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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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Project of an international catalogue of working puppet makers

Europe - 18/09/2013

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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Anniversary of British UNIMA

Great Britain - 13/09/2013

The British National Centre of UNIMA celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2013. British UNIMA started on a high with the 1963 UNIMA Presidium (Executive committee) meeting in London and the first major international puppet festival in the UK.   Active Centre since its foundation, several members were member of the Executive Committee, British UNIMA works to […]

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