Maira Coelho (Brazil)
Maíra Coelho has been an artist and puppeteer since 1992. She has studied in Brazil with international masters in puppetry, theatre and cinema and has collaborated with various different theatre companies in Brazil as a puppeteer, set designer and costumedesigner. Together with Paulo Balardim she created The Titeretoscope, a mini puppet show. She was also art director for a number of short animated films that were awarded prizes for art direction.
Maira Coelho – Titeretoscope – Performance
Since 1994 Maira Coelho has been developing the ‘Titeretoscope’, a miniature puppet theatre inspired by the first projector of moving images, the Cinematoscope, invented by Thomas Edison. The ‘Titeretoscope’ is a miniature theatre on top of a tripod reminiscent of those early cinema machines and each performance is for one person at a time. Maira has created neumerous mini-productions, which last about a minute, and the Titeretoscope will be performing for adults and children at all throughout the festival at various venues.
