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Program
> Performances > Bulgaria |
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"Love and Snowflakes" |
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The Snow Child
Puppet Show
Age: 3+
40 minutes
Artist: Julia Tasheva
Company: Classika Theatre
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The Queen of the Snowflakes pays a visit from the icy North, bringing with her a heart-warming fairy tale of an old couple that yearns for a child of their own. Through the magic of love, their wish brings a snow child to life! This charming winter story is told by the multi-talented puppeteer/artist Julia Tasheva, using a variety of inventive puppets and accompanied by the original music and songs of composer Dimitar Naumoff.
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Learn more:
Adapted by Stephen Shetler from an original Russian story, Snegurochka, and directed by Lilia Slavova and Julia Tasheva. Composer: Dimitar Naumoff. Design: Julia Tasheva (set, puppets, costumes) and Lawson Earl (lights).
About the performer:
Julia Tasheva holds a master’s degree in puppetry from the National Academy of Film and Theater Art in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an award-winning puppeteer, having won Best Actress in the Bulgarian National Puppetry Awards for her role as Pinocchio. Ms. Tasheva is also an accomplished mime who has toured Europe with the Theatre for New Forms and Balagan Mime Theatre. An award-winning visual artist, she has an extensive background in a wide variety of puppet systems, as well as experience with acting, pantomime, teaching, and directing throughout the Washington metro.
Ms. Tasheva has designed puppets and sets for Kashtanka and Beauty and the Beast at Northern Virginia Community College, and for Alice in Wonderland, Matsukaze, The Snow Child and The Story of the Lost Sock at Classika Theatre, where she is the resident puppet coach.
In addition, Ms. Tasheva has designed and continues to star in several one-person touring puppet and mime shows, including The Snow Child, Spooky Boo House, and the soon-to-open The Forgotten Birthday.
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