A training cycle for the puppetry artists of the African continent. UNIMA international, its commissions Africa and Professional Training, in collaboration with the National Centres of UNIMA in Tunisia, Kenya, Togo, South Africa, Burkina Faso and the representative in Uganda, launch together a training cycle in 2023 for puppetry artists of the African continent on […]
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In 2020, as millions of professionals in the cultural sectors around the globe lost work to the COVID pandemic, UNESCO launched ResiliArt, an open discussion platform dedicated to them and their crisis. Among the 359 discussions coordinated, members of UNIMA held 21 roundtable sessions, still available for viewing here. On Monday the 3rd of October, […]
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The Professional Training Commission of UNIMA has the project of updating the list of universities, schools and institutions with professional training programs in theater of animated forms, puppets and objects. This map, continuously updated, aims to communicate and make better known the whole, the richness and the diversity of the professional training proposals in the […]
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This compact document from the EDT Commission combines basic information about an emergency reaction to trauma combined with aspects of basic puppetry. It will give practical advice and be an inspiring introduction for puppeteers, helpers, educators, therapists and everybody who is touched by the great possibilities of puppetry. There are versions in different languages. Feel […]
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[ Online meeting ] WOMEN AND THE TRADITIONAL PUPPET SLAPSTICK THEATREXXIX Puppet Festival, July 2022 (dates to be confirmed) Online talks on traditional puppet slapstick theatre, initiative of Elvia Mante/ Women in the art of puppetry, to be held within the framework of the XXIX Festibaúl de títeres, Monterrey, N.L. Mexico, organized by Baúl Teatro, A.C. […]
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FESTIVALS IN THE DIGITAL ERAOpen session for all Thursday, April 7, 202216 h – 17 h 30 (CET) Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2296739568 During the last two years of the pandemic, international puppet festivals directors had to develop new ways to reach their public and promote the work of the artists. Four panelists from three continents will […]
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