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Shadow Theatre: GERMAN SHADOW THEATRE OF SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED
Grimm’s Fairy Tale as a silhouette performance followed by a costume party
Snow White and Red Rose:
The story of two sisters, a bear and a nasty gnome…
Carolin Lindner and Paula Hartmann performed the shadow theatre performance of “Frau Holle” (Mother Holle) last year at the Goethe-Institut Toronto with great success. Their artfully crafted paper figurines and settings are one of a kind and will certainly enchant us this year when the ancient German fairy tale of “Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot” comes to life. The duration of the play is approx. 30 mins. The play will be in German.
Afterwards, we invite everyone to join our fairy tale costume party! We are looking forward to all the colorful costumes of favourite fairy tale charachters – wolf, grandmother, princess or maybe unicorn?! Fairy tales certainly allow for many different magical creatures. Come join the fun!
About the artists:
Carolin Lindner
Carolin is originally from the small town of Mirow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and is a trained theater educator and graphic designer. She has lived and worked in Toronto for over 10 years and works regularly for the local dance and theater company Corpus as a director, costume designer and artistic advisor. She was in charge of the Fairy Tale Worlds exhibition (2012) for the Goethe-Institut Toronto and most recently offered online creative workshops for school classes during COVID time. Together with her partner, she is raising her two daughters trilingually and loves to read children’s books to them in German, English and French.
Paula Hartmann
Paula Hartmann, a self-taught artist and passionate artisan in Toronto, brings her love for storytelling to her whimsical mobiles and pompom jewelry inspired by various cultural traditions. Her creations exude a playful charm and invite the viewer into an ethereal world. Beyond her craft, Paula appreciates the magic of storytelling and knows how much it encourages creativity in children.
Jutta Brendemühl is an arts programmer, advisor and writer with a focus on international cultural relations and encounters. She is the Program Curator at the Goethe-Institut Toronto and serves on the boards of UKAI Projects and the European Union Film Festival Toronto. Jutta is a North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative Collaborator, a fellow of the Toronto Arts Council/Banff Centre Toronto Cultural Leaders Lab, an advisor on the DOK Exchange XR Showcase, as well as a founding member of the Toronto Global Impact Network and SALOON, an international community of women-identifying art professionals.
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