Marta Pereira

Marta Pereira

 

Marta Pereira is a puppeteer born in Porto (Portugal) and based in Ghent (Belgium).

 

She is a graduate of the École Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières (France), and has been working with several theatre companies as an actress-puppeteer and puppet maker since 2017. From 2022, she set up her own atelier in Ghent, focusing increasingly on puppet making.

 

She regularly leads workshops in puppet making and/or manipulation for a diverse range of audiences and accompanies productions as puppeteer advisor.

Theater companies

 

Cie Tchaïka, Cie l’étendue, Cie Felix Persona, Cie Gare Centrale, collectif Les Surpeuplées, Les Nouveaux Ballets du Nord Pas de Calais, Cie Yokaï, Glitch Cie, Cie Pseudonymo, Le Tas De Sable – Ches Panses Vertes (compagnonnage),…

Studies

 

ESNAM, Charleville-Mézières, France | 2014-17
Diplôme DNSPC spécialité acteur-marionnettiste

 

ESMAE, Porto, Portugal | 2011-14
Licenciatura Teatro – Produção e Design – Cenografia

 

Erasmus Intensive Project, Izmir, Turkey | 2014

Interdisciplinary Intervention and Community Spaces (IICS)

 

Erasmus ENSAD, Paris, France | 2012-13

Scénographie

 

EASR, Porto, Portugal | 2009-11
Produção Artística – Realização Plástica do Espectáculo

Grants & Awards

 

Lauréate bourse VOCATIO | 2022

Métiers et artisanat – Constructrice de marionnettes

 

Bourse Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian | 2015-17

Especialização e Valorização Profissional em Artes

 

Instituto Politécnico do Porto | 2011-12

Diploma de Mérito