Tacettin Diker, Turkish Karagöz Master, passed away on 31 March in Ä°stanbul. He was one of the founders of UNIMA Turkey and one of the “Living Human Treasures” of Turkey. He was born in 1923 in Ä°stanbul, Turkey. He begun to be interested in Karagöz and traditional Turkish theatre from 1930. He performed his first […]
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Presented to the AQM General Assembly of members in November 2013, and within the meeting of UNIMA councillors in Matanzas (Cuba, 22-24 April 2014), UNIMA-CANADA (section Quebec-AQM and section Ontario) in partnership with the Mano a Mano workshops and Air Transat, has developed a project to give puppet theatres equipment to 10 Cuban companies. Each company will receive 250$ of […]
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UNIMA China and China Puppetry and Shadow Arts Association called on membership units in 26 provinces, cities and autonomous regions to organize a grand celebration show for the World Puppetry Day on March 21 in each region. Puppetry troupes and companies in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shanghai, Yangzhou, Tianjin, Nanchong, Chengdu, Zizhong, Haining, Harbin, Wuhan, Shaanxi, […]
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It’s with sadness that UNIMA has learned the death of the former Secretary General of UNIMA China, LI Yuchao. A passionate advocate for the puppetry art in China, former director of China Guangdong Puppet Troupe and former deputy chairman of China Shadow Play Art Institute, he passed away on 2 April 2014. The General Secretary expresses its sincere condoleances to […]
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We invite you to discover a small cuban press review on the next UNIMA Council, organized in Varadero (Cuba), 22-24 april 2014. > Press review (in spanish) > Website of Council 2014 > General programme > Programme for UNIMA councillors
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The famous indonesian puppeteer Asep Sunandar Sunarya passed away on 31 March 2014. Indonesian Dalang, he came in Charleville-Mézières (France), at Margareta Niculescu’s invitation (1995), for a workshop, “Puppet Wayang Golek” organized for the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette. UNIMA joins à ESNAM to express its condolences to the family.
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