The Center for Stories hosts an exhibition celebrating the 15th anniversary of the company Títeres sin cabeza
The Tránsito Space of the Center for Stories presents until January 11 the exhibition ’15 years creating without a head. Stories from the heart told by puppets’. The exhibition aims to bring the public closer to the creative process that usually remains hidden and to advocate for puppet theater as a fully-fledged artistic genre.
The exhibition replicates the atmosphere of the Títeres sin cabeza workshop and guides visitors through an interactive journey of five stages to build a puppet story. Attendees can choose a theme of social and ecological interest, imagine the protagonist of their story, select the most appropriate type of puppet among the different available modalities, design the necessary scenery, and finally develop ideas to set the story in motion.
Each performance represents an opportunity for the audience to discover, through play and imagination, issues that affect all people, a principle that is reflected in the design of the exhibition.
The impact of Títeres sin cabeza in children’s theater
The company was founded in 2010 by Alicia Juárez Sallén and Fernando Martínez de Vega. Their debut took place at the International Puppet Festival of Santiago de Chile with the performance ‘Not without my unicorn’.
Throughout its 15 years of experience, they have developed 14 performances aimed at children, using various formats: glove and object puppets, shadow puppets, tabletop puppets, body puppets, masks, and marionettes. Among their characters stand out Campanula, Tuga, Magdalena and Pablito, Burbuja, and Orihime.
The company has been awarded the Santa Isabel de Portugal Award for the best production in Aragon for children and family audiences in 2022 for ‘How many stars can you count?’ and in 2023 for ‘Diminutive’. They recently received the award for Best Solidarity Artistic Initiative for their program Theater to grow together, aimed at families from Aldeas Infantiles, ARAPREM, AMASOL, and families at risk of exclusion from the Oliver neighborhood.
