, Nw Delhi. They has trained and studied under the Master puppeteer Neville Tranter. Varun has also worked at the Royal Tropical Theatre in Amsterdam, using puppetry for HIV AIDS awareness in the city of Amsterdam.

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