Exchange and transmission are essential elements of the company’s work.
As such, the company offers shadow theatre workshops in a variety of forms and formats. These workshops are proposed in partnership with theatres as an additional component to the company’s performances or in collaboration with schools, cultural organisations and associations.

Aspiring to develop the imaginations of participants, these workshops teach them to work collectively and to develop an artistic discourse on contemporary themes.

Depending on their duration, the workshops offer the opportunity to explore different shadow theatre techniques in greater depth:
- collective scriptwriting, storyboarding - drawing, papercutting and set building - directing, puppet manipulation, acting and voice work - sound diffusion, music and sound effects - shadow lighting techniques

The company also offers, upon special request, customised workshops exploring different media: visual arts, set design, music, etc.

Trop Classe, a week-long immersion with a class of CM2 (10 year olds) at the Théâtre-Sénart, resulting in the production of a shadow theatre sitcom.

Raconte-moi demain, a participatory project on the theme of utopian cities, combining writing, storytelling and shadow projections, in cooperation with Le Bateau Feu, the national theatre of Dunkerque.

Quand la ville dort, les ombres dansent, shadow projections on building façades as part of the Parcours Curieux of La Faïencerie–Théâtre de Creil, with students from the theatre option at Collège J.J. Rousseau and students from the Creil music conservatory.

Demain ton territoire , creation of an installation of animated shadows and a short film about the town of Garges and its imaginary development, with a SEGPA class of 5ème (12 year olds), in partnership with Espace Lino Ventura de Garges-les-Gonesse and the Conseil Régional.

Phare Ponleu Selpak, multidisciplinary workshops combining shadow theatre, music, circus and acting with artists from the art school in Battambang (Cambodia).

Plus many others…

Séline Gülgönen
seline@lesombresportees.fr