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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Dear National Centres and Representatives, dear friends, I send my warmest greetings, best wishes, and joy to all our fellow members around the world during this Holiday Season! As UNIMA members, we have so many special occasions to celebrate. As you may have read on 18 December, our dear member from UNIMA Bulgaria, Svetlomira Stoyanova, […]
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Open Call for Applications for participation in the competition programme of the 19th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin which will be held from 1st to 7th October 2025, Varna, Bulgaria. Varna State Puppet Theatre has a pleasure to announce officially the Open Call for Applications for participation in the competition programme of the 19th […]
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Paris, December 18, 2024 – UNIMA International proudly announces a landmark achievement at the 2024 International Conference of NGOs in Official Partnership with UNESCO. Held from December 17-19 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris under the theme “Building Capacity for Action,” the conference witnessed a historic moment for the organization. Svetlomira Stoyanova, a distinguished member of […]
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Photo of the geometric puppet built by Buckmeister Füller for Bill Baird in 1958, which disappeared in 1987, thanks to the artist Zaven Paré for sharing to me. Magic lanterns, physicality of the doll, and capacity, ‘The puppet was born at the first dawn, when the first man saw his own shadow for the first […]
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Jointly organized by UNIMA Asia-Pacific Commission, UNIMA Professional Training Commission, UNIMA China, and Nanchong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast, TV, and Tourism, the 2024 Puppetry Training and Exchange Symposium will take place in Nanchong, China, December 13th and 14th. Theme: The place of tradition in contemporary puppetry. Bridges without frontiers. Key Topics: Puppetry Training in […]
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