For the 6th consecutive year, AVIAMA is launching its mobility grants scheme in October to encourage projects in the field of puppetry. These Grants are intended for any person or company with a project involving: training, creation, innovation and research to promote the development of the art of puppetry and object theatre. ➡ Further information […]
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Dear Members and Friends of UNIMA, Our profound sympathies go out to all those impacted by current global conflicts, violence and grief, and we express our unwavering support for all artists and individuals enduring suffering. Our earlier statement was written to affirm our commitment to supporting all puppeteers and to the promotion of peace, culture […]
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WHEN? Opening of FIDENA 2024 with a parade through the city and opening performance: 07.05.2024 FIDENA: 07.05.2024 -15.05.2024 International Symposium: 09.05. & 10.05.2024 WHERE? Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Germany WHAT? During FlDENA, the Deutsches Forum fiir Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst invites you to an international symposium with the theme “CHANGE – INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS IN TIMES OF TRANSFORMATION”. Festival […]
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Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 9th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. Called and organized by: Puppet Therapy Barcelona & Puppets In Transit. Sponsored by: UNIMA Education, Development and Therapy Commission This Online Diploma is designed and focused on the use of puppets and objects in the expressive and therapeutic dimension; to […]
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UNIMA (Union International de la Marionnette) International is deeply distressed by the current international situation and offers its support and friendship to all puppeteers in the world. The UNIMA Executive Committee is preparing a letter to all members, which will be published here soon. Our intent, as always, is to commit to supporting all puppeteers […]
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The Festival of Ideas is an annual conference, produced by W.P. Puppet Theatre Society. It explores the theory and practice of how puppet power promotes and impacts positive social change. In 2023 we ask, how can puppets, ‘metaphors of matter’, help us address our material world? The friendly two day hybrid event features […]
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Organised by the Latin American Subcommission of the Americas Commission, and the Professional Training Commission of UNIMA International. Friday 29/9 and Saturday 30/9, via personalised Zoom (the link will be sent once you have registered for the workshop). Schedule: 11am Argentina / Uruguay / Brazil / Dominican Republic 9h Ecuador / Colombia 8h Mexico (Mexico […]
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On Saturday, June 24th, 2023, Roman Rudenko, director of the Marionette Theater of Mariupol, Ukraine, received the Michaël Meschke Prize at the Museum of Puppetry Arts (MAM) in Lyon. In 2022, this Prize had been given to Iryna Rudenko and her theater “in support of the revival of the Marionette Theater of Mariupol and its […]
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The PASSPORT program aims to help young UNIMA puppeteers or puppet students, both UNIMA and non-UNIMA members, to attend puppet festivals and increase their knowledge of the organization and programming of an international event. For more information and to apply: https://www.unima.org/en/useful-information/unima-grants/passport-program/
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