Project Description
Company entirely dedicated to Puppet, String- Puppet and Object Theatre.
Their shows are aimed at children and families as well as young people and adults.
They perform and teach courses all over the world, being well-regarded internationally, having received awards and distinctions and participated in hundreds of theatre festivals, spread across dozens of countries around the world, and working in up to 6 languages.
Carles Cañellas, professional puppeteer since 1976, dean of Catalan string puppeteers, considered by international critics as one of the best and most skilled European puppeteers, created Els Rocamora (now Rocamora Teatre) in 1982, while he was living and working with his puppets in Italy, after having worked with the Barcelona groups: T.I.Z. (1974-76), Grupo-Taller de Marionetas (1976-78), Col·lectiu d’Animació (1978-80) and the circus Circ-Cric (1980-81). Lecturer at Theatre Institute of Barcelona (2005-06).
In 1987 joined the company Susanna Rodríguez Martí, actress, puppeteer, costume designer, choreographer, former dancer of the contemporary dance companies: Taba (1982-86), Saez-Taba (1986-87) and Trànsit (1988-89). And it is from this discipline that her contribution is fundamental in providing the always transcendental spatial, rhythmic and choreographic perspectives, both in the conception of the show and in the animation of the puppets, especially in Identitats (2016) of dance with puppets, where she signed the choreography.
Both directs Espai Animacions, puppetry initiatives center in Calders.
Awards and acknowledgements received
– Carles Cañellas was named Honorary Member of UNIMA Catalunya. November 2020.
– Recognition Award to the 35 years of Rocamora Teatre, at the 35 TITIRIJAI Festival, TOPIC Tolosa (Spain).
– Award for Outstanding Dramas at the 2nd Nanchong (China) International Puppet Art Week Festival 2017 by Identitats (Identities).
– Career Recognition for Carles Cañellas at the 27a Fira de Teatre de Titelles de Lleida 2016.
– Career Recognition Award to Carles Cañellas at “La Titellada 2012”, 7a Mostra de Titelles de les Roquetes, Barcelona.
– Career Recognition for Carles Cañellas at the IX Festival Internacional de Titelles i Màscares 2011. Esplugues de Llobregat.
– Award to the Best Animation at the “11th. World Festival of Puppet Art 2007” of Prague, Czech Republic, by the show Soloist.
– Career Recognition Award to Carles Cañellas “La Luna d’Argento 2004” at the International Puppet Festival “La Luna è Azzurra” of San Miniato (Pisa) Italy.
– Award “Fem Teatre” from the Council of Barcelona, by the show Negre sobre negre.
– Award to the best Spectacle of the “2a Mostra de Teatre de Titelles de l’Estat espanyol” of Terrassa, by Air Mail.
– Award to the best Theatre Show in the “Biennal d’Art Jove 1985” of Barcelona by Air Mail.
– Public Mention by the Jury at the “XVIIè Festival Internacional de Teatre” of Sitges by the show Air Mail.
… And the most important, the constant recognition of the audiences everywhere.
