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Terence Tan Si Peng

- 15/07/2022

Terence Tan Si Peng 陳世平 (he/his) is the Secretary of UNIMA Singapore and elected as supplementary councillor in 2016 and 2021. Notable achievements in puppetry include: Coordination, producer, and facilitator of the ASEAN Puppet Exchange from 2014-2017 involving professional and amateur puppeteers traditional and contemporary from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, […]

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Louise Lapointe

- 15/07/2022

Louise Lapointe, born 1959, has a diploma in theatre, technical production, from Ryerson Institute, Toronto, Canada (1984) and a certificate in puppet construction from the Institut International de la Marionnette, Charleville-Mézières, France (1992). She has worked at the Académie des Arts du Théâtre in Montreal (1988-2012) as a stage technician. She has contributed to some […]

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CARIAD ASTLES

- 15/07/2022

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & RESEARCH COMMISSION Cariad Astles is a puppetry trainer, teacher, researcher, performer and director. She has run puppetry training workshops across the world, including in China, Singapore, Spain, Denmark, France, Germany, the UK, Chile and Australia and has numerous online courses in different aspects of puppetry. She is currently vice-president of International UNIMA […]

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Idoya Otegui

- 15/07/2022

Idoya Otegui, born 1960, has a background in organizing congresses and public relations. She has organized and participated in many cultural events as part of the Centro de Iniciativas de Tolosa since 1978 and, since 2003, she has worked professionally for the Centro. She has been Vice-President of the Centro de Iniciativas de Tolosa, and […]

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Stanislav Doubrava

- 15/07/2022

Stanislav Doubrava, born 1952, worked with Divadlo Drak (Theatre Drak) and Josef Krofta from 1973 to 1982. This same year (1982) he graduated from the AMU – Akademie Múzických Umění (Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague. He has served as director of several Czech theatres and festivals, including the Mezinárodní Festival Divadlo Plzeň (Plzeň International […]

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