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Special edition of Manip in English and Spanish

France - 18/09/2015

On proposal of its international councillors, Veronika Door, Lucile Bodson et Greta Bruggeman, which have been receiving feedback from profesionals of other countries, interested by the reflections held in France, Themaa UNIMA France is very glad to invite you to read the special issue of its review MANIP, translated in English and Spanish. Read the […]

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Death of Ferdinand Veike

Estonia - 31/08/2015

With a great sadness we must inform you that the founder of the Estonian State Puppet Theatre, the Honorary Member of UNIMA Ferdinand Veike has passed away on August 12, 2015, at the age of 90 years. In 1958 Ferdinand Veike was elected the vice president of the Soviet Centre of UNIMA. He held the […]

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A new councillor for NVP-UNIMA Netherlands

Netherlands - 21/07/2015

Created in 1955, NVP-UNIMA Netherlands is celebrating its 60th Anniversary, with an international festival, an agenda with pictures of its members and the publication of a book about their education of puppeteers. Also, they welcomed a new councillor, Martine van Ditzhuyzen. As she wrote a wonderfull motivation letter, UNIMA Netherlands is very glad to share […]

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Days about Marionettes 2015 in Uruguay

Uruguay - 15/07/2015

The puppetry art continues to grow in Uruguay and that development, as well in quantity, as in offers and heterogeneity, made necessary a meeting which not only includes the puppeteers, but, also, these domains of the society where the puppet is present. The results produced during those days, these round tables, between July and October […]

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The applicants for the grant

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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Project of exhibition “Masquerade and iberian popular characters”

Spain - 25/06/2015

Amongst other projects, UNIMA Federación España is working on the creation of an exhibition which goal would be to gather the numerous characters that built the history of the Iberian Peninsula, in order to show it as part of the Worldwide UNIMA Congress in 2016. Our companion, Juan Catalina, together with other fellows from UNIMA […]

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