La Caixa de Imagens, is a box of images. It is a puppet theatre in a room and a miniature stage. The box rests on a tripod, and has two small openings behind two small black curtains, one for the puppets, one for the single spectator who watches a three-minute show. Some scenes are silent, some have dialogue, and the puppeteers wear costumes that are appropriate to the tales being told. La Caixa de Imagens is a Brazilian company based in Sao Paulo. Its origins lie in the travelling box that can still be found in Brazil, and that came from the travelling theatres popular in the streets and at fairgrounds in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe. The Caixa de Imagens conjures up a romantic idea of the squares of Sao Paulo, with the barrel-organ player, old itinerant photographer and chocolate vendor.
Distribution
stage direction Mônica Simões, Evelyn Cristina, Carlos Gaucho et Fábio Coutinho
Puppeteers : Mônica Simões, Evelyn Cristina et Fábio Coutinho
Puppet maker : Mônica Simões
Lighting : Carlos Gaucho
Production
Production : Compagnie Caixa de Imagens
Avec l'aide du : SESC-São Paulo
Le programme brésilien a été réalisé avec l'aide du : ministère brésilien de la Culture, du SESC (Serviço Social do Comercio) de São Paulo, de l'ambassade de France au Brésil, des consulats généraux de France à São Paulo et à Rio de Janeiro, de l'alliance française au Brésil, de l'Association française d'action artistique-ministère des Affaires étrangères et du département des Affaires internationales du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication.
Avec le concours de : Air France