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The Cultural Exchange Commission thanks the Festivals

Cultural Exchanges - 11/12/2013

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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Nyhedsbrev: new issue of the danish review

Denmark - 11/12/2013

  UNIMA Denmark has published a new issue of its newsletter, “Nyhedsbrev” or “UNIMA-Nyt”. We invite you to discover it.   In summary for example, an article on the use of puppets in animation, one on the famous Festival of Wonder, and also a report for the Festival mondial des théâtres de marionnettes in Charleville-Mézières […]

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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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