Journées du Patrimoine 2024: puppet and inclusion day at Théâtre aux Mains Nues

The Journées du Patrimoine 2024 are just around the corner, and this year will take place over the weekend of September 21 and 22. Launched in France in 1984, the Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days) enable numerous monuments, museums and historic sites, sometimes closed to the public, to open their doors for the occasion. Through this event, the richness of France's heritage and architecture is celebrated through guided tours, open houses or workshops, as is the case at Théâtre aux Mains Nues with the"puppetry and inclusion" day.

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The Théâtre aux Mains Nues is a Parisian cultural venue dedicated to the art of puppetry. Founded in 1997 by puppeteer Alain Recoing, it is located in the 20th arrondissement of Paris and offers puppet shows for all ages, as well as workshops, training courses and artists' residencies, a preview of which was shown at the "Puppetry and Inclusion" Day for the 2024 Heritage Days.

In addition to its shows, the Théâtre aux Mains Nues organizes courses for amateurs and professionals alike to discover puppetry techniques and the world of puppetry. The Théâtre aux Mains Nues is an important venue for the transmission and creation of puppetry in Paris and throughout France. Want to find out more about this art form? The "Puppetry and Inclusion" Day of the 2024 Heritage Days is just waiting for you.

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The Journées du Patrimoine 2024 program at the Théâtre aux Mains Nues :

• Three unique encounters with puppetry
  Saturday, September 21, 3:00 pm
  

  Journée du matrimoine et du patrimoine
  As part of the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine et du Matrimoine, the Théâtre aux Mains Nues opens its doors to visitors on Saturday September 21st from 3pm to 6pm: guided tour of the theater, its workshop and its collection of glove puppets, followed by a guided tour of the exhibition: Trois rencontres singulières avec la Marionnette in the presence of the artists, and screenings of documentaries linked to the exhibition.
  Come and discover three artistic experiences: the documentary Des visages, des figures (Faces and Figures), which bears witness to a singular artistic adventure conducted by CréatureS compagnie over several months with a group of mentally handicapped adults; puppets created in a workshop orchestrated by Marionnette & Thérapie with the Service Médico-Psychologique Régional de La Santé in Paris; and puppets from a mediation program entitled Mes Petits Doigts m'ont dit (My Little Fingers Told Me), designed by Mathilde Louarn for the very young public at the Centre Pompidou.
  The day will close with a convivial drink.