Tribute to Margareta Niculescu, President of honor of UNIMA
This evening will offer the opportunity to go through the main stages of her career and her visionary thought.
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52nd International Puppet Theatre Festival PIF
PIF invites all puppets, puppet theaters and puppetry groups from all around the world to apply for participation in the 52nd International Puppet Theater Festival – PIF. 52nd PIF will be held from 13 – 20 September, 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. More information about the festival as well as application form can be found at […]
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Open call to the International workshop “Luz, Sombras, Hombres”
UNIMA launches a call for participation in the international workshop “When Youth Re-invent Heritage : Behind the shadows”, from 26th to 30th of novembre 2018, Tolosa (Basque Country), Spain.
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125 years of puppet show on Dam: ‘Jan Klaassen does not have to be more modern’
In August 2018 the City Council of Amsterdam honoured 125 year Dutch traditional Jan Klaassen puppetry at Damsquare, with a special anniversary medal. Punch & Judy from Britain by Professor Robert Styles and Pulcinella from Naples by Bruno Leone came over to Amsterdam for celebrating the big party. Puppeteer Egon Adel is continuing the tradition […]
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Marcos Nicolaiewsky wins the UNIMA Young Authors Award with “Customs”
The international jury named Marcos Nicolaiewsky (Brazil) as the winner of the UNIMA Young Authors Award. His text, “Customs”, was chosen from a selection of pieces by six finalists.
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New issue of Urdimento on the animation theater
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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Dr. Nagy Shaker died at 86
With sincere sadness and sorrow, Unima Egypt is mourning, the great artist and the creator of joy and creativity, the great Dr. Nagy Shaker. And offer sincere condolences to the family of the Faculty of Fine Arts Helwan University and the Egyptian and Arab plastic movement and Egyptian cinema and all the puppet artists and the […]
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New online journal to read and write: de:do. Just a bit of: doll
The journal “de:do” is a project in cooperation with the Forschungsstelle Schrift-Kultur (Research Center for Written Culture) at the University of Siegen. In addition to the areas of literature and literary studies, the journal addresses research from a wide spectrum of disciplines including psychology, education, visual and performing arts and the entire spectrum of cultural studies. It […]
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Conference on Training in the Arts of Puppetry, May 2019, Brazil
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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Training proposed by the Africa Commission
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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