Joanne Foley email: foleybergere@bigpond.com Curriculum Vitae Education / Qualifications 1990:Diploma with mention in the Puppetry Arts , Ecole Superieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM),Charleville-Mezieres,France. 1984:Chinese Traditional Theatre Certificate , Central Theatre Institute,Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC). 1983:Mandarin Language Certificate,Beijing Language Institute , PRC . 1981:Bachelor of Arts (English /Theatre Arts),Curtin University, Western Australia (WA). Major Training Workshops 2002:Puppet theatre performance masterclass, Frank Soehnle, Figuren Theater Tubingen (Germany), One Van International Festival of Puppetry, Blackheath, N.S.W. 2001: Clown doctoring, 4th Annual Humour Foundation Conference, Sydney, N.S.W. 1988-90:Artist in Residence programmes, ESNAM, including Roman Paska Theatre for the Birds (USA);Philippe Genty, Compagnie Philippe Genty (France); Raphael Lopez Barrantes, Roy Hart Theatre (France); Claire Heggen , Theatre du Mouvement (France); Francois Lazaro, Compagnie Francois Lazaro (France); Josef Krofta, Drak Theatre (Czech Republic); Henk Boerwinkel, Figuren Triangel Theatre (Netherlands). 1989:African and European Puppet Theatre, International Institute of Puppetry, with Claude Monestier, Theatre sur le Fil , France; Luc Amoros, Compagnie Amoros et Augustin ,France ; Werewere Liking, Ki-yi Mbock Theatre, Ivory Coast; Kanlangei Danaye, National Puppet Theatre of Togo, Togo. Charleville-Mezieres, France. 1984:Manipulation/Animation and Fabrication, China Puppet Art Company, Beijing, PRC. 1983-84:Chinese Opera Face Painting, Cai Zhong Shi,Beijing, PRC. 1979: Artist in Residence programmes, Curtin University, Directors Peter L.Wilson and Greg Temple , Perth , W.A. Scholarships/Grants   2002:Union Internationale de la Marionnette (attend World Puppet Week Festival, Jonquiere, Canada) - ArtsWA Artflight (attend National Puppetry and Animatronics Summit, Melbourne) 2001:ArtsWA ("Have you seen a Dog?" marketing, promotion and showcasing). 1999:ArtsWA ("A Beacon in the Night" creative development project). ArtsWA-Artflight ("Chair" European Street Festivals). 1998:Australia Council (Production "The Call" Artrage Festival ). 1997:ArtsWA-Artflight ("Chair" World Festival of Puppet Theatres,France). ArtsWA (Production "The Call" Artrage Festival ). 1995:Australia Council ("Fields of Gold" creative development project). 1994:Western Australian Department of the Arts ("Fields of Gold" creative development project). 1988-90:The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (studies ESNAM). 1988: Australia Council (studies ESNAM). 1984:The Australia-China Friendship Society (studies PRC). Theatre/Puppet Theatre 2002: actor, Business Unusual and Darwin Theatre Company, "Crab Claw", directors Nicola Fearn and Tania Lieman, remount and touring Northern Territory,.South Australia and Queensland. 2001-2002: Clown doctor, primarily at Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, for the Humour Foundation, Avalon Beach, N.S.W. 2001- present:Co-creator/co-director ( with Penelope Brown)/actor/puppeteer,Foley Bergere, "Have you seen a Dog?", primary school touring in W.A. '01 and '02, and in Victoria and N.S.W.'02, One Van International Festival of Puppetry, Blackheath, N.S.W. 2001-present:Clown Doctor at Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, for The Humour Foundation, Avalon Beach, N.S.W. 2000:Actor/puppeteer,Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and the West Australian Symphony, director Noriko Nishimoto "The Midnight Gang", Awesome International Children's Festival ,Perth, WA. 2000:Creator/actor /puppeteer, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, direction assistance Noriko Nishimoto "Suitcase Frog", Too Hot Youth Festival, Karratha and Perth , WA. 1999:Director/co-creator (with Penelope Brown), Foley Bergere , "A Beacon in the Night", creative development project , Perth , WA. 1998:Co-director (with Phil Thomson and Warrick Williams)/co-devisor/actor/puppeteer , Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and the WA Maritime Museum, "Wrecked Dreams" , Festival Fremantle, WA. 1998:Director/actor/puppeteer, Foley Bergere , "The Call", Artrage Festival , Perth , WA. 1998:Object Manipulation/Animation Advisor , Yirra Yaakin Nyoongar Theatre, director David Milroy, "Booyi Koora Koora", Perth , WA. 1996 and 1997:Actor/puppeteer, Nova Ensemble and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, co-directors Noriko Nishimoto and Phil Thomson, "Éinto the Shimmer Heat", creative development project , Perth, WA. 1996:Actor/puppeteer, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, director Roman Paska, "Moby Dick in Venice", Perth , WA. 1995:Co-creator (with Sandy McKendrick) actor /puppeteer/co-devisor, "Fields of Gold", creative development project , Perth, WA. 1995:Actor/puppeteer/co-devisor , creator Jane Davies, "Joy Hester Project", , creative development project, Perth, WA. 1993:Co-director (with Sandy McKendrick ) actor/puppeteer/co-devisor , project created by and with Ross Bolleter), "Murchison Tango", Perth , WA 1991-93: Actor/puppeteer, La Compagnie L'Olifant , director Bernard Cordreaux, "Le Roman de Renard", Paris, 280 performances throughout France, Marionnettisimo Festival , Toulouse 1992:Actor, La Compagnie Zouak, director Alban Thierry, "D'un Diable qui Precha Merveilles", Ganges , Ales and Montpellier,France . 1990-91:Actor , "Out of Joint (d'apres Hamlet)", director Jean-Marc Herve, creator Nicolas Gousseff, Diploma piece ESNAM , France ; Intermarionett Festival , Saarbrucken , Germany ; World Festival of Puppet Theatres , Charleville-Mezieres, France; Voyage en Marionnette , Rungis , France 1990-91: Creator/ director/co-devisor,"Le Grand Appel du Vide",Diploma piece ESNAM,France ; Arrivano Del Mare Festival , Cervia ,Italy ; Intermarionett Festival , Saarbrucken , Germany ; Les Semaines de la Marionnette a Paris , France ; World Festival of Puppet Theatres , Charleville Mezieres , France. 1989:Actor,"Le Jeux de L'Amour et de la Mort",director Josef Krofta , Drak Theatre , ESNAM , France. 1989:Puppeteer/stage manager,"Le Manuscrit Trouve a Saragosse", director Roman Paska ,Theatre for the Birds, ,ESNAM, France. 1987:Actor/puppeteer , Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, director Julia Cotton, "Three Suites", Festival of Perth ,WA. 1986:Actor/puppeteer,Spare Parts Puppet Theatre,"Fings and Faces", director Sean Masterson, "Play a Tune for Me", director Peter L Wilson, "The Pied Piper" director Peter L Wilson, Perth, "Paper Plays", director Noriko Nishimoto, Perth and the Pilbara , WA. 1985:Actor,Object 5 (Trades and Labour Council's Arts in working life theatre company), director Tim Burns, "The Lollybaggers"and "Permanent Days" , Perth, Kwinana and the Pilbara, WA., "The Number One Thing", Perth ,WA. 1985:Actor,Children's Activities Time Society, Director Helen Godecke "The Voice of the Turtle" Perth, WA Street Theatre/Cabaret 1996: Creator/ Actor/Puppeteer/, Foley Bergere, "CHAIR" - Perth and regional WA:- including East Fremantle Festival '96, Awesome International Children's Festival 97, Busselton Beach Festival '98, Bridgetown Festival of all Arts '98, Fremantle Buskers' Festival 00, French Connection Festival,Margaret River 01, highschool touring '00 '01and '02; International and National tours:- World Festival of Puppet Theatres, Charleville-Mezieres, France '97; One Van Puppet Festival , Blackheath NSW '99; International Puppet Buskers' Festival, Gent, Belgium '99, Wolverhampton Street Festival, Nottingham Riverside Festival ,UK '99 ; La Strada Internationales Strassen Zircus Festival, Bremen , Germany '99, highschool touring Sydney and regional N.S.W. '01and '02, Melbourne and regional Victoria '02 . 2001: Actor, Albany federation street theatre project, director Phil Thomson, "National Federation Theatre Troupe", Albany Federation Festival,WA. 1999:Direction / facilitator (with Zoe Atkinson) , Spare Parts School of Puppetry , "Street Flix", Festival Fremantle,WA. 1999:Actor , Spare Parts Puppet Theatre , Director Peter J Wilson, "Image Based Street", Awesome International Children's Festival , Perth , WA. 1995:Co-creator , Ani-mates Puppet Arts Collective , Festival Fremantle parade entry , WA. 1995:Puppeteer/co-devisor (with Jane Davies),"Icky Drippy 007" , Perth , WA. 1993 and 1994:Actor/Puppeteer / Co-creator ( with Barbara Bulatovitch), The Twisted Virtues Band, "Beti Ahoj!", Lubliana Republic of Slovenia; Prague, Czech Republic; Florence and Cervia , Italy; World Festival of Puppet Theatres, Charleville- Mezieres , France. 1991:Actor/Puppeteer/Co-devisor, group created, "The Key",Charleville-Mezieres , France. 1984:Actor/Puppeteer/Creator,"How the Seasons came to be", Perth, WA.¥ Work where the words creator and devisor were used in the above section , as well as work in the workshops facilitated section which follows , includes directing , design and fabrication work.Fabrication/Design 2001:Puppets and scenic design, Foley Bergere, "Have you seen a Dog?", Perth, WA. 1996:Puppets and set , Foley Bergere , "CHAIR", Perth , WA. 1991:Puppets (collaboratively) , La Compagnie L'Olifant ,"Le Roman de Renard", Paris , France . 1991:Puppets and Mask proto-types , for Joan Baixas , Barcelona , Spain . 1987 :Giant Street Theatre Puppet (collaboratively) , Le Front D'Action Populaire en Reamenagement Urbaine , Montreal , Canada . Workshops Facilitated 2002:Puppetry, One Van International Festival of Puppetry, Blackheath, N.S.W. 1994 - 2001:Puppetry ( independently and collaboratively), many Primary Schools and Highschools , Perth , WA. 2001:Puppetry (collaboratively), Spare Parts School of Puppetry, the City of Perth, W.A., (independently) 4th Annual Humour Foundation Conference, Sydney, N.S.W. 2000:Puppetry (collaboratively), Spare Parts School of Puppetry and (independently) Spare Parts Puppet Theatre with WA Academy of Performing Arts students , Perth , WA. 1999:Puppetry , One Van Puppet Festival , Blackheath , NSW ; (collaboratively) Spare Parts School of Puppetry , Perth , WA. 1998:Puppetry , Busselton Beach Festival , Busselton , WA ; (collaboratively) Spare Parts School of Puppetry , Perth , WA. 1997:Puppetry , Drama West ; Garden Week Children's Activity Centre, both Perth ,WA; Priority Country Areas Programme , Dowerin , WA; (collaboratively) Spare Parts School of Puppetry, Perth, WA 1996:Puppetry , Ani-mates Puppet Arts Collective ; Spare Parts Puppet Theatre with WA Academy of Performing Arts students ; Primary Extension and Challenge ; Awesome International Children's Festival , all Perth ,WA . 1995:Puppetry ,(collaborative) , Priority Country Areas Programme , Eastern Goldfields , WA. 1994:Puppetry , WA Youth Theatre , Perth , WA. 1993:Puppetry (collaborative) , Ecological Childrens' Camp , Lubliana , Republic of Slovenia . 1984:Chinese Traditional Theatre , Theatre of Difference , Perth. , WA. Television 1997:Puppeteer , Pretty Pictures , Kleenheat Gas commercial , Perth , WA. 1996:Puppeteer , Story Teller Productions , "Wildlife Warriors" , Perth , WA. Representation and Administration 2001- 2002: State contact, UNIMA Australia, Perth, WA. 1996 - 2002: Artistic Director/Manager, Foley Bergere, Perth, WA. 1997 - 2001: Co-ordinator, Spare Parts School of Puppetry, Perth, WA. 2000:Tour Manager, Fortunata Productions, "Fortunata", World Festival of Puppet Theatres Charleville - Mezieres , France . 1995-96:Founding Secretary, Ani-mates Puppet Arts Collective , Perth , WA. 1995:Street Theatre Co-ordinator, Festival of Perth, Perth, WA. 1994-96: Administration, "Fields of Gold", creative development project, Perth, WA. 1987:Australian delegate, 22nd Congress of the International Theatre Institute, presentation of paper "Art in working life - Pilbara Project", Havana, Cuba . 1986-87:Divisional committee member representing actors, WA Actors Equity, Perth , WA. 1986-87:Committee member, Community Arts Network, Perth , WA. 1986-87:Committee member, Professional Community Theatre sub-committee for WA Actors Equity, Perth, WA. 1983: Secretary, Australian Union of Students in China, Beijing.