Jose Navarro - Ritual Scissors Dance

Mystical symbiosis between puppeteer and dancer

An interpretation of the Scissors Dance explored using various puppet techniques rearrangements of traditional music with elements of fusion; it offers a mystical symbiosis between the puppeteer and the dancer, taking you on an exciting journey to the heart of this ancestral Peruvian Andean dance, included on the UNESCO 'Intangible Heritage of Humanity' list.

Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam

From 3 to 7 April, Plein Theater and Cat Smits Company will present the Queering Puppets Festival in Amsterdam!

Since 2022, Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam has offered a stage for genre-transcending forms of visual theatre, object theatre, puppetry and queer perspectives. In the safe space that puppetry creates, everyone can be whoever he, she, them wants. Plein Theater and Cat Smits Company defy the norm with this festival full of colourful visual excesses. Queering Puppets is LGBTIQA+ friendly, feminist, activist and above all, beautiful in its stubbornness! In this third edition, the theme is Weapons of the Weak.