Pedro Hermelin Vélez is a French-Colombian puppeteer. After two years of preparatory literary studies, he discovered puppetry during a masterclass with Yngvild Aspeli at the École Jacques Lecoq. He then trained in this practice at the Conservatoire de Clamart the following year. He then joined the 13th class (2021-2024) of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM).
Pendant ses études, il s’intéresse à la question de l’abjection, notamment au rapport qu’entretiennent les corps avec la nourriture et les marionnettes comestibles.
Pour son solo de 3ème année à l’ESNAM, Fear of falling (failing), il travaille à partir de sa peur de la chute et la pratique du skateboard.
He discovers the work of the association Os with Simply Camilla, a show by Gaëlle Bourges in which he performs with seven other classmates from his year. After graduating, he worked as a puppeteer under the direction of Yngvild Aspeli for the show Trust me for a while, as part of the Passe-Murailles #3 program at the CDN in Dijon. He performed again for Gaëlle Bourges in William & Harold, a performance created as part of the Collection tout-terrain program of the National Choreographic Center of Caen in Normandy, at the invitation of Alban Richard.
