Thomas Zotz (puppeteer)

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Thomas Zotz (born September 2, 1964 in Marktoberdorf ) is a German actor and founder of a puppet theater .

Life

Thomas Zotz, who comes from the Austro-German entrepreneur, artist and scholarly family Zotz , studied from 1989 to 1992 at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts . He graduated from the puppet theater course in 1992 with a diploma. In the same year he founded the PassParTu theater and began touring internationally.

From 2001 to 2004 Zotz lived in Australia, where he participated in the Australian Children's Puppet Theater Festival in Daylesford and the Melbourne Festival The Puppet and Animatronics Summit . His multimedia play Arrivals premiered in 2003 at the international festival 10 days on the island in Tasmania.

The PassPaTu theater has had a permanent venue in Weinheim an der Bergstrasse since 2005 . Thomas Zotz founded the Weinheim Puppet Theater Festival there .

International festival participations

  • International Puppet Theater Festival "Galicreques 2008", Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Int. Puppet theater festival in Ghent, Belgium, 2007
  • Int. Puppet theater festival in Ghent, Belgium, 2005
  • European puppet theater festival in Eupen, Belgium 2005
  • International Puppet Theater Festival in Dolní Poustevna, Czech Republic, 2004
  • International Puppet Theater Days in Mistelbach, Austria, 2003
  • UNIMA 2000 - world festival of puppet theater in Magdeburg, Germany
  • Festival Mondial de la Marionnette 2000 in Charleville-Mézières, France

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Regional Council Tübingen Specialist Unit ( Memento from December 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ International Association of Theater for Children and Young People  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.assitej.de  
  3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.studiengang-figurentheater.de
  4. ↑ Puppet Busker 2007 dag 3 (a) ; Gentblogt July 27, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Zotz, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and founder of a puppet theater
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Marktoberdorf