Margareta Niculescu
Margareta Niculescu (4 January
Charleville-Mezieres, in Ardennes, and co-founded with Jacques Felix, the National School of Puppetry Arts in that city. In 1978 she won the Erasmus Prize together with other noted puppeteers Yves Joly, Peter Schumann
and the Napoli brothers.
Biography
Born in
folk tradition.[1]
At the same era, the
Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC), and then became director at the Tandarica Theater of Bucharest. At that time she was 23 years old and remained in this position from 1949 to 1986.[1][2][3][4] As director, she received the Erasmus Prize on behalf of the group in 1978, when it was recognized for being "a colourful and imaginative theatre that has had a fertile influence on post-war puppetry".[5]
In 1985–1986, after 37 years as head of the Tandarica Theater, Niculescu (with Jacques Felix) launched the International Institute of Puppetry in
Niculescu died on 19 August 2018 in Charleville-Mézières, France at the age of 92.[8]
Works
- Světové loutkářství : současné loutkové divadlo slovem i obrazem, 1966, in Czech.
- The puppet theatre of the modern world; an international presentation in word and picture, UNIMA, 1967, English and German.
- Puppentheater der Welt; zeitgenössisches Puppenspiel in Wort und Bild, UNIMA, 22 reprints 1965 – 1968 in Germany.
- Marionnettes du monde entier : théâtres de marionnettes contemporains, UNIMA, 1967, French.
- L'avant-garde et la marionnette, 1988, French.
- Die Avantgarde und das Figurentheater, 1993, in German.
- Marionnettes en territoire brésilien, Festival mondial des théâtres de marionnettes, 1994, in French.
- Passeurs et complices (Passing it on), Institut international de la marionnette, in French and English, 2009.
References
- ^ ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "L'art de la marionnette à Charleville-Mézières". www.patrimoinevivantdelafrance.fr. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "Margareta NICULESCU". Portail des Arts de la Marionnette. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ "About Us". Ţăndărică Puppet Theatre. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Former Laureates: Puppet Theatre, 1978". Praemium Erasmianum. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ Various authors (April 14, 2005). "Les 50 qui font bouger Charleville-Mézières". L'Express.
- ^ Rédaction Le Monde (October 6, 1986). "La marionnette entre à l'Université". Le Monde.
- ^ Décès de Margareta Niculescu, co-fondatrice de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Marionnette de Charleville-Mézières (in French)
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