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INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COURSE IN PUPPET THERAPY 2024 – 10th English version Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 10th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. This Online Course created in 2017 is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy course invites you to be part of a journey where creativity, and the exchanging of experiences between students and teachers from different fields and places around the globe are combined. THE COURSE IN PUPPET THERAPY INTEGRATES ✔Theory, practice and research on the therapeutic potential of puppets and animated forms. ✔An extensive and current bibliography. ✔3 International... UNIMA Internationale Executive Committee 2024 Hybrid Meeting during Casteliers Festival in Montreal We are pleased to announce that the Casteliers festival in Montreal, scheduled from March 6 to 10, will be the distinguished host for the UNIMA Internationale Executive Committee 2024 hybrid meeting on March 5 and 6. Details: Event: Casteliers Festival and UNIMA Internationale Executive Committee Meeting Date: March 5-6, 2024 Location: Montreal, Canada Key Points: The morning sessions of the UNIMA meeting are open to all International Councilors as observers. Registration is mandatory for participation. Kindly register by sending an email to info@unima.org and contact@unima.org. We look forward to your active participation. Thank you for your attention! “Premieres of a season” – March 2024: All-Ukrainian annual virtual overview-competition of puppet theaters UNIMA-UKRAINE welcomes you and invites all the connoisseurs of puppetry art to join the online events offered by our centre. Since 2011, UNIMA-UKRAINE has hosted the All-Ukrainian annual virtual overview-competition of puppet theaters "Premieres of a season", within the framework of which all puppet theaters of Ukraine have the opportunity to submit video recordings of performances from the last season and compete for victory in the nominations "Best Performance for Children", "Best performance for teenagers and adults", "Best acting", "Best direction", "Best scenography", "Best dramaturgy" and others. This year, we have the honour to invite to the online broadcasts of performances... Puppetraining Seminar: Wayang, Indonesian Arts Institute, Denpasar, Bali Guest: I Nyoman Sedama Date: Friday, March 8, 2024 Time: 12:30 CET Language: English Zoom link: ZOOM DIRECT LINK The Professional Training Commission of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) will continue this year with the interview series: "Focus on Training in Puppetry Arts," aiming to discover the key approaches in teaching puppetry arts worldwide and meeting with leaders of institutions at the forefront of training professional puppeteers. The first session of this year 2024 is focused on Balinese Wayang, led by master I Nyoman Sedama, the director of the Indonesian Arts Institute, Denpasar, Bali. In this session, we will discuss the purpose of studying... WHAT A PUPPET CAN DO – APPLIED PUPPETRY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE A series of webinars by the Education, Development and Therapy Commission News for 2024:  A series of webinars on Zoom “What a Puppet Can Do – applied puppetry in theory and practice", starts on February 26th. Organised by the UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission, the series will feature online lectures, workshops, exchange of ideas, and examples of good practice in all three fields: education, development and therapy. A number of themes are already being considered: the benefits of using puppets in education, specific means of expression in puppetry, the development of a scientific/theoretical basis for therapeutic puppetry, social and emotional... Call for Videos for International Peace Day! Deadline: February 29, 2024 Photo: Alexander Bogdan Thompson/"I Sisyphus"- Puppets Lab, Bulgaria Puppet Saturday Lecture Series: Inclusive Puppetry with Dr. Kateryna Lukianenko Join UNIMA Ukraine & UNIMA Nordic on 17. February, 2024 at 14:00 CET for the third Puppet Saturday Lecture Series event.  Dr. Kateryna Lukianenko will present on the Ukrainian theatre project The Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is an inclusive theatre research project for audiences with visual impairments. It explores a sensory theater format to develop inclusive performances where everything can be experienced equally - challenging how we engage with live performance. Spectators are invited to use all five senses (a 5D theater, as children in Ukraine called it) to discover a "sense" capable of making people equal as spectators. Taste,... From the General Secretary: The Rustling Horizon The Rustling Horizon, « Wer hat uns also umgredeht, dass wir was wir auch tun, in jener Haltung sind von einem, welcher fortgeht ? wie er auf dem letztem Hügel, der ihm ganz sein Tal noch einmal zeigt, sich wendet, anhält weilt-, so leben wir und nehmen immer Abschied. » (Rainer Maria Rilke, Die achte Elegie, Elegien de Duino) Who has twisted us around like this, so that no matter what we do, we are in the posture of someone going away? Just as, upon the farthest hill, which shows him his whole valley one last time, he turns, stops, lingers—, so we live here,... International PUPPET THERAPY Training, Spring 2024 in BARCELONA International PUPPET THERAPY Training Spring 2024 in BARCELONA Led by Andrea Markovits & Polo Fernández Guest Matthew Bernier PRESENTATION For the first time, we shall meet up in person with our colleague Matthew Bernier, after three years of collaborative teaching in the Puppet Therapy Online Course. Matthew will accompany us in this intensive week of creation and research, sharing our experiences and views on the contemporary field of Therapeutic Animated Forms. The International Puppet Therapy Training is a 5-day training course in the center of Barcelona, which aims to bring together former course students and other professionals interested in the therapeutic power of puppets, art... LA HOJA TITIRITERA INVITATION We extend the most cordial invitation to colleagues in the art of puppetry and Latin American researchers to collaborate with unpublished texts for LA HOJA TITIRITERA, in its new stage, to be published in the first quarter of 2024. The writings will be selected and scheduled by a Council Editorial, and must adhere to the following topics and guidelines: ● FORMAT: Word, letter size, Arial font, size 12, line spacing 1.15. Include 2-3 images/photographs with 300 dpi resolution. The author must identify himself with name, country, company (optional) and contact number with international telephone code. ● MINI-BIO: A short profile of... World Puppetry Day Video Project Call UNIMA proposes each year a video project to be realized individually or through workshops with children. This proposal is sent all over the world and all the videos are edited to be broadcast on the 21st of March! Here are some previous montages! Video 2023 Video 2022 Vídeo 2020 Vídeo 2018 The theme for 2024 is The Climate. Read more HERE. We call upon you all to submit video sequences between 15 to 30 seconds (filmed horizontally) of your training courses, creations, shows, workshops, constructions, drawings, scenography, animations. Feel free to invite students in schools, recreation centres, theatres, and workshops... What's happening in UNIMA? Projects, collaborations and more! View the November 2023 Newsletter: https://sendy.unima.org/w/jVmM8vdHhfWBOu7wkYIYFw 3rd International Artistic and Scientific Conference PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN ART, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION, A Report 3rd International Artistic and Scientific Conference PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN ART, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Osijek, Croatia, 1st and 2nd December 2023 Organizer: Academy of Arts and Culture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek One of the partners: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission Livija Kroflin and Olivia Karaolis (University of Sydney) – members of the Programme Committee One session was a hybrid one to make it possible for the EDT members to attend. Our members as participants: Matt Smith: workshop Section “PUPPETS” Livija Kroflin: moderator Oscar Goldszmidt: “An experience in a day care institution Maria Claro for disabled children” Felice Amato: “Through the hand: the hand puppet as integrated arts-research theme... APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE 14TH ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS DE LA MARIONNETTE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ON 8 JANUARY 2024 The next ESNAM entrance by examination (14th ESNAM class, 2024-2027) will take place in Charleville-Mézières (France) from 15 to 22 April 2024, with a start in September 2024. Online registration (application form): from Monday 8 January 2024 at 9:00am to Monday 5 February 2024 at 5:00pm (Paris time, UTC +1). Stages of the entrance by examination: pre-selection based on review of applications (shortlisting), week of 11 March 2024, then preliminary round with audition from 15 to 17 April 2024, and finally, probationary workshop and final exam from 18 to 22 April 2024. A guide detailing all the stages, from application to examination,... [CALL FOR ENTRY] AVIAMA 2024 puppet and mobility grants For the 6th consecutive year, AVIAMA is launching its mobility grants scheme in October to encourage projects in the field of puppetry. These Grants are intended for any person or company with a project involving: training, creation, innovation and research to promote the development of the art of puppetry and object theatre. ➡ Further information and full rules: https://www.aviama.org/en/call-for-applications-aviama-2024-awards-puppets-and-mobility/ Deadline for applications: Monday 15 January 2024 Full application sent by email to: contact@aviama.org International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival “PIERROT” International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival “PIERROT” was created in the year of 2000 under the initiative of Non-profit organization “PIERROT. It’s an unconventional European stage for puppetry, dedicated to a new and untypical art form: puppet theatre for adults. The festival is held once every two years in the period September 24 - 29. Organizers of the festival are State Puppet Theatre – Stara Zagora, Municipality of Stara Zagora, Non-profit organization “PIERROT”, Ministry of Culture with the organizational support of Bulgarian Center of UNIMA. IPTF “Pierrot” has a few main objectives as the most important one is development and... Message from UNIMA Dear Members and Friends of UNIMA, Our profound sympathies go out to all those impacted by current global conflicts, violence and grief, and we express our unwavering support for all artists and individuals enduring suffering. Our earlier statement was written to affirm our commitment to supporting all puppeteers and to the promotion of peace, culture and understanding. We apologise for any hurt or misunderstanding caused by our words. Art is a way of expressing our humanity and of bringing people together, to share our common goals, concerns, sorrows, hopes and visions. We recognise that words alone are insufficient and that many in our... CHANGE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS IN TIMES OF TRANSFORMATION: AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM WHEN? Opening of FIDENA 2024 with a parade through the city and opening performance: 07.05.2024 FIDENA: 07.05.2024 -15.05.2024 International Symposium: 09.05. & 10.05.2024 WHERE? Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Germany WHAT? During FlDENA, the Deutsches Forum fiir Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst invites you to an international symposium with the theme "CHANGE - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS IN TIMES OF TRANSFORMATION". Festival makers are entrusted with great responsibility in various ways: in curating programmes, they create (political) offers of meaning for their audiences and thus influence discourses. The compilation of content is never neutral, because with every choice - be it a theme, certain artists or aesthetics - exclusions inevitably go hand in hand.... INTERNATIONAL ONLINE DIPLOMA IN PUPPET THERAPY 2024 – 9th English version Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 9th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy.   Called and organized by:  Puppet Therapy Barcelona & Puppets In Transit.   Sponsored by: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy course invites you to be part of a journey where creativity, and the exchanging of experiences between students and teachers from different fields and places around the globe are combined.   THE DIPLOMA COURSE IN PUPPET THERAPY COMBINES ✔Theory, practice and research on the... UNIMA Puppetry Collaboratorium: Fostering Peace and Understanding through Puppetry Above: Closing ceremony of the FLUM Festival and UNIMA PC in Mostar, 2023 Introduction In a world often marked by division and conflict, the art of puppetry has long served as a powerful medium for conveying messages of peace, unity, and mutual understanding. This sentiment was beautifully encapsulated in the recent launch of the UNIMA Puppetry Collaboratorium (UNIMA PC) during the FLUM The Puppet Art Festival in Mostar from September 25th to 29th, 2023. Spearheaded by the Irish UNIMA and Croatian UNIMA Centre, this initiative aims to unite transcontinental UNIMA Centres for collaborative efforts that elevate UNIMA's mission of promoting peace... UNIMA, an international meeting point at the Charleville-Mézières puppet theatre festival UNIMA was present at the 2023 World Festival of Puppet Theatres, where the association organised various events enabling members from all over the world to meet around common themes and a convivial drink. A great international meeting place which welcomed nearly 500 people over 4 days. The delegation from Chuncheon, led by UNIMA South Korea President Pr. Choe, presented the festivities in preparation for the UNIMA 2025 Congress in Chuncheon, South Korea, as well as the festival and other associated activities. This presentation took place notably on the opening happy apéro orchestrated by the International Festivals Commission and its... Passport Program: FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE TEATRO DI FIGURA The PASSPORT program aims to help young UNIMA puppeteers or puppet students, both UNIMA and non-UNIMA members, to attend puppet festivals and increase their knowledge of the organization and programming of an international event. For more information and to apply: https://www.unima.org/en/useful-information/unima-grants/passport-program/   An International Puppetry Magazines' Review Jenö Virág, editor in chief of Hungarian art and puppetry magazine "Art Limes" shares the first two volumes. "Dear Fellow Editors, Friends in Puppetry, I am happy to send you the first two volumes of our international puppetry magazines’ review. The magazines are presented in alphabetical order, the first volume comprehending titles from A to L; the second from M to P; and the third from P to U. We are finished with editing the third volume too, but the PDF and print version can only be finalized in June 2023. . For the PDF, we had to reduce the pictures’... UNIMA celebrates International Women's Day 2023 UNIMA's volunteers have organised a series of interviews available on its new news channel where women artists may share their achievements and challenges. The first series of eight videos was released on March the 8th 2023 on International Women's Day. The group invites all puppeteers of the world, regardless of nationality, gender, and religious beliefs, to display and represent their views on Women, Life, Freedom with their puppets, via photos or videos, on their page, unima.org/womenlifefreedom. Your contributions may be kept anonymous if you require, and they would consider all videos and image files if you could provide the name... UNIMA showcase at the Charleville-Mézières festival, 2023 UNIMA creates links and often more than links, founding stories for places. All UNIMA meetings create this value of friendship and vision. Charleville-Mézières is a commendable example of a reciprocal friendship that creates tools to support enthusiasm and desire, but also to develop values that are essential to all humanity. From a subsidiary art relegated to the margins, UNIMA has not ceased to promote, to launch projects and to found not only schools, but an ever greater recognition of the puppet arts as a major art. The languages of this art make us universal through the approach of these links and... Trauma and Puppetry Handout This compact document from the EDT Commission combines basic information about an emergency reaction to trauma combined with aspects of basic puppetry. It will give practical advice and be an inspiring introduction for puppeteers, helpers, educators, therapists and everybody who is touched by the great possibilities of puppetry. There are versions in different languages. Feel free to share. . Download the document : In English > Traumatic emergency reaction and puppetry In French / en français > Réaction d’urgence traumatique et jeu de marionnettes In German / auf Deutsch > Akute traumatische Notfallreaktion und Puppenspiel In Spanish / En español > Titeres...

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