tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20813819123714393102024-03-20T14:13:16.430-07:00Shadow TheatreshadowCengiz Özekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04759937566618159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2081381912371439310.post-70786119735448154392008-09-18T01:30:00.000-07:002009-07-15T05:26:49.002-07:00CENGIZ ÖZEK SHADOW THEATRE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJry3AnkW1BQTjkZTLc5Q2CInDc5-F0zUqBff3PsVwSX8lmasr5edH8Jm_A1HUQ-OcaY9kzJfcCSQEX71hrB1c9ESOeitwOpCcM_b5IoEebEjMCc2fsNVGCdhnEsXPIFNID0qkqCyNuQ/s200/cengizfloor013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJry3AnkW1BQTjkZTLc5Q2CInDc5-F0zUqBff3PsVwSX8lmasr5edH8Jm_A1HUQ-OcaY9kzJfcCSQEX71hrB1c9ESOeitwOpCcM_b5IoEebEjMCc2fsNVGCdhnEsXPIFNID0qkqCyNuQ/s200/cengizfloor013.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre is founded by Cengiz Özek in 1986. The aim of the company is to produce puppet and shadow theatre performances. </span>
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<br />The first production was ‘Dünyayı Sev Yeşili Koru – Love the Earth, Protect the Green’, a play which was based on the shamanistic </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">sources of Karagöz. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">His last creation, a black theatre project, ‘Benim Küçük Yıldızım – My Little Star’ has reached the audience and had very big success in Istanbul. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Having a vast repertoire of classical Karagöz plays, Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre produced its first modern interpretation of Karagoz with ‘Çöp Canavarı – Garbage Monster’ in 1998. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Same year the first Istanbul International Puppet Festival is organised by Cengiz Özek. It was the first attempt in its context with performers and companies from all over the world. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The festival will be organised for 12th time this year with plays, exhibitions and work-shops on puppet and shadow thatre.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre has been invited to many coutries since its foundation and performed more than 500 shows as well as workshops and exhibitions. </span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">- Three shows in Tour -</span></span></span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >THE MAGIC TREE</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeFOeyKWitxiD6I4ywbkVHYc4hx4BCd8JCtShqjvzKGJdlk4IMd9UtV3Fvl1TXfkzI1V4r0MXBFAJaUFsuF-gH38cQA75BH9UrXUTRYmbTEbtb4rq-pcrcXkZSoJd-zO1CEr9hUId7yU/s1600-h/DSC00440.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeFOeyKWitxiD6I4ywbkVHYc4hx4BCd8JCtShqjvzKGJdlk4IMd9UtV3Fvl1TXfkzI1V4r0MXBFAJaUFsuF-gH38cQA75BH9UrXUTRYmbTEbtb4rq-pcrcXkZSoJd-zO1CEr9hUId7yU/s200/DSC00440.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247296247428108210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a brand new and very dynamic piece which is based on the plays of 18th and 19th century. You will find every little detail belonging to a classical Karagöz play. This new play, which is based primarily on motions, is an epic interpretation of the shamanistic characters of the Karagöz plays. Use of word is minimal. The authentic instruments of Karagöz, ‘nareke’ and ‘def’ are placed in the play to underline the dramatic tension of the story. To have a general opinion about an authentic Karagöz play, this is the piece you must watch.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The environmentel structure of the play –concerning the worldwide problems of our time- has a great deal of impact to bond a silent communication with the audience which allowes us to perform frequently on international stages. The Magic Tree, which is in our repertoire for 10 years, has been performed nearly 500 shows. </span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE GARBAGE MONSTER</span></span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MmLTjslEQxzAWlPbQNO2J7kYmROoV5pzc4SlI7cnPhM3AwP1H0-ISc9oEBqZkQFR_PIVE8WO0nqO73l0wuyN_8EPEA33qEr4DGejPLoB5rPFrpS319q6chfojuTQmmtZlX7dOqbUZKQ/s1600-h/mehmet+resimler+125.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MmLTjslEQxzAWlPbQNO2J7kYmROoV5pzc4SlI7cnPhM3AwP1H0-ISc9oEBqZkQFR_PIVE8WO0nqO73l0wuyN_8EPEA33qEr4DGejPLoB5rPFrpS319q6chfojuTQmmtZlX7dOqbUZKQ/s200/mehmet+resimler+125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247296797428862434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have you ever thrown your garbage into the sea? If so, have you ever thought about what will happen to it?</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There’s a fish who’s job is to clean the seas! He does his job with a great sense of responsibility. This fish has eaten so much garbage and has been turned into a monster. But he is a good hearted monster. He resolutely tries to eat all the garbage and to keep the seas clean. He mostly hates pet bottles. Oh what’s that?! Karagöz is throwing a pet bottle into the sea! And suddenly the monster shows up and faces Karagöz. We’re following the fish under the sea; we’re going into the stomach of the monster; we’re sailing on the sea by Karagöz’s little boat; on a screen 150 x 100 cm. When the naive and attractive vision of all this scenery, comes together with tunes of traditional music, it makes a tremendous and fantastic world of shadow puppets.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Those who watch this fantastic comedy cannot believe that there’s only one person behind the screen to play so many figures.</span>
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<br /><meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>SİHİRLİ LAMBA</title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.2 (Win32)"><meta name="AUTHOR" content="senem"><meta name="CREATED" content="20061003;15430000"><meta name="CHANGEDBY" content="cengiz özek"><meta name="CHANGED" content="20070814;11232700"><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="justify" lang="tr-TR"><span style="font-size:100%;">THE MAGIC LAMP</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="justify" lang="tr-TR"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY166DImvCe4NXQPUiDzVhQlNolNwkrJ07j-o7kAehdGFQ9rC3243tlY5FxSHWr9a0rGJh8PsdSvAfClx_AwC_5X0FqviEXJY_DX9gkdfniaKwa04tB8rTyC5K0ZMe4T_zgR3NzEiREY/s1600-h/Magic+Lamb+1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY166DImvCe4NXQPUiDzVhQlNolNwkrJ07j-o7kAehdGFQ9rC3243tlY5FxSHWr9a0rGJh8PsdSvAfClx_AwC_5X0FqviEXJY_DX9gkdfniaKwa04tB8rTyC5K0ZMe4T_zgR3NzEiREY/s200/Magic+Lamb+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247716487370529778" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="justify" lang="tr-TR"><span style="font-size:100%;">We adapted “Magical Lamp” from Famous Danish children writer Andersen’s “Thump Girl”. In this way, we have given a new style to Karagoz by moving outside of its own world</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" align="justify" lang="tr-TR"> <span style="font-size:100%;">Hacivat finds a lamp and takes it to Karagoz to have it cleaned. In old lamps usually a genie lives. But this genie is not a bad genie. Karagoz can ask whatever he wants. He has only 3 wishes. However, Karagoz is so indecisive that he turns as little as a thump. Poor Karagoz comes across giants; crow, frog, snake, mole, rat, stork. He asks about his lamp to all of them. But not everybody has good intensions. And from clouds to earth, through water, under bad weather conditions his adventure waits for him. In the end gold hearted genie saves him from this situation. Karagoz returns to his normal height and uses his wishes for his friends' happiness and health. Happy End!</span></p>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" >THE FESTIVALS WHICH CENGIZ OZEK PERFORMED</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILk_lBqUdixbBocMfM33YOSYbtCK0ST3BOHc4-SrwuAA9EfebbfG200qMgIZ26dvGFSqaWX0A0PkBYv_Q2jC6WuH1wR_ZBS4SXx5XBOJSxZPqbTruzSljSst_QFO21Wcmi639sY5N4T0/s1600-h/DSC03665.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILk_lBqUdixbBocMfM33YOSYbtCK0ST3BOHc4-SrwuAA9EfebbfG200qMgIZ26dvGFSqaWX0A0PkBYv_Q2jC6WuH1wR_ZBS4SXx5XBOJSxZPqbTruzSljSst_QFO21Wcmi639sY5N4T0/s200/DSC03665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258088156009497058" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Since 1989,</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >He performed around</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >5 continents</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >25 countries</span>
<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >75 towns</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here are the last 8 years:</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2009
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<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Festival La Macchina Dei Sogni – Palermo, Italy
<br />Festival Animar – Monserattoi, Sardinia, Italy
<br />2009 Turkish Year in France, Café Turk – Museum Louvre, Paris, France
<br />Internationaler Theatersommer im Lindenfels Westflügel – Leipzig, Germany
<br />Kukart Puppet Festival - St. Petersburg, Russia
<br />Istanbul International Puppet Festival – Istanbul, Turkey
<br />Festival of Solo Puppeteers – Lodz, Poland (Magic Tree: UNIMA Poland Award)
<br />Linz 09, Extra Europe – Austria
<br />French School Festival – Istanbul, Turkey</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >
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<br />2008</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Castale Mare Puppetfestival - Napoli, Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barese Puppetfestival – Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Arlekino Domani – Milano, İtaly</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sarospatak Puppetfestival – Hungary</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Book Festival – Seoul, Korea</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Art Festival- Taiwan</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Titirimundi Puppet Festival- Segovia, Spain</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Izmir Puppet Days – Izmir, Turkiye</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Istanbul Puppet Festival- Istanbul, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">23 April International Fair of Children – Amsterdam, Hollanda</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Days – Rome, Italy</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2007</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Children’s Festival - Neapolis, Tunus</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The new year of the societies- Lecce, Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Afife Festival – Viyana, Portugal</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Eskisehir Festivali – Eskisehir, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Eskisehir Festivali – Eskisehir, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Welcome Ramadan – Köln, Almanya</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kıbrıs Olive Festival – Girne, Cypros</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival- Santiago de compostela, Spain </span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Le Festival Figure – Rome, Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Vertrag Pannopticum -Vienna</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Black and White - İmatra/Finland</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Glasgow Puppet Festival2007 - Scotland</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dynamic Puppet Festival2007 - Birmingham-England</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Istanbul Puppet Festival – Istanbul, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. International Izmir Puppet Days - Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">23 Nisan Hollanda Turk Senligi - Holland</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2006</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lahor International Festival, Pakistan</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The turks in the middle of Asia and Europe- Trento/ Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Girne Olive Festival, Girne, Nord Cyprus</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">World Puppet Festival, Charleville – Mezieres, France</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Theatre Festival, Nord Cyprus </span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Children Theatre Festival, Antalya, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Sarospatak Puppet Days, Sarospatak, Hungary</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Multikids International Children Festival, Vienna, Austria</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">IX International Puppet Festival, Istanbul, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Chidren Theatre Festival, Bosnai, Sarayevo</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2005</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Chidren Theatre Festival, Neapolis, Tunisia</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Days of Traviso Culture, Traviso, Italy </span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lahor International Puppet Festival, Pakistan</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival, Izmir, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">VIII International Alternativ Theatre Festival, Szeged, Hungary</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Punch Festival at Wiener Prater , Austria</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">World Festival Of Puppet Art, Praga, Check Rep.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">VII International Puppet Festival - Istanbul, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Children Theatre Festival - Marrakech, Maroco</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Turkish days - Strasbourg, France</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival - Tirana, Albania</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2004</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Chidren Theatre Festival, Neapolis, Tunisia</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">X International Puppet Festiva - Teheran, Iran</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">V International Puppet Festiva - l Colle Umberto, Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">VII International Puppet Festival - Casale Montferrato, Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">VI International Puppet Festival - Locarno, Swizerland</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">IV International Puppet Festival - Ovar, Portugal</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">III International Puppet Festival - Famalicao, Portugal</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">VII International Puppet Festival - Istanbul, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Puppets days - Cali, Colombia</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Puppets days - Hanoi, Vietnam</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2003</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival ,Mistelbch, Austria</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival Beirut, Lebanon</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Van –Istanbul meetings, Van, Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tunis, International Children Theater, Tunisia</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Istanbul International Puppet Festival , Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Evora International Puppet Festival, , Portugal</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2002</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival - Wels, Austria</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Amsterdam Turkish Theater Festival - Netherlands</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Istanbul International Puppet Festival - Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Prague International Puppet Festival - Czech Rep.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rijeka Puppet Festival - Croatia</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">International Puppet Festival - Barcelone, Spain</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tolosa International Puppet Festival - Spain</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Gijon International Puppet Festival - Spain</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Alicante International Puppet Festival - Spain</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2001</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Vienna Turkish Days - Austria</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Istanbul International Puppet Festival - Turkey </span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Catanya International Puppet Festival - Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Naples International Puppet Festival - Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chicago International Puppet Festival - USA</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Incanti - Torino, Italy</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Bursa International Karagöz Festival - Turkey</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2000 </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Atatürk Association, 23rd April Celebrations - Germany</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Istanbul International Puppet Festival - Turkey</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Vienna International Children Festival - Austria</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lahor International Puppet Festival - Pakistan</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mistellbach International Puppet Festival - Austria </span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Strasbourg Days of Turkish Culture - France </span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >BIOGRAPHY</span>
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JjnnwK2FMlnjcLR13tKZRvvjMs2HP7M0u9vllGNo3K_RVSI1fZzO0WO6vTE_exiDZdXKt2qftMtkqn0z7vtynF0_NB-fbKxFJZHo0S6HD8sVamNNMza9ZeJRgRW7jHD6WD-Sew1xx8U/s1600-h/DSC03687.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2JjnnwK2FMlnjcLR13tKZRvvjMs2HP7M0u9vllGNo3K_RVSI1fZzO0WO6vTE_exiDZdXKt2qftMtkqn0z7vtynF0_NB-fbKxFJZHo0S6HD8sVamNNMza9ZeJRgRW7jHD6WD-Sew1xx8U/s200/DSC03687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258092376008540290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Born in Istanbul, in 1964. Graduated from the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Univ</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ersity of </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Istanbul.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Participated to a numerous work-shops and courses in Mimar Sinan University, Traditional Turkish Ornement Arts Dept. and learned about ‘tezhip’, ‘miniature’, ‘kalem-işi’ and restoration in the Turkish Ornement Arts Course given by Prof. Dr. Süheyl Ünver. He assisted to the restorations of several historic buildings as a supervizor.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In High school he learned the fabrication of Karagöz figures from his teacher Ali Kıyak. He scanned several museums and private collections in order to enrich his knowledge about the subject. Today his own products, his own Karagöz figures ( made by camel leather ) and collections are exhibited in many museu</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9-GDxbNdMGnipt4dAEzEcre1kwEmk1KRGW64OVRdVjgAi_DT6GsJ4iY7U_ZQJl5xtCgTQ6dlQci0PlqlgzzQNTWNZFTE97fkInNkxwyO4yXx_nlMZvG6prp39aRVvqd1RM6j79WwlYE/s1600-h/cengiz+%C3%B6zek.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9-GDxbNdMGnipt4dAEzEcre1kwEmk1KRGW64OVRdVjgAi_DT6GsJ4iY7U_ZQJl5xtCgTQ6dlQci0PlqlgzzQNTWNZFTE97fkInNkxwyO4yXx_nlMZvG6prp39aRVvqd1RM6j79WwlYE/s200/cengiz+%C3%B6zek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247294071847541346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ms, mainly Holland National Museum.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He performed Karagöz plays, opened exhibitions, organised work-shops and gave seminars on the subjects in numerous international festivals. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He assisted to the foundation of Turkish Stage Arts Museum. He was the museum’s counselor on Traditional Turkish Theatre and related subjects.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He worked in several theaters in Istanbul as manager, actor, assistant director and director. He designed many decors and posters for very well known plays. He founded and managed the Galeri Kenter; a gallery which supports the young artisits and situated in the lobby of Kenter Theater Kenter. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As a member of UNIMA, Özek founded Cengiz Özek Shadow Theater. The object of the company is to present modern plays which are originated from traditional Turkish theater techniques and to perform shows about puppet theater. He has also been awarded by UNIMA by means of his supports to the Turkish Puppet Theatre.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He gave lessons in the School Of Karagoz which is founded by Çocuk Vakfı ( Foundation of Child ). He became the pioneer of a younger generation to get them interested in the subject and to approach the Karagöz in a modern way. Later on he was awarded ( the Karagöz Award ) becuse of his work. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In 1998, he organized the first Istanbul International Puppet Festival. The main object of the festival is to introduce different styles of puppet theater to turkish audience. It is an annual festival and is very popular nowadays in Turkey. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Istanbul International Puppet Festival will have reached its audience for the 12th time this year, in may.</span>
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<br />In 2008 he recieved the honorary award "Best Traditional Performance" for the production "Garbage Monster" by UNIMA Hungary.
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<br /></div>Cengiz Özekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04759937566618159687noreply@blogger.com0