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Symposium: “Gestures and Processes in Puppetry Arts” – France

France, News, Notices, Research - 25/01/2025

Symposium: “Gestures and Processes in Puppetry Arts” January 29–30, 2025 |  Strasbourg University, France Language: French Explore scenography in puppetry through scientific research, artist/researcher dialogues, and collective experimental labs. – Find the full program for the symposium Gestes et processus dans les arts de la marionnette. Free entry and live streaming available. 🔗 Programme – […]

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Open Call for UNIMA Symposium: Borders – New Deadline

News, Notices, Research, South Korea - 15/01/2025

Borders – Puppetry Unborders Dates: May 22-23, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, Korea Submission Deadline: February 15th. The UNIMA Symposium on “Borders – Puppetry Unborders” is now accepting submissions! This symposium is hosted as part of the 2025 UNIMA Congress and the Chuncheon World Puppet Festival. Call for Papers: We invite participants to explore the question of […]

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The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Series – Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Conversations on Puppetry with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival’s Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Series We hope you had a relaxing and joyful holiday season! As we step into the new year, we are thrilled to announce the launch of the Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Series at […]

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Join the Puppet Love Bomb at IFTR 2025!

Germany, News, Notices, Research - 21/11/2024

Dear friends, We (Alissa Mello and Cariad Astles) are calling all thinkers, artists and scholars who research and write about puppetry, object and material performance! The 2025 International Federation of Theatre Research conference is in Cologne, Germany, between 9th and 13th June 2025. The theme is Carnival. We are proposing a wave of puppetry scholarship/intervention […]

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Open Call for UNIMA Symposium: Borders – Puppetry Unborders

News, Notices, Research, South Korea - 11/10/2024

Borders – Puppetry Unborders Dates: May 22-23, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, Korea Submission Deadline: January 1, 2025 The UNIMA Symposium on “Borders – Puppetry Unborders” is now accepting submissions! This symposium is hosted as part of the 2025 UNIMA Congress and the Chuncheon World Puppet Festival. Call for Papers: We invite participants to explore the question […]

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Research and Documentary residencies 2025

News, Notices, Research - 28/09/2024

The Institut International de la Marionnette (IIM) is to join forces with the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes to create, from January 2025, a reference centre for the puppetry arts. Research will continue to be a key element of its project. Through the programme of research residencies and documentary residencies proposed by its Documentation […]

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