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Imaginary Leaps at REmida,Perth WA

Posted on December 10, 2013 by dnapuppetry

Last month, Rachel was artist in residence at REmida, a recycled resources centre in Perth. as part of her research, she invited her friend’s 3 year old to explore the building and all its contents. He was interested in all … Continue reading →

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Applied Puppetry Symposium & Cloud Child at the Little Angel Theatre, Islington, London

Posted on April 29, 2013 by dnapuppetry

Earlier this month, DNA had a wonderful weekend in London, with artistic director Rachel Riggs presenting a practical workshop and presentation about the early years Imaginary Leaps programme development in Western Australia at the Little Angel Theatre and Royal Central … Continue reading →

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DNA at Babies in Museums Conference

Posted on March 27, 2013 by dnapuppetry

DNA were recently asked to deliver a session at an event called ‘Babies in Museums’, arranged by the organisation ‘Kids in Museums’ at Manchester Art Gallery. We were thrilled to be asked, and our Cloud Child Assistant Director Shakera went … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Leaps Programmes 2012 – 2013 Western Australia

Posted on November 22, 2012 by dnapuppetry

Over the past few months, Imaginary Leaps has been engaged in an exciting programme of creative play in partnership with the new Meerilinga Children & Family Centre, Cockburn and Kulunga Aboriginal Kindergarten, Hilton, Fremantle, Western Australia. http://www.meerilinga.org.au/children-parenting/parenting-services Funded by … Continue reading →

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Scitech training session – Thurs May 5th 2011

Posted on May 19, 2011 by dnapuppetry

SciTech’s Outreach team recently had the chance to extend their puppetry skills with DNA’s Artistic Director Rachel Riggs. Rachel was delighted to be able to work with the team, who are all so talented and have a fabulous ability to … Continue reading →

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Better Beginnings

Posted on March 25, 2011 by dnapuppetry

Recently, Rachel went to a training day with ‘Better Beginnings’ similar to Book Start, its an initiative aimed at birth to 3 years and their families, co ordinated by the State library of Western Australia with an independent evaluation by … Continue reading →

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Earlyarts puppetry & music training day, Chester

Posted on March 3, 2011 by dnapuppetry

In January this year Liz & Rachel ran a Professional creative training session for Earlyarts at the Grovesnor Museum, Chester, focusing on confidence building and user friendly puppet making techniques for storytelling in the early years environment. It was a great … Continue reading →