COMPAGNIE PELELE: THE ARTISTS

Paz Tatay

She studied music - violin and flute - in Spain, where she was born.
In 1988, she began working with puppets in Madrid in the Municipal workshop of the old slaughterhouses, where sets, masks, carnival floats are built and where the gigantes (large paper figures prepared for the festivities) are kept.
1989: she founded the string puppet company Marionetas del Matadero with Luis Montoto. Together they created the show "Concertino" and went to Czechoslovakia where they studied traditional string puppets from Central Europe with Jaroslav Bleha at the Lidovske Muzeum in Brno and their wooden sculpture at the workshops of the Prague puppet school.
In 1992, during a tour in Italy, they met the masters of the Pulcinella, traditional puppets from southern Italy, and became interested in glove puppets. They created the show "Tauromaquia".
In 1996, Paz arrived alone in Toulouse, where she founded her own company, Pelele ("puppet" in Spanish). She created a 15-minute performance, "Cirque de passage", for string puppets.
1998: Creation of "La Muerte de Don Cristobal" in glove puppet in a booth, based on the figure of the immemorial Iberian Punchinello celebrated by Federico Garcia Llorca, then forgotten. The show works on traditional figures by revisiting them: Punchinello, the Old Woman, Death...
From 1999 to 2001, she joined the Czech company Karromato in the show "Circo de Madera" in string puppets.
2005: Creation of "A la dérive" for hand puppets and shadow theater.
2009: Creation of "Les funestes épousailles de Don Cristobal", second part of the adventures of Punchinello.
Award for best interpretation and Award of the programmers of the autonomous regions
Fira de Titelles de Lérida, Spain - 2014
Luk-Vincent Award for the best show
Puppetbuskersfestival, Gent, Belgium - 2013
Award for the most original show
International Puppet Festival Lutke, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2010
Pri "Best actor" 36th Festival Valise, Lomza Poland 2023
2015: Creation of the show "Au bout du Fil", string puppets on a track, on the theme of the circus
2024- 26: Creation of the show "Baobab" adaptation of a traditional African story

Yannick Harnois

Virtuoso accordionist, he studies classical and jazz accordion, he has extensive experience in stage work, He is playing for the shows of Don Cristobal and on the string.He play with Pelele from 2022

Angel Navarro

Marie de Nazelle

Works with puppets since 2002. She creates her company " Pil poil au millimètre " in 2007 and joins the Company Pelele in 2009 for the creation of the show " Catastrophic courtship of Don Cristobal ".after She participate in the show "on the string", She left the company for new adventures in 2021.

Alice Behague

She began Playing with Pelele from almost the begining , and was the musicien until 2014. She composed the music for the show "Cathastrophinc courtship of Don Cristobal" .She play with several bands of music .

Christophe Sabatié

Is an accordeonist player and works with the Company Pelele since 2007. He conceives the music of the last show,playing also with masks and the sound effects to give atmosphere and rhythm. He works also with several musical formations.
He leave Pelele company in 2023 for new adventures .