Patrice Alexandre Guèdègbé, puppeteer and secretary of UNIMA Benin, nicknamed as Sécurité, passed away. Condolences to his family, puppeteers and young people who learnt to love puppetry thanks to him. Rest in peace Alexandre Sécurité. The funeral will take place in Porto Novo (Bénin), Saturday, May 31. A. KOTONDI Check Amadou President of the Africa Commission.
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UNIMA Federación España opens the doors of the Summer School. It will be organized from 30th June to 7th July in the TOPIC of Tolosa (Spain). It will focus on the figure of the traditional puppet and will count on masters such as Chris Geris (Plansjet), Salvatore Gatto or René Baker. The provisional enrollment will be closed on 30th May […]
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Coordinated by Magali Chouinard and Isabelle Payant, this project aimed to support 10 Cuban puppet companies by sending the materials to make puppets (during the UNIMA council in Cuba, April 2014). The UNIMA Cooperation Commission contributed 2000 Euros to the project and UNIMA Canada (section Quebec) 880 CAD, section Ontario, 100 CAD. The material was distributed […]
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The UNIMA Council opened on 22 April 2014 in the Congress Center of Plaza America with the following agenda: presentation of projects, reports of commissions and preparation of 22th Congress. On April 24, the new website was officially presented. UNIMA gathers its councillors for the first time in Latin America. The president of UNIMA, Dadi Pudemjee thanked for the […]
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British UNIMA invites you to discover the British UNIMA’s latest newsletter (April 2014). > Read the newsletter > Website of British UNIMA
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The UNIMA representation in Yemen has organized festivities in the Sana’a Culture House, in Sana’a, the capital city, in the presence of the vice-minister for Culture, Dr Adel Nasser. First World Puppetry Day in Yemen, this moment has attracted many people and personalities (writers, artists etc.). This event is also an opportunity to facilitate the foundation of an UNIMA National Centre.
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