Alenka Pirjevec


Alenka Pirjevec is a puppeteer, theatre director and actress from Slovenia.

Early life and education

Alenka Pirjevec was born on 5 July 1945 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to Slovenian partisan, literary historian and philosopher Dušan Pirjevec and his wife, partisan co-fighter and university professor of the French language, Marjeta Vasič.
She attended primary school and classical gymnasium in Ljubljana where she graduated in 1964 and enrolled in the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in the department for play and theatre in 1965, where she finished three years and transferred for the fourth year to the Academy of Theatre in Belgrade and graduated with a diploma in 1969.

Career

She continued living in Belgrade working part-time as an actress in the national theatre while also working as a translator from Slovene to Serbo-Croatian until 1973 when she returned to Ljubljana.
Upon return, she started working in the Puppet Theatre of Ljubljana in 1975 as actress and animator where she still works at. She held the position of artistic director in the seasons 1987/88 and 1988/89.
Falling in love with puppets she asked her senior to teach her animating puppets and performing with them. In spring of 1984, Alenka received a scholarship of the theatre and attended a six-week course named "Théâtre d'objets" under the guidance of Josef Krofta in the Institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières, France.
In the season 1991/92 she received a scholarship from the ministry of culture in Slovenia and attended the international specialised course in technology of puppet creation in the National School Supérieure Des Arts De La Marionnette in Charleville-Mézières, France.
In October 2020 she completed her master's degree at AGRFT titled "The Invisible Space between Puppet and Puppeteer" and has since been working in the following departments: drama play and puppet animation, puppet directing, puppet dramaturgy, teaching puppet animation, artistic design of the puppet show, production of puppets including sculptural work from various materials, sewing, crocheting, knitting, bobbin-making.
YearTitleTheatreRoleCharacter/-s
2017ŠKUC Gledališčedirection, stage performance, dramaturgy, production of puppets, stage design
2016Mestno gledališče Ptujpuppeteer, production of puppets, props and scenes
2013Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Gledališče KoperpuppeteerTeta Betka
2013Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerFranz Pozzi, Milan Klemenčič
2011ŠKUC gledališčepuppeteer, production of puppetsRené Fernández Santana
2010Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerČistilka Violenca Žarek
2009Lutkovno gledališče Jože Pengovpuppeteer, adaptation of puppetsOvčar, Sodnik, Dohtarjeva žena
2008Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerZbor
2008Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMatija, Poglavar podgan, Podgana
2008 Gledališče GLEJdirection, dramaturgy, puppeteerPater Hieronim, Bogomila
2008 Gledališče GLEJ, Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanadirection, dramaturgy, art design, puppeteer, mentor of puppet animation, production of puppets and scenesPater Hieronim, Bogomila
2007Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanapuppeteer, animation of other various puppets and objectsMikša, Turisti
2007 extra-institutional projectsmaster of ceremonies
2006Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanadirection, dramaturgy, art design, production of puppets and scenes, puppet animation assistance
2005 Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanamentor of puppet animation, puppeteerDoktor Faust, profesor v Wittenbergu, Gašperček, Karon, čolnar, Viclipucli, Lepa Helena
2004 Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerPrva dvorna dama
2003 Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanamentor for animation of puppets, puppeteerDoktor Faust, Pluton, Viclipucli
2003Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMama, Perzefona, kraljica Hada, 3 Graje, sestre starke
2003extra-institutional projectspuppeteer
2002Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerVeverica Replja, teta
2000Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerLisica Zvitorepka, Muca copatarica, Deklica Medvedek, Tri deklice, Zahodna vešča, Parkeljc
2000Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerRihard Levjesrčni
1999Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerLastnica
1998Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKlovn, Mali klovn, leteče žabe, glasbeni inštrumenti in različni predmeti
1998Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerBéline, Arganova druga žena
1997Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerLorenzo, Prva maska, Petruccio
1996Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerFant, Papagaj Pago, Papagaj 2
1996Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerLisica, Maček
1995extra-institutional projects, multimedia project
1994Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKoza Piruetka, Mačka Žvrgolinka, Veliki klovn, Lev Leopold
1994 Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanapuppeteer, production of puppetsPepelkina mama, Prva sestra, Otroci, konj, metulji, ptice, drevo, cvetice
1993Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerPavliha
1992Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerPastir, Lucifer
1992 Cankarjev dom v Ljubljanipuppeteer
1992Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMala kuharica, Glasbenica, Plesalka, Pahljačar
1991Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerBegajček, Mora Shrhljivka, Paralonca
1991Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanadirection, puppeteer
1990Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerSova, Kačja kraljica, Kraljica mravelj
1990Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerTajni svetnik Kratohvil, Cmokavzar, Lakaja in pes
1990Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMedved
1989Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerVedomec, Dubata, prvi Sončev sin
1989Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKorenček
1989Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerAngel - Štirje angeli
1987Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerVoditeljica žen - Kinesias
1987Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerBabica, Snežna kraljica, Starka, Razbojnikova žena, Golob
1986Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerPikec
1986Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerAnzel, Mrtva Mlinarica
1986Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMira - kraljica Mira
1985Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerCarica, Babaruha
1985Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanapuppeteer3. zvezda, Papiga
1984Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerPtice, škrati, vile, drevesa, cvetlice
1984Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKraljica Oglate dežele
1983Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Cankarjev dompuppeteerZvončnica, Gorska vila, Pehtra
1983Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerSvetloba sredi noči
1983Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMačka
1982Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMačka, ki ribe žgačka
1982Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKoza
1980Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerSodnik
1980 Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerTeta, Sova
1979Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerMali princ
1979Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerTeta Miša
1978Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerČmrlj, Plesalka
1978Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerPtice
1978Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanapuppeteer
1977Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljanapuppeteer
1977Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerZla pošast, ki je vklenila Dobrega moža
1976Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKarlinca, Tina
1976Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerKraljica Lenivijeva
1975Lutkovno gledališče LjubljanapuppeteerTeta Barbara