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Legacy of Antônio Carlos de Sena

Brazil, Latin America, News - 12/02/2024

Since 1954, TIM – Children’s Puppet Theater has been a lasting symbol of Brazilian art, being the oldest active puppet group. Founded by Odila Cardoso de Sena. This valuable legacy is widely attributed to the vision and tireless dedication of one of its sons: Antônio Carlos de Sena, or simply Sena, as he was known […]

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Puppets on the Mountain by Grupo Trapusteros Teatro

Brazil, Spain - 26/07/2022

Títeres en la Montaña (Puppets on the Mountain) is a festival conceived by the Grupo Trapusteros Teatro, which has its headquarters – La Borda del Títere – in Aguinaliu, a small town located in the mountains of the Aragonese pre-Pyrenees, municipality of Graus, region of Ribagorza. Trapusteros is formed by the Spaniard, Marcos Pena, and the […]

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Call for contributions for the publication Móin-Móin

Brazil, Notices - 22/06/2022

Publication on the theatre of animated forms linked to the performing arts programme of the State University of Santa Catarina (Udesc), Brazil.Periodicity: biannualYear of creation: 2005 V.1, n.26 (2022) – Laughter and the grotesque in the Puppetry What are the powers, the political and contravening dimension and the symbolism of laughter and the grotesque in dialogue with […]

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Performance and animated forms call for papers: Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença

Brazil - 21/05/2021

The Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies [Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença], an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that does not charge submission or publication fees, invites submissions relating to the theme of PERFORMANCE AND ANIMATED FORMS, before the deadline of July 31, 2021.  Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished articles about performance and […]

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