AJA MARNEWECK

The Paper Body Collective promotes the development of women’s Visual Performance and Puppetry in Southern Africa. Under the direction of Visual Performance artist, Aja Marneweck, the company creates its theatre of difference through its ‘avant garde’ edge and total theatre approach to puppetry, narrative, imagery, choreography and representation. Exploring darker issues around gender, they are a vital contribution to developing multi-modal Visual Performance in South Africa today.

The Paper Body Collective have performed in South Africa, Zimbabwe, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Kenya, Finland and Sweden. The Paper Body Collective promotes top-class inventive puppetry, electric experimentation and collaborative creative development in “nurturing risk-taking art”.