I had the honour of inviting Indian puppeteer Anurupa Roy to Gadagne - Musée des arts de la marionnette in Lyon.

We gave a masterclass in puppet construction using the papier-mâché technique, as well as an introduction to puppet movement techniques.

At the end of the masterclass, Anurupa Roy gave a talk entitled: Preserving Indian cultural traditions through the puppetry arts.

Many thanks to the Musées Gadagne for their warm welcome and to Été Culturel, DRAC Auvergne Rhône-Alpes for their support.

I introduced student puppeteers in their third year at the Dnipro College of Arts to the art of colourful shadow theatre.

As part of a Franco-Ukrainian cultural cooperation project that I'm running with the support of the City of Lyon and the Institut Français Paris.

During this masterclass in performing arts at Kyiv International University, I worked with the students to explore the relationship between the body, the imagination and scenic objects.

As part of a Franco-Ukrainian cultural cooperation project that I am running with the support of the City of Lyon and the Institut Français Paris.

The mission of this small but very friendly group, the Falcons, is to provide support and comfort to children in difficulty in the Lviv region throughout the year. The aim of the three days we spent together was to give them a few artistic and educational ideas that they could use and pass on to others.

As part of a Franco-Ukrainian cultural cooperation project that I am running with the support of the City of Lyon and the Institut Français Paris.

With the support of the John Paul II parish in Lviv.

I worked with student puppeteers and circus school at the Karpenko-Karyy National University of Theatre, Film and Television on an introduction to colour shadow theatre and the theatre of objects.

As part of a Franco-Ukrainian cultural cooperation project that I am running with the support of the City of Lyon and the Institut Français Paris.

Shadow-colouring workshop and introduction to sculpture for the general public, at the Espace Samuel Paty - Rezo 1901 Lyon.

As part of the Cultural Summer programme, with the support of DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

I ran a shadow theatre and body movement masterclass as part of the international Prizrenfest festival in Kosovo with teenagers aged 15 to 18.

We worked on the personal representation of a tree, and it was remarkable to see how the teenagers projected their imagination through their creation.

Since 2023, I have been running an introductory module on the art of the puppeteer for third-year students at the Ecole de Théâtre de Lyon.

The aim is to give future young artists the keys to understanding and situating their practice within the many aesthetics of contemporary puppetry.

I ran a shadow theatre and body play workshop for Ukrainian families with Ukrainian artist Viktoriia Chepourna at the Espace Samuel Paty, Rezo 1901 Lyon.

As part of the Cultural Summer programme, with the support of DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Lien presse : La Tribune.

I was invited as a professional artist to take part in Frankoscény, a French-language theatre festival for secondary school students in the Czech Republic.

I gave two workshops on artistic practice to teenagers of different nationalities.

As a professional artist, I was invited to take part in the 19th edition of FESTIF, the Festival Egyptien Scolaire de Théâtre International Francophone.

It was a great pleasure to see the themes addressed by the high school students, often linked to gender equality within the family model and the fight against harassment in schools.

I exhibited several of my puppets and ran a shadow colouring masterclass at the independent gallery тю. It was a real surprise to introduce this technique to around forty people, aged from 17 to 80!

This international trip was funded by the European I-Portunus grant.

Mariupol will remain for me a symbol of the fight for an independent Ukraine.

I took part in a masterclass on the art of puppetry with professional actors and actresses at the Kherson Theatre. It was a great way of listening to them and an introduction to puppetry in a theatre where more than 300 people work on a permanent basis.

This international trip was funded by the European I-Portunus grant.

I coordinated 150 hours of educational activities in the elementary schools of the Communauté de Communes du Forez-Est.

With the support of the DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

I led a "movement and puppetry" masterclass with puppeteer Philippe Peyraud at the Theatre of Gjakovë - Kosovo.

With the support of the European Cultural Foundation