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A new UNIMA Representative in Guinea

Secretary General - 6/12/2013

Jacques Trudeau, UNIMA Secretary General, on proposition of Check Amadou Alheri Kotondi, President of the Commission Africa, just appointed an UNIMA Representative in Guinea. It is Ibrahima Sory TOUNKARA (email: marmofete9(at)@yahoo.fr) in Conakry. As our Statutes remind it, a Representative must develop links between puppeteers of his country with the aim of creating an UNIMA […]

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Grants holders 2014 of the Training Commission

Professional Training - 2/12/2013

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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Fallecimiento de Alain Recoing

Secretary General - 18/11/2013

Lamentamos informarles del fallecimiento de Alain Recoing. Titiritero, actor y director francés. Conocía varias experiencias a partir de su participación, en 1948, en el teatro de marionetas a la francés de Gaston Baty. Ha fundado, en 1950, la Compañia de los Tres. Despues, ha creado para la televisión el programa Martin-Martine y actuó con su […]

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Check Amadou Alheri Kotondi joins the Executive Committee

Secretary General - 18/11/2013

After the sudden death of Miguel Arreche, the Executive Committee chose to maintain at 18 the number of members as elected by the Congress of Chengdu. So, Check Amadou Alheri Kotondi, that has yet been President of the Commission Africa, is now member of the Executive Committee, after an unanimous vote during the meeting in […]

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Asia-Pacific International Puppetry Festival

China - 25/10/2013

  Co-organiser of the event and helped by the Asia-Pacific commission of UNIMA, the chinese national centre invites the companies and lecturers to apply for the First Asia-Pacific International Puppetry Festival organized in Nanchong (China) from 1 to 7 June 2014. This festival is opened to compagnies from all around the world. Please, find below the letters of invitations and the application forms to send before 31 October […]

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Death of Miguel Arreche

Secretary General - 14/10/2013

It is with deep sorrow and grief that UNIMA was informed about the sudden passing away of Miguel Arreche last night 11th October 2013. Miguel Arreche former UNIMA secretary general (2000-2008) was a great friend of the puppetry world. He gave all within him to serve UNIMA. Amongst many of his achievements ,during his term with former […]

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Iran: call to participate in a festival

Notices - 9/10/2013

From 15th of February until 22nd of February 2014, Tehran will celebrate the 13th edition of International Festival of Student’s Puppet Theater.   The festival aims to create a link between the present and future artists of the Little Big World of Puppetry and to break the borders, between different art forms of West and […]

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