The UNion Internationale de la MArionnette (UNIMA) is pleased to announce the UNIMA Heritage Awards 2024/2025, recognizing exceptional contributions to the conservation of puppetry heritage. This year’s jury, consisting of esteemed members from around the world—Lucile Bodson (France), Kathy Foley (USA), Idoya Otegui (Spain), Dadi Pudumjee (India), and Nancy Staub (USA)—has expressed their satisfaction with […]
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Celebrating International Peace Day – 21st September 2024 There are no words to describe the events that took place this year in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This beautiful city, with a history spanning from the Ottoman era, preserves architectural marvels and puppetry traditions protected by UNESCO, the Old Bridge of Mostar (World Heritage List) and […]
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Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 12th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. – English Version This Online Course created in 2017 is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy course invites you […]
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Uses of puppetry in situations of trauma with: Coby Omvlee, Antje Wegener & Karim Dakhroub 12. October, 14:00 CET UNIMA Nordic will hold an online round table discussion at 14h (CET) on Saturday 12th October on the theme of ‘Uses of puppetry in situations of trauma’. The speakers are experienced and talented therapists, social workers, […]
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The Institut International de la Marionnette (IIM) is to join forces with the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes to create, from January 2025, a reference centre for the puppetry arts. Research will continue to be a key element of its project. Through the programme of research residencies and documentary residencies proposed by its Documentation […]
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There has been growing interest in the use of puppets in hospital settings in recent years. If you are using puppets already in hospitals (as a puppeteer, therapist, doctor etc) anywhere in the world and would be interested in the development of an international network to support and share this work, please email Commission President Cariad […]
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What are the numbers that encode beauty, the encrypted grip that encloses, transforms, transmits, decodes but, somehow, fails to imprison or stifle the soul of this beauty? Not because of technology, but in spite of it, beauty, that spectre, that treasure, circulates unharmed in the new technologies. (Salman Rushdie, Furie, Part One, 2001) “Anyone today […]
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Presented by Professional Training Commission from the UNIMA, in partnership with The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR)/ University of the Western Cape (UWC) The Pro-Vocation series are international conferences on puppetry training, organized by UNIMA’s Professional Training Commission since 2015. In November 2024, the UNIMA Professional Training Commission, the Africa Commission, and the UNIMA […]
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OPEN CALL FOR PUPPET AND THEATRE OBJECT WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECTS Pendientes de un Hilo festival offers a space for emerging creators to present their projects to international programmers The Pendientes de un Hilo festival is thrilled to present the 6th edition of the Plataforma de Lanzamiento, an exciting opportunity for emerging creators in puppetry […]
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Pop Up Puppets in Stockholm 2024 Pop Up Puppets 2024, despite the ephemeral-sounding title, is a puppet festival with large, splendid and grounded performances. In its third iteration, the growing success of the festival has made marks upon Stockholm’s cultural landscape and makes future festivals look highly likely to continue and grow. This year’s shows […]
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“Let There Be Light” Dates: September 21 (World Peace Day) to 25, 2024 Location: Mostar Puppet Theatre, Bosnia and Herzegovina “Let There Be Light” is a puppetry collaboration that will take place in Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Mostar, at the Mostar Puppet Theater, from September 21 to 25, 2024, as part of the FLUM International Puppet […]
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Players of the Night: On Contemporary Shadow Theatre with Fabrizio Montecchi Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series September 14, 14:00 CET UNIMA Ukraine and UNIMA Sweden are excited to present the 5th Puppet Saturday Lecture in our series of digital events, curated and facilitated by UNIMA Nordic to foster cross-border collaboration and skill-sharing. Join us as we […]
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SCRIPT OF THE VIDEO REMINDER OF UNIMA ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Elections Committee 2023-2027
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The documentation from the remarkable SYMPOSIUM “CHANGE”, held this past May in Bochum, is now available! This event, organized by FIDENA in collaboration with the International Festivals Commission, brought together visionary ideas, discussions, and performances centered around transformation in the arts. You can now access in-depth information and videos from the symposium via the link […]
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Puppet & Embodiment Inspired by different authors who have described and investigated the therapeutic power of animated forms and artistic therapies, we chose Moreno’s ideas on “therapies in action” to frame the theoretical support of this methodology. Damasio says that “the mind has a foundational origin in the experience of the body,” so the puppet […]
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The Dramatic Arts Center of Iran is pleased to announce details of four prominent international theatre festivals scheduled as follows (click on links for more information): The 17th Mariwan Street International Theatre Festival (October 11th to 15th, 2024) (Outdoor performances only) The 29th Children & Youth International Theatre Festival (November 1st to 7th, 2024) The […]
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French theatre director and puppeteer Clément Peretjatko has been awarded the 2024 international “Prix Michael Meschke for the preservation and renewal of puppetry arts.” Peretjatko graduated from ESNAM of Charleville-Mézières (National Superior School of Puppetry Arts), where Meschke was one of his teachers. He is also President of the UNIMA Europe Commission. (Union Internationale de […]
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Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 11th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. This Online Course, created in 2017, is designed for and focuses on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension: to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy course invites you to be part […]
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Dear friends and colleagues, Please find below a link to a video made about the tragedy in southern Brazil. We are continuing our fundraising campaign for humanitarian aid for the artists who lost their spaces, materials and equipment and need all kinds of support. Financial contributions can be made through the paypal account: contatoaprtb@gmail.com. Video […]
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Puppet Theatre Ostrava is excited to announce the upcoming Spectaculo Interesse 2025, an international puppet festival set to take place in Ostrava, Czech Republic, from October 2 to October 10, 2025. This festival promises to be a celebration of the art of puppetry, showcasing talent from around the globe. Here is a brief overview of […]
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SYMPOSIUM The social dimensions of using puppets and animated objects Friday 28, Saturday 29, Sunday 30 June 2024 Teatro Fonderia Leopolda – Follonica, Italy Animated figures such as puppets, marionettes, and dolls are powerful communication tools capable of influencing and enriching community life. These artistic and communicative forms promote cultural, educational, and therapeutic values, while […]
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Announcement: Next Puppetry Training Session Mark your calendars for the next Puppetraining session: Turning the Spotlight on Training in Puppetry Arts Date: June 28th, 2024 Time: 14:00 CET Featured Presenter: Soro Badrisa – Académie Ivorie Marionnettes (Cote d’Ivoire) Language: French No registration is required to attend. Simply join the Zoom meeting at the appointed time […]
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“Puppet Works Wonders – Fascination and Possibilities of a Medium.” From August 9th to 18th, 2024, Northeim will host the next Puppet Festival, themed “Puppet Works Wonders – Fascination and Possibilities of a Medium.” While the title may sound cliché, those who have experienced the impact of interacting with animated figures understand its profound effect. […]
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All of us at UNIMA are deeply moved by the devastating floods affecting Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with everyone in the impacted communities, particularly our colleagues, friends, and their families during this difficult time. We stand in solidarity with all those affected and are committed to supporting […]
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La Hoja Titiritera – May 2024 Language: Spanish Exciting news! The May 2024 issue of La Hoja Titiritera is been published and is now available in Spanish! Proposed by the UNIMA Three Americas Commission, this magazine offers a comprehensive compilation of puppetry content. Whether you’re a devoted puppet enthusiast or simply seeking engaging material, this […]
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[Karlovac, Croatia] – The forthcoming collaboration between three esteemed International puppet festivals in Croatia, Serbia, and Italy marks a groundbreaking endeavor to bridge cultures and push the boundaries of contemporary theatre. Stemming from a shared vision to intertwine diverse artistic expressions, this collaborative effort between International Puppet Theatre Festival Karlovac – InPuT Fest (Karlovac, Croatia), […]
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Women and autobiographical identities within puppet theatre International symposium May 23rd 2024: 10 am to 13.30 pm Sala Muratori | Biblioteca Classense | Via Baccarini, Ravenna, and online Curated by Cristina Grazioli, Cariad Astles and Roberta Colombo Note: Registration details will be published soon. Make sure to follow for updates! With patronage from the Department […]
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Announcement: UNIMA Professional Training Commission Presents “Puppetraining” The UNIMA Professional Training Commission is thrilled to announce the next session of “Puppetraining,” our international series featuring presentations by distinguished training institutions in puppetry from around the globe. Date & Time: April 26, 2024, at 14:00 CET (Online via Zoom) To register, please follow this Zoom link: […]
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Directed by: Andrea Markovits Assistant: Polo Fernández Guest: Cariad Astles As noted by the organizer: During 5 intensive days, in July 2024, in the center of Barcelona we will bring together some of our former students and new participants interested in the therapeutic power of puppets, art therapy, mental health and animated forms. Through its […]
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Merriam Webster Dictionary named ‘Authenticity’ the word of the 2023 year in response to concerns over AI’s rapid development. There is a lot of talk around the role and potential impact of AI in our lives now and in the future. The question is, of course, particularly acute in the field of art. How do […]
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UNIMA PUPPET THATRE CINEMA – We are thrilled to announce that the World Puppetry Day 2024 marks the inception of a new initiative from the Cooperation and Humanitas Commissions. In celebration of this year’s most anticipated day, March 21st, we are embracing the spirit of compassion and solidarity by introducing a new way to contribute […]
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Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 10th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. This Online Course created in 2017 is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy course invites you to be part of […]
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Call for International Artists ICON, IDOLS AND ALLEGED HEROES The Call for artists for the 7° edition of Anima IF – Festival Internazionale di teatro di figura which will take place in Cagliari from 24 to 27 October 2024 is officially open. Anima IF is an adult festival dedicated to Figure Theater and his contaminations, […]
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Guest: I Nyoman Sedama Date: Friday, March 8, 2024 Time: 12:30 CET Language: English Zoom link: ZOOM DIRECT LINK The Professional Training Commission of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) will continue this year with the interview series: “Focus on Training in Puppetry Arts,” aiming to discover the key approaches in teaching puppetry arts worldwide […]
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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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A series of webinars by the Education, Development and Therapy Commission News for 2024: A series of webinars on Zoom “What a Puppet Can Do – applied puppetry in theory and practice”, starts on February 26th. Organised by the UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission, the series will feature online lectures, workshops, exchange of ideas, […]
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Join UNIMA Ukraine & UNIMA Nordic on 17. February, 2024 at 14:00 CET for the third Puppet Saturday Lecture Series event. Dr. Kateryna Lukianenko will present on the Ukrainian theatre project The Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is an inclusive theatre research project for audiences with visual impairments. It explores a sensory theater format to develop […]
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Zadar, Croatia – The 6th edition of the Mediterranean Puppet Festival “MEDITERANEO” will take place from June 29th to July 3rd, 2024, in the beautiful Zadar Puppet Theatre, located in the heart of old town, right on Croatia’s beautiful Dalmatian coast. Over the last editions, the festival has showcased a diverse range of puppetry styles, […]
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37th edition of the International Theatrical Festival VALISE will take place 5 – 8 of June 2024 at the Puppet and Actor Theatre in Łomża. In recent years the Festival has undergone numerous programme changes, continually reacting to new trends in the contemporary theatre, social transformations and the history of the ever-evolving world. The festival […]
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International PUPPET THERAPY Training Spring 2024 in BARCELONA Led by Andrea Markovits & Polo Fernández Guest Matthew Bernier PRESENTATION For the first time, we shall meet up in person with our colleague Matthew Bernier, after three years of collaborative teaching in the Puppet Therapy Online Course. Matthew will accompany us in this intensive week of […]
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INVITATION We extend the most cordial invitation to colleagues in the art of puppetry and Latin American researchers to collaborate with unpublished texts for LA HOJA TITIRITERA, in its new stage, to be published in the first quarter of 2024. The writings will be selected and scheduled by a Council Editorial, and must adhere to […]
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UNIMA Tres Américas/Subcomisión LatinoAmérica We extend the most cordial invitation to colleagues in the art of puppetry and Latin American researchers to collaborate with unpublished texts for LA HOJA TITIRITERA, in its new stage, to be published in the first quarter of 2024. The writings will be selected and scheduled by an Editorial Board, and […]
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For the past four years, the Professional Training Commission of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) has been organising meetings with directors of training courses in the puppetry arts: Puppetraining. The concept A spotlight on the teaching of puppetry, with : – Meetings to discover the main approaches to teaching puppetry around the world. […]
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View the November 2023 Newsletter: https://sendy.unima.org/w/jVmM8vdHhfWBOu7wkYIYFw
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3rd International Artistic and Scientific Conference PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN ART, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Osijek, Croatia, 1st and 2nd December 2023 Organizer: Academy of Arts and Culture, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek One of the partners: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission Livija Kroflin and Olivia Karaolis (University of Sydney) – members of the […]
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The second live event of the “Dialogues and Reflections on the Theater of Animated Forms from the Perspective of Mental Health and Education” project will take place on November 24, 2023, at 8:00 PM, Brazil time. Organized by the Education and Therapy Committee of UNIMA Brazil, our guests will be Nélida and Mauro, the creators […]
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The Academy of Arts and Culture of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, in partnership with the UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission, is organizing the 3rd International Artistic and Scientific Conference on “People with Disabilities in Arts, Science and Education”. It will be held in Osijek, Croatia, on 1st and 2nd December 2023. […]
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International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival “PIERROT” was created in the year of 2000 under the initiative of Non-profit organization “PIERROT. It’s an unconventional European stage for puppetry, dedicated to a new and untypical art form: puppet theatre for adults. The festival is held once every two years in the period September 24 – 29. […]
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WHEN? Opening of FIDENA 2024 with a parade through the city and opening performance: 07.05.2024 FIDENA: 07.05.2024 -15.05.2024 International Symposium: 09.05. & 10.05.2024 WHERE? Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Germany WHAT? During FlDENA, the Deutsches Forum fiir Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst invites you to an international symposium with the theme “CHANGE – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS IN TIMES OF TRANSFORMATION”. Festival […]
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Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 9th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. Called and organized by: Puppet Therapy Barcelona & Puppets In Transit. Sponsored by: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to […]
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NEXT MEETING: October 13th, 2023, Friday 15:00 (CET) in French MAMBY MAWINE – ASSOCIATION DJARAMA (SENEGAL) The Professional Training Commission of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) is pleased to present its new project, a live meeting on the Zoom platform : Spotlight on puppetry education, which consists of: Meetings to discover the main approaches […]
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UNIMA was present at the 2023 World Festival of Puppet Theatres, where the association organised various events enabling members from all over the world to meet around common themes and a convivial drink. A great international meeting place which welcomed nearly 500 people over 4 days. The delegation from Chuncheon, led by UNIMA South Korea […]
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It is with great sadness that the Unima International Research Commission acknowledges the passing of Professor Jane Taylor, a renowned South African writer, playwright, cultural critic and academic widely known for her long career in the field of puppetry and object performance and critique. Jane was a member of the Research Commission until 2022. She […]
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Organised by the Latin American Subcommission of the Americas Commission, and the Professional Training Commission of UNIMA International. Friday 29/9 and Saturday 30/9, via personalised Zoom (the link will be sent once you have registered for the workshop). Schedule: 11am Argentina / Uruguay / Brazil / Dominican Republic 9h Ecuador / Colombia 8h Mexico (Mexico […]
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On Saturday, June 24th, 2023, Roman Rudenko, director of the Marionette Theater of Mariupol, Ukraine, received the Michaël Meschke Prize at the Museum of Puppetry Arts (MAM) in Lyon. In 2022, this Prize had been given to Iryna Rudenko and her theater “in support of the revival of the Marionette Theater of Mariupol and its […]
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Presented and organized by: Puppet Therapy Barcelona & Puppets In Transit Sponsored by: UNIMA Commission of Education, Development and Therapy. Course language: Spanish This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimensions; to rescue memory and learnt hopelessness. The Puppet Therapy Diploma invites you […]
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Puppet Therapy Barcelona invites applications to the 8th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy.
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The PASSPORT program aims to help young UNIMA puppeteers or puppet students, both UNIMA and non-UNIMA members, to attend puppet festivals and increase their knowledge of the organization and programming of an international event. For more information and to apply: https://www.unima.org/en/useful-information/unima-grants/passport-program/
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UNIMA space – An International meeting point 19 > 22 September Find us on the map: Espace UNIMA > n°28 /// 75 Forest avenue > n°10 UNIMA organises Happy Apéros and meetings to join together and celebrate friendship among puppeteers as well as to exchange ideas and discuss the challenges facing our international organisation. […]
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Since 2018, several actors in the puppetry arts in Europe have formed an informal network for exchange and reflection, entitled “Puppet.Net” and coordinated by UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette). In 2020, they decided to put the results of these exchanges into practice in the form of a European mobility project enabling young puppeteers from […]
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Jenö Virág, editor in chief of Hungarian art and puppetry magazine “Art Limes” shares the first two volumes. “Dear Fellow Editors, Friends in Puppetry, I am happy to send you the first two volumes of our international puppetry magazines’ review. The magazines are presented in alphabetical order, the first volume comprehending titles from A to […]
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In May were held the last two workshops of the project ” Tomorrow’s puppetry in Africa “. Second francophone workshop: ” Puppetry and dramaturgies in public space “. The workshop for French-speaking African countries on the theme ” Puppetry and dramaturgy in public space ” was led by Alessandra Amicarelli (Italy) and Athanase Kabré (Burkina […]
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A 5-day training session in the Barcelona Center aims to bring together former diploma students and other professionals interested in the therapeutic power of puppets. In response to international scenarios of emergencies and learned hopelessness, this training will present and review Muñecoterapia Chile’s model of research and intervention with adults, in the context of memory, […]
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Day 3 started with reports from the Americas. Happy anniversary UNIMA Brazil! Humanitas and Cooporation commissions also shared the great work they are doing to support puppetry artists in times of need, including a project to support students from Ukraine to continue their studies. Special thanks to the contributors to the Emergency Aid Fund for […]
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The Professional Training Commission continues to gather puppeteer trainers around the world online to share ideas on training programmes. The next meeting will be held on Friday, 14th April at 15h CET on Zoom, in English, featuring Artur Dwulit from the Academy of Theatre in the name of Aleksandra Zelwerowicza of Bialystok, Poland. Zoom ID: […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile calls for applications to the 7th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. Called and organized by: Muñecoterapia Chile & Puppets in Transit Sponsored by: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile calls for applications to the 13th edition of its International Diploma Course. Called and organized by: Muñecoterapia Chile & Puppets In Transit Sponsored by: UNIMA Commission of Education, Development and Therapy. Course language: Spanish This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic […]
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A Vision for UNIMA | Youth Commission open session Date: March 31st Time: 12P.M. CET (Central European Time. Please note that CET changed on 26th March 2023) The Youth Commission invites you to an open session about UNIMA’s vision and priorities for the future. We want to hear your thoughts, ideas and questions about UNIMA, […]
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Tomorrow’s puppetry in Africa – Dramaturgies and digital exeriments 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 […]
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Plein Feu Sur La Marionnette en Afrique Even if it is said “of tradition” in Africa, the sector of the puppetry arts is not yet really professionalized. Conscious of this reality, UNIMA – International Union of Puppetry, proposed, with the Académie Ivoire Marionnette (Ivory Coast) and the Centre Djarama (Senegal), a cycle of training associated […]
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Kazakhstan – Orteke, an indigenous Kazakh performing art, was inscribed on UNESCO’s list of humanity’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. This was accomplished at the seventeenth session to safeguard our heritages, held in Morocco 28th November to 3rd December 2022. “This performance, fascinating for its simplicity, is enjoyed by children and adults alike. It is primarily transmitted […]
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UNIMA creates links and often more than links, founding stories for places. All UNIMA meetings create this value of friendship and vision. Charleville-Mézières is a commendable example of a reciprocal friendship that creates tools to support enthusiasm and desire, but also to develop values that are essential to all humanity. From a subsidiary art relegated […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile invites applicants to the 6th edition of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy. Call and organisation: Muñecoterapia Chile & Puppets in Transit Sponsor: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to rescue memory […]
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Turning the spotlight on training in the puppet arts 18 November 2022 – 14:00 (2pm), CET Fedelis Kyalo / Dr. Tom Odhiambo / Phylemon Odhiambo Okoth Join the Zoom session: ID: 819 6299 9228 Access: 616746 View it live on Facebook here.
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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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November 19 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm MST Free Puppet Perspectives – online conversation Is it time for the nonhuman voice to be heard? Sentience is in question. Personhood is at issue. Anthropocentrism is challenged. WP Puppet Theatre’s Festival of Ideas explores the power of puppetry, as applied in areas of social justice, community issues and cultural […]
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AnimaIF is the international puppet theatre festival organised by Is Mascareddas of Sardigna, Italy which brings to the stage some of the most significant shows by island, national and international companies from France, Spain, Slovenia and Japan.. In addition, an aperitif by Stazione di Transito, tasting of local wines, readings, meetings and screenings as well […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the 5th version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy. Call and organize: Muñecoterapia Chile & Puppets in TransitSponsor: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension; to […]
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In this 8th celebration, PESTA BONEKA will be held on site in Yogyakarta for the audience and also puppet theater artists to enjoy. PESTA BONEKA is an international biennial puppet festival that has been independently held by Papermoon Puppet Theater since 2008. The festival, which is held every two years, is a gathering place for […]
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IN THE NEXT PUPPETRAINING ORGANIZED BY UNIMA’s PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COMMISSION, IT WILL BE ITALY’S TURN! TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2022, 4.00 PM (CET) Meeting program: – Presentation ATELIER DELLE FIGURE / School for puppeteers and storytellers – ANIMATERIA presentation / Advanced training course for animator expert in techniques and languages, analogical and digital, of puppetry – […]
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The website provides information on subsidies, kindergartens, schooling, university education, access to educational aids, teaching materials in Hungarian and Ukrainian, and legislation. For more information please write to József Gyócsi, member of the Education, Therapy and Development Commission: jozsefgyocsi@gmail.com
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the 13th version of its International Diploma in Puppet Therapy in SPANISH. This course is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension; to the rescue of memory and learnt hopelessness. In these post-pandemic times, the Diploma in Puppet […]
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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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NEXT MEETING: Friday, July 1, 4:00 p.m. (CET) SOORE ART UNIVERSITY – DEPARTMENT OF PUPPET THEATER – Tehran, IRAN A live meeting on the Zoom platform. Participate by connecting to this Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83603472774?pwd=U2dFbTJBM3RHQWJEWU9lVGVJeFIvdz09 Meeting ID: 836 0347 2774Access Code: 093891 More information For those who cannot follow the meetings live, the recordings will be available after the […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the 4th version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy – in english. This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension; to the rescue of memory and learnt hopelessness.During these current times, of global […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the 12th version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy – in Spanish.This online diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension; to the rescue of memory and learnt hopelessness.During these current times, of global pandemic […]
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Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Candás, Asturias. “When we intuit that some element of the rich folkloric or traditional Spanish heritage questions us, and we consider that it may have a nucleus or “substance” that makes it suitable to […]
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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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Friday, May 6th 2022, at 5pm (CET). The Professional Training Commission of Unima proposes monthly online meetings with schools or trainings dedicated to puppetry arts. These meetings aim at discovering the programmes and characteristics of puppetry schools in the world. The next meeting will be held on Friday 6 May with the Academy of Performing […]
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Date/Time 05/06/2022 5 pm (CET) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88363612418?pwd%3DcHdWcTRCRDBsNU5saERPZGduSnpRZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3OEHU9yninLd9FlVMOnwWt
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Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art & Craft STEPARC presents Puthalika Patrika Puppetry E-Magazine March 2022 Women’s Edition. We welcome your feedback , comments and article contributions in English.For previous editions click on the link –http://sphoorthitheatre.com/Sphoorthi-Magazine-Puthalika-Patrika.html
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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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The Arketal Workshop, run by Greta Bruggeman and Sylvie Osman since 2002, is a studio for puppetry training located in Cannes (France), well-known in the world of puppetry. There students of all nationalities attend every year various making and play courses. The Arketal Workshop is also a place for doing research : it allows puppeteers, […]
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This year is the year! From 8 – 12 June 2022 the international production centre for figure theatre Westflügel Leipzig will host FIGURE IT OUT – an international meeting for figure theatre plus showcase with more than 15 productions for an international audience. We cordially invite you to this event and are very pleased to […]
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“Dear Presidents of the UNIMA National Centres, International Shadow Theater Festivals for contemporary shadow players have been taking place in the German city of Schwaebisch Gmuend for over 30 years, attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world. Here the shadow players get to know each other, discuss things with each other and establish […]
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The Education, Development and Therapy Commission in cooperation with the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek has just published a new book: Applied Puppetry in Education, Development, and Therapy: Theory and Practice. It is an open access e-book and can be downloaded for free. Here is the link:http://www.uaos.unios.hr/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Applied-Puppetry-FINAL-za-web.pdf The book presents different and new […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the 3nd English version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy.This online diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension.During these current times, of global pandemic and confinement, the Puppet Therapy Diploma invites you to be […]
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PASSPORTS are available for these upcoming festivals : . SAPERLIPUPPET | France | 6-10 April 2022 | [1 passport x 5 days] · FIDENA – Figurentheater der Nationen | Germany |May 7 – 18, 2022 [1 passport x 5 days] · Festival Internazionale dei Burattini e delle Figure Arrivano dal Mare! | Italy | May 21 – 26, 2022 […]
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PASSPORTS are available for these upcoming festivals : · PUPPENPARADE ORTENAU / Germany | March 19 – April 10, 2022 [2 passports x 5 days] · SAPERLIPUPPET | France | 6-10 April 2022 | [1 passport x 5 days] · FIDENA – Figurentheater der Nationen | Germany |May 7 – 18, 2022 [1 passport x 5 days] · Festival Internazionale dei Burattini […]
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A new crisis has emerged in Ukraine, and UNIMA has received many queries in the past week. Our Commissions have assembled for extraordinary meetings to decide on a united response to this alarming tragedy and the assistance we can provide its victims. UNIMA continues to provide aid for puppeteers and UNIMA members afflicted by economic […]
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Tolosa, the 14th April 2022 Dear friends of the National Centers, International Councillors, Representatives, members of the UNIMA: From the Heritage, Museums and Documentation Centers Commission, we have set ourselves the main objective of protecting and disseminating the important puppet heritage that our community has throughout the world. The first thing we have to do […]
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PUPPETRAINING: turning the spotlight on training in puppetry arts Presentations by training institutions; Meetings around the world 28 February 2022 (15h CET) Interested? Follow the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87130052096?pwd=bVICdIZjRUtab2hrWFZoNDJCZog1dz09
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The exhibition People and Puppets: UNIMA, believing and creating a common future for puppetry art (1929-2019) arrives in Italy as a unique stage of its route, after the big tour all over Europe. Ortoteatro, as co-producer of the exhibition with UNIMA, TOPIC, the city of Charleville-Mézières and its Museum of the Ardennes, EGEAC – Museum […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the 3nd English version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy.This online diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension.During these current times, of global pandemic and confinement, the Puppet Therapy Diploma invites you to be […]
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Dear National Centres, The professional training commission has the project to update the list of universities, schools and official institutions with professional training programs in puppetry. This list will be hosted on the page of the Professional Training Commission on the UNIMA International website, with the purpose of communicating and making better known the richness […]
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10:00 EST/16:00 CET https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85306736361?pwd=V3hHUW1RbGFEYUhFK0ZnN3M3MkJCQT09ID de reunión: 853 0673 6361Código de acceso: 903257
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From November 20-28, 2021 we will celebrate the Titirijai – International Puppet Festival of Tolosa. http://www.topictolosa.com/
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ANIMATAZINE, fanzine* dedicated to animated theatre, by Alessandra Amicarelli and Valeria Sacco * Fanzine: a publication created by enthusiasts for other enthusiasts. ANIMATAZINE is the first international fanzine born in Italy dedicated to animated theatre, paper and digital, trilingual (FR IT EN), totally independent. ANIMATAZINE explores animated theatre in its most vital, intense and poetic […]
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“A puppetry offering for our deceased, from Latin America”In commemoration of the Day of the Dead *. This virtual Colloquium has as its main objectives: to preserve, disseminate and contribute to the ancestral legacy of the Day of the Dead and its manifestations linked to the art of puppetry in Latin America. It will take […]
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The Academy of Arts and Culture of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, in partnership with the UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission, organizes the 2nd International Artistic and Scientific Conference “Persons with Disabilities in Arts, Science and Education”. It will be held in Osijek, Croatia, on 2nd and 3rd December 2021. The Conference […]
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Turning the spotlight on training in puppetry arts The Professional Training Commission of UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) is pleased to present its new project: “Spotlight on Puppetry Arts Training”, which consists of: Meetings to discover the main approaches to teaching the art of puppetry around the world. Presentations and discussions with the heads […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the second version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy. This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension; to the rescue of memory and learnt hopelessness. During these current times, of global pandemic and […]
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Last year Tehran (Iran) First International Online Puppet Theater Festival was held to fill the world with the magic of puppet art to help us pass our quarantine and enter the new world of puppetry and not give up. This year the second edition of the festival will be held, from October 16 to 21, […]
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Submissions are open for this international, web-based arts-research conference. The mask, interpreted in its broadest sense, is one of the most ubiquitous objects across cultures. Women, a complex and diverse category of people, have specific histories and realities with masks and masquerade. The mask’s powerful and intimate association with the face and the body—as well […]
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We are glad to invite you to apply for the What’s pUPpet session that is going to be held within the framework of UNIMA’s program at the FMTM 2021 in Charleville-Mezieres, on Tuesday the 21th of September, 18-19.30 (CET). UNIMA is it’s members! In this programm, we invite you to present your projects and ideas, […]
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Douanes, by Sylvie BaillonIn cocreation with Liza Cox, Joana Feijo, Emilie Parmentier, Eléonore Antoine Snowden *Duration: 40 minutes / multidisciplinary form / From 15 years old Followed by a meeting with the teams of the African, American and Asian creations of Douanes – Customs – Adouana What does it mean today to cross borders? A story […]
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In 2022, it will take place the third edition of MIMMOS, an international festival dedicated to puppets, masks and animated objects, to be held in Agualva-Cacém, near Sintra, Portugal and organized by Valdevinos (Cultural Organization), organizer of the 1st ans 2nd edition of MIMMOS – Mostra Internacional de Marionetas, Máscaras e Objetos de Sintra (Sintra […]
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Dear puppeteers and friends of puppets all over the world, I would like to draw your attention to the existence and work of the Puppet in Education, Development and Therapy Commission. It is meant for all the researchers and practitioners who research and/or use puppets in education, development and therapy. If you would like to […]
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This online diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in their expressive and therapeutic dimension; to the rescue of memory and learnt hopelessness. During these current times, of global pandemic and confinement, the Puppet Therapy Diploma invites you to be part of a journey where creativity, research, studies and the […]
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April 30 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm GMTLanguage: French Part 1 – The seminar Led by : Elhadji Gueye This seminar is proposed by the cultural Pole Djaram’arts directed by Patricia Gomis, in Ndayane in Senegal, within the framework of the project initiated by the UNIMA and supported by the UNESCO: ” Spotlight on […]
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We announce the opening of the first English version of the Puppet Therapy Diploma 2021. Applications OPEN for International Online Puppet Therapy Diploma 2021 START DATE: APRIL 29th 2021END DATE: JULY 15th 2021All classes online via Zoom Dates of classes:29th APRIL6th, 13th, 20th, 27th MAY3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th JUNE1st, 8th,15th JULY 2021 TIME OF SESSION: […]
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the eighth version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy.
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Spotlight on the Puppet in Africa. Workshop: Movement and Immobility, with Naomi van Niekerk
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The Research Commission is currently accepting proposals for articles for the next issue of Puppet Notebook. The Spring/Summer 2021 issue will be on Isolation/Hope. Puppetry, like all the theatre arts, has suffered during the pandemic: engagement with a live audience is a vital part of the practice, and a major or sole income stream for […]
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UNIMA’s 3 Americas Commission is presenting
the latest edition of the online-magazine, LA HOJA DEL TITIRITERO, this time, dedicated to puppet theater in the United States.
TOPIC is carrying out a physical and digital training project for artists and people who use puppetry for socio-educational or medical purposes.
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Between March and August, UNIMA raised €8,700 euros; these were used to help puppeteers in extreme situations
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In 2018, for its 90th anniversary, UNIMA launched the project 4 creations 4 continents.
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Muñecoterapia Chile is calling all the applicants for the sixth version of its International Online Diploma in Puppet Therapy.
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La Hoja del Titiritero, the Electronic Bulletin of the Unima 3 Americas Commission. Journey through the Puppets of Argentina
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The FIDENAResearchCentre would have celebrated its premiere at this year’s FIDENA
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The Fourth International Meeting on Puppetry Arts Training, which was scheduled to take place from 22 to 25 September 2020 in Beijing, China, has been postponed to 2021.
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Due to the pandemic situation, the starting date of the first year of the PuppeTry EMJMD course has been changed by the Consortium to 04 January 2021.
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Documentary “The Far Side of the MOON” is a backstage of the performance “We All Live Under the Same Moon”.
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Ryazan Puppet Theater, with support of the Russian Center and UNIMA’s Youth Commission, is going to spread some presentational materials about Youth In Progress 2019 including online streaming of the full performance “We All Live Under the Same Moon” on 15th of May.
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The 5th version of the Puppet Therapy Diploma, Chile is open for applications and ready to be taken completely online this year.
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La Hoja del Titiritero, the Electronic Bulletin of the Unima 3 Americas Commission. Journey through the Puppets of Cuba
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The MASA (Market of Performing Arts Abidjan) makes for its 11th edition from 07 to 14 March 2020 a particular focus on the puppet
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The University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) has published a new issue of the digital magazine Moin-moin.
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We are glad to invite you to apply for the first UNIMA Fishing Fresh session that is going to be held within the framework of UNIMA Congress and the World Puppetry Festival on Bali in April, 2020.
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The 10th International Puppetry Festival “IPFest2020” Kenya will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 16th to 20th September 2020.
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La Hoja del Titiritero, the Electronic Bulletin of the Unima 3 Americas Commission. Journey through the Puppets of Central America
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The call for applications for research residences at the IIM between February 24 and December 18, 2020 was opened end of November 2019.
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The International Conference “Persons with Disabilities in Art, Science and Education”, which will be held in Osijek, Croatia, on 5th and 6th December 2019.
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The International Conference “Persons with Disabilities in Art, Science and Education”, which will be held in Osijek, Croatia, on 5th and 6th December 2019.
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The 4th International Conference on Training in The Arts of Puppetry: “The place of tradition in contemporary puppetry. Bridges, not boarders”. September 22-25, 2020. Beijing, China.
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The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree PuppeTry is a 2-year course.
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The UNIMA Training Commission has shared the presentation made in the framework of the 20th Festival Mondial du Théâtre de Marionnettes from Charleville-Mézières, where announced its projects.
4 Creations 4 continents – PUPPETt.NET network: “When youth reinvents heritage”. December 9-21 in Amiens, France.
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This book aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial.
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The UNIMA Research Commission would like to let you know about the publication of the online journal Critical Stages Issue 19: The Art Form of Contemporary Puppetry.
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UNIMA launches a call for participation in the International Workshop “Fasoulis strikes back!” from 11th to 13th of october 2019, in Veria (Macedonia Central), Greece.
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UNIMA Argentina has organized the First Latin American Congress of Puppets, Culture and Education, which will take place on September 21, in Buenos Aires.
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La Hoja del Titiritero,” the online bulletin created by the Unima 3 Americas Commission, returns in its third epoch. This issue dives deep into Mexico’s puppet theater movement
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The newspaper “L’Ardennais” echoes the puppet exhibition in Charleville – Mézières “People & Puppets. UNIMA: Believing in and to Creating a Common Future for Puppetry (1929 – 2019)” celebrating the 90th anniversary of UNIMA. It can be visited at the Musée de l’Ardenne until December 8, before starting on an European tour until June 2022.
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Conference on Persons with Disabilities in Art, Science and Education, which will be held in Osijek, Croatia, on 5th and 6th December 2019.
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Stephan Wunsch will give a workshop on improvisation with digitally controlled technical instruments, titled Workshop: Also you, robot? Or: Programmer – ethos and robot soul.
The first UNIMA’s residence for young puppeteers is hosted by the International Puppet Festival “Ryazanskie Smotriny” in Ryazan, Russia, in September 6-19.
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The International Puppet Theatre Festival – PIF (Pupteatra Internacia Festivalo) gathers the best-known international and Croatian puppet theatres and performances, and will be held from Sept. 13 – 20, 2020 in the City of Zagreb.
Conceived as a four-day gathering of puppetry experts, significant personalities from the field of puppetry, UNIMA representatives and aficionados of puppetry and theatre. The event will take place in Prague on 6 – 8 June 2019.
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In 2020, at the 14th Figura Theatre Festival in Baden, Switzerland, the Cantonal Council of Aargau will award the ninth Grünschnabel (Greenhorn) prize.
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The Prize honours outstanding and innovative practices advancing girls’ and women’s education.
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After a quarter of century of artistic activity, the “International Puppet Workshop of Matanzas” (Titim) returns.
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La Hoja del Titiritero, the Electronic Bulletin of the Unima 3 Americas Commission. Tour of the puppet theater of the past and the present in Uruguay.
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The 23rd edition of the UNIMA World Congress and the World Puppetry Festival will take place from April 13th to 19th in Gianyar, Bali (Indonesia).
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UNIMA YOUTH Commission together with the International Puppet Festival “Ryazanskie Smotriny“ in cooperation with the Russian National Center of UNIMA announces the start of a new project that is aimed to fulfill a professional creative exchange among young puppeteers around the world.
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In 2003, UNIMA – the international union of puppetry, launched World Puppetry Day which takes place every March 21.
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Yesterday was presented in Spain the revised and updated version of the World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts (WEPA), within the framework of FETEN, The European Performing Arts Fair for Children, which is being held these days in Gijón (Spain). The Encyclopedia brings together 40 years of work, gathering an unprecedented amount of information. It is […]
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Extremely pleased about the enthusiasm aroused by the previous editions, the Commission of the three Americas is happy to offer the new issue of La Hoja del Titiritero.
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The Graduate Theater Program (PPGT) of the Arts Center (CEART) of Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Brazil offers this journal open to contributions. Some of them are available in languages other than Portuguese. Read it online
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The Professional Training Commission is organizing the Third International Conference on Training in the Arts of Puppetry in 2019, in Florianópolis, Brazil.
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The UNIMA Africa Commission and the Pan-African KI-YI Foundation in partnership with Académie Ivoire Marionnettes (Ivory Puppet Academy) are proposing a high-level six-week professional training on the techniques (fabrication, manipulation) of string puppets, for professional puppeteers, amateur and art lovers. The training is provided by the great French American specialist Mary Sharp, visual artist and […]
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Extremely pleased about the enthusiasm aroused by the previous editions, the Commission of the three Americas is happy to offer the new issue of La Hoja del Titiritero. It affirms its commitment to continue offering a platform of exchange, analysis and promotion to the puppetre Art of the three Americas. Read La Hoja del Titiritero […]
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The UNIMA Africa commission is proposing a video contest on the theme “Puppets facing illegal immigration”.
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UNIMA Europe Commission organizes a conference with the title “ The world in Europe – contemporary Puppetry, global exchanges and migration” that will take place in Stockholm.
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The Puppetry Association Origens and UNIMA’s Commission for Education, Development and Therapy announce the call for submission of papers for the II Puppet Therapy Seminar of Belo Horizonte themed Puppets and the person with disabilities: Practices in Culture, Education and Health – which will take place on September 27, 28 and 29, 2018 in Belo […]
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Extremely pleased about the enthusiasm aroused by the first editions, the Commission of the three Americas is happy to offer the fourth issue of La Hoja del Titiritero. It affirms its commitment to continue offering a platform of exchange, analysis and promotion to the puppetre Art of the three Americas. Read La Hoja del Titiritero […]
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Extremely pleased about the enthusiasm aroused by the first editions, the Commission of the three Americas is happy to offer the third issue of La Hoja del Titiritero. It affirms its commitment to continue offering a platform of exchange, analysis and promotion to the puppetre Art of the three Americas. Read La Hoja del Titiritero […]
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The Spanish translation and editing of The Puppet – What a Miracle! has been completed and the book put online. El títere – ¡qué milagro! can be found on the Education, Development and therapy commission page.
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The project of the Commission Cooperation this time affected Rohingya children refugees from the civil war in Myanmar.
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The research and documentation division of the Institut International de la Marionnette is launching a call for applications for the research residency program 2018.
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World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts is available to the public since 22 of September 2017 at 1PM. Discover it now.
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Extremely pleased about the enthusiasm aroused by the first edition, the Commission of the three Americas is happy to offer the second issue of La Hoja del Titiritero. With the same joy, it affirms its commitment to continue offering a platform of exchange, analysis and promotion to the puppetre Art of the 3 Americas. Read […]
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On behalf of Guangxi Normal University Publishing Group, the plan to translate a monograph from English to Chinese, on Chinese puppetry, is the first translating and publishing co-project with the China Puppeteer Training Basement International project (Beijing). This translated book will be published next year, as one of a series in Sinology Abroad. After being approved by […]
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There will be a pilot meeting of a new puppetry and object theatre research working group affiliated to the UNIMA Research Commission. This will be held within the IFTR conference tuesday 11th july at the University of Sao Paulo – 2 to 4pm. For more information please email research@unima.org. The Broken Puppet:a symposium on puppetry, disability and […]
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Since 2012, the Research and Documentation Centre of the Institut International de la Marionnette has implemented some tools designed to encourage research on puppetry and object theatre whatever the discipline may be: performing arts, anthropology, archeology, history, literature, visual arts, new technologies, philosophy, psychoanalysis and therapies, economics, physics, chemistry, etc. One of these tools aims […]
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In the new edition of “La Hoja del Titiritero”, the Three Americas commission offers an information portal of this region of the world, following the tradition and honoring the meticulous work that was started in 2004.
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Our art is very old and has a great history, but of all time it involves special people – young in their heart and their soul, full of enthusiasm – the puppeteers! That is why the UNIMA Youth Commission is preparing a video presentation and wants to invite the largest number of puppeteers from all over the world to its creation. For the creation of this video, we need your help.
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This year, the Training Commission has been receiving a great number of applications; more than about forty ones meeting the selection criterias. After a difficult election due the good level of the applications, the members of the Training Commission decided to award, for 2017, 2 grants for students. The recipients 2017 are: Diana Tuneva (Russia) […]
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From 27 to 29 December 2016, the first edition of the puppet festival “Douma Tanja: des arts de marionnettes et de performances” is held in Tangiers, Morocco. This festival, which includes shows, exhibitions and moments of training, is strongly wished and directed by Professor Rachid Amahjour, president of the association ”Tanger, Porte de l’Afrique”. It’s […]
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Puppetry in Slovakia and Czechia inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco! More information here.
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In 2017, the Profesional Training Commission of UNIMA would give between 2 and 3 grants, without discrimination of age or origin, to students in puppetry arts, or puppeteers in practical training, to follow a course or a workshop proposed by a school or training program in puppet theater. Therefore, it is glad to announce the […]
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The new 3 Americas Commission invites all UNIMA National Centers of the Americas and their respective presidents and/or official representatives, to a meeting in the city of Matanzas, Cuba, December 8-11, 2016. In this meeting, the Commission proposes to undertake new work projects, cultural, theoretical and pedagogical actions for the puppeteers and the public of […]
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EDT is happy to offer the free download links of our book “The Power of the Puppet”. Below are the links (English, Spanish and German only in this moment).
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The two days of meeting of the Centres of UNIMA (International Union of the Marionette), section Africa, made possible interesting and constructive exchanges. The presidents of the different centres was able to reflect together on the strategy to put in place for the four coming years for the UNIMA Commission Africa. Also, they discussed concerning […]
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The Lebanese company Amis des Marionnettes and the Spanish one Marionetes Nòmades are, currently, attending, with its puppets, child refuged in the country, under the coordination of the NGO Payasos sin Fronteras. Read more…
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The National Centres of UNIMA (International Union of the Marionette), section Africa, started, today, on March 6th, 2016, in Abidjan, a meeting that would be held during 2 days, in the frame of the MASA (African Market of Arts and Performance). The delegate general of the MASA, the International UNIMA secretary general, the president of […]
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EDT is happy to offer the free download links of our book “The Puppets – What a Miracle!”. Below are the links (English, Spanish and German only in this moment).
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The Professional Training Commission is glad announcing the name of the recipients of its Grants 2016: Feith-Anne Chester Inn (Guyana), Alina Cristina Tane (Romania), Izabela Zachowicz (Poland) Thank to these grants, Feith-Anne Chester Inn will take part to the workshop “The Unusual body – Theatre of animation” with Miguel Vellinho (Cie PeQuod) in the Espaço […]
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Responding an invitation sent by Analía Brun, independent productor of the exhibition “Los Títeres de Muestra” y profesor in the EMAD, “Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art Margarita Xirgú” ( http://www.emad.edu.uy ), where is existing a space de production off puppets within the Chair Transforming of the Object and Materials, Susanita Freire, President of the Commission for […]
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In 2016, the Profesional Training Commission of UNIMA would give three (3) grants, without discrimination of age or origin, to students in puppetry arts, or puppeteers in practical training, to follow a course or a workshop proposed by a school or training program in puppet theater. So, it is glad to announce the list of […]
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Dear all, The EDT commission received keen reply since the release of the news. Till the deadline, we received 15 applications from 11 countries all over the world: Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Hong Kong (China), Malaysia, The Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, USA. It was pleasant to have received such number of very good presentations. After the voting of our […]
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The application for the grant has closed in end of May. We received 15 applications in total, they are: 1. Artsolute (Singapore) 2. Carol Sterling (USA) 3. Cengiz Ozek (Turkey) 4. Dafa Puppet Theatre (Czech Republic) 5. Elizabeth Goldsmith-Colney (USA) 6. Frans Hakkemars (The Netherlands) 7. Gibdel Wilson (Costa Rica) 8. King Ho Wong (Hong […]
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The company Arketal was glad welcoming, in its workshop in Cannes, the young puppeteer LIN Xiaoran, coming from the Shanghai Theatre Academy of China. She came to attend the workshop “Contemporary strings puppet theater” managed by the master Frank Soehnle. LIN Xiaoran received one of the grants 2015 of the Commission for Professional Training of […]
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To all UNIMA National Centres and Councillors, I kindly request all of you to make propositions of nomination for the “Award for Encouragement”, Women’s Commission award, by filling and sending of the online form. You can get more details, seeing, in the main website of UNIMA, the Women’s Commission page, as well reading, in English, […]
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The Master Roberto Lago drafted his newsletter “La Hoja del Titiritero Independiente” on a typewriter, and wrote by hand, on the rear part, the name of the recipients and the addresses before to send it by mail. At the 21st century, it’s more rapid and easier to communicate. We will never know what the great […]
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On January 25 26, 27th, 2015, the Strategic Development Commission held its first meeting in Tehran. Ronny Aelbrecht and Hamidreza Ardalan worked intensely, thinking about the best ways in order to define and to propose a strategic development for UNIMA. They invite you to read the report written after this meeting.
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The first global conference of puppet theatre festival directors took place in Bochum – Germany in 2003 and a second one was held in 2007, gathering more around 40 participants. The third Symposium, always in the framework of FIDENA, was the opportunity of a conference on 19th and 20th May 2014 which the them was […]
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The Cultural Exchange Commission wants to recognize the collaboration that, over these years, the International Puppet Festivals have been offering, joined to the program of grants, allowing the UNIMA members to have the possibility to visit them. This year 2014, our recognition has been for the following events: – Puppet Festival FIDENA – Bochum (Germany) […]
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The EDT Commission is happy to announce that it is going to offer grants to puppeteers worldwide. Total number of 5 grants will be granted.
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The Commission for Latina America is very glad to invite you to read the last issue of its Electronic bulletin – “La Hoja del Titiritero” # 31 – December 2014 – Year 11. As always, many informations and very interesting texts. A Dossier written by Prof. Dr. Valmor Níni Beltrame, a Reportage from Alejandro Jara […]
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The Professional Training Commission is glad announcing the name of the recipients 2015 of its Grants 2015 Xiaoran, student from China, and – Faith-Ann Chester-Inniss, puppeteer from Guyana. Thank to thse grants, Xiaoran would attend, in April 2015, to the workshop “Contemporary String Puppet” with Frank Soehnle in the Atelier d’Arketal in Cannes (France) and […]
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The Commission for Latin America announces the names of the selected artists for the Scholarships, for the courses programed by the companies Caixa do Elefante and Cia Lumbra, in January 2015: Desdobramentos do Corpo, January 5th to 11th, 2015 – Joana Vieira Viana – Brazil – Jândi Caetano De Matos – Uruguay Territorios Desconhecidos, January […]
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Even if this action concerns mainly the UNIMA members of Latin America, Caribbean and Mexico, the Commission for Latin America would like to make the widest diffusion concerning the grants that it would offer for workshops in Brazil at the beginning of 2015. As you could see reading, in La Hoja del Titiritero, the letters […]
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The Cultural Exchanges Commission would like to remind that, as each year, helping grants in order to attend Festivals (accommodation, meals and tickets for shows) are offered to those who are interested for taking part. The Commission has created an extensive festival network (48) in 25 different countries that allows the UNIMA members to assist […]
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The Profesionnal Training Commission is glad to announce the list of the workshops that it would support for 2015. The candidates must fill out and send the application form before November 15th, 2014 and have to choose one of the courses or workshops listed here below. – Contemporay String Puppet with Frank Soehnle at the […]
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For us, it’s essential to maintain the training of puppeteers as an effective way to preserve an important patrimony, because the artists’ interest in puppetry is growing and the need for high quality professional training is growing with it. In that respect, significant training programs worldwide must be maintained and protected. So, when a program […]
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One festival in Canada joins the grants program in order to attend festivals and would offer lodging, food and free tickets for the shows, as well the possibility to attend to the training workshops. There is the Festival de Casteliers – Montréal, Québec, March 2015 So, there are 48 international puppetry festivals in 25 countries offering […]
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The Commission for Latina America is very glad to invite you to read the last issue of its Electronic bulletin – “La Hoja del Titiritero” # 30 – July 2014 – Year 11. As always, many informations and very interesting texts, specially after the Council in Cuba. A Dossier written by Prof. Dr. Valmor Níni […]
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The Commission for Latin America, again, in collaboration with the UNIMA Federación España, UNIMA Euskal Herria and the Topic, offers grants to latin american artists puppeteers, permiting them to attend the Summer School that would be held in the TOPIC of Tolosa from June 30th to July 7th, 2014. This year, the grant holders will […]
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In order to promote the work of female artists, the Women’s Commission has decided to dedicate an encouragement award. The whole of UNIMA national centres are encouraged to propose names for the awards. The commission accepts nominations for a living woman puppetry artists or fields associated with puppetry (eg therapy/community cultural development), using puppetry, or […]
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The WEPA project progresses. Karen Smith, president of the Publication and Communication Commission, announced during the recent UNIMA Council in Cuba that the English translation of the encyclopedia has been completed. To date, approximately 90% of the Spanish translation is done, and the full translation will be completed by September 2014. These two new language […]
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The Research Center at the Institut international de la marionnette (IIM) in Charleville-Mézières has launched within the framework of the Web Portal for Puppetry Arts (PAM) an International Project of Linguistic Research in order to ease translation tasks and prepare the interoperability of databases concerning the puppet in the context of semantic Web. This work […]
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In cooperation with the UNIMA International Festivals Commission, the festival FIDENA welcomes the Third Meeting of Festivals Directors. It will be held from 18th to 21st May 2014. The registration for all interested people have to be sent before 15 April. Beware: the registration is limited. For the registration and also all information (different packages), please contact Helene Ewert : symposium@fidena.de. […]
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The UNIMA European Commission chaired by Nina Monova is pleased to report to all National Centres and members (mostly) residents in Europe, it has developed new policies to highlight what is happening in Europe. The Commission would like to establish a close collaboration with the National Centres. Now, the Commission invites the National Centres […]
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The Women commission invites you to read its latest report.
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The # 28 of the review of the commission For Latin america just issued.
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Take part to the research project, the book about Puppet and Puppet Theater, of Poupak Azimpour, Iranian puppet theater researcher, answering to the questions: What is a Puppet? Who is a Puppet? What is the Puppet theatre? Why is the Puppet Theater chosen when there are other forms of media and performing art? Read more
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The Commission for Latina America is very glad to invite you to read the last issue of its Electronic bulletin – “La Hoja del Titiritero” # 29 – December 2013 – Year 10. As always, many news, informations about festivals and very interesting texts. Its chapter “”Personaje Inolvidable” is dedicated to Miguel Arreche and gathers […]
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The Cultural Exchange Commission wants to recognize the collaboration that brought, all over the years, the International Puppet Festivals members of the network of grants in order to let the UNIMA members having the opportunity to visit them. This year 2013 ours thanks are for the ones quoted here below Bienal Internacional de Títeres “Titiricuenca” […]
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After long discussions, the members of the Training Commission decided to award, for 2014, 2 grants for students. The recipients 2014 are: – Domokos Kovacs, from Hungary, will follow, in August 2014, the workshop “Dance and Puppetry” headed by Duda Paiva, in the International Puppetry Institute of Charleville Mézières (France). – Miroslava Fuentes Figueroa, […]
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The International Festivals Commission invite you to discover its activity report 2013 presented at the meeting of Executive Committee in Baku (Azerbaijan). > Report (English) > Informations on the Commission
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A new project of UNIMA European Commission calls on creation of international catalogue of such an outstanding and still working puppet makers of different types of puppets and masks. In catalogue, except of the names, e-mails and post addresses, there will be a short biographical information and short description of everyone, including photos of their […]
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