university teaching
1998-2005 Central School of Speech & Drama, London (principal puppetry tutor, BA & MA levels)
2005-2010 Institut del Teatre, Barcelona (lecturer and director of visual theatre, undergraduate and postgraduate levels)
2010-2012 Turku Academy of Arts, Finland (lecturer in the puppetry, acting and circus departments, undergraduate level)
COURSES TAUGHT:
Puppetry manipulation skills, all levels
1st – 4th year undergraduate students
mixed-level postgraduate students
Body training for puppeteers
Acting for physical and visual theatre
Visual dramaturgy (for theatre and circus)
Space and composition (for acting and puppetry students)
Directing for puppet theatre
Devising techniques for puppet theatre
Improvisation techniques for puppet theatre
Object theatre
Mentoring and tutoring of student performances at undergraduate and masters level
Directing performances with students
Applied puppetry:The puppet as a pedagogical medium (postgraduate module)
Rene Baker 