From 7 May to 6 June, the most cosmopolitan of puppetry festivals – the JEM Festival – returns to enchant Brussels (Belgium) for its 6th edition. On the programme of this bubbling festival: 10 days of discoveries around the puppetry arts and more than 40 shows (19 companies), some of which are new (10 premieres […]
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Friday, May 6th 2022, at 5pm (CET). The Professional Training Commission of Unima proposes monthly online meetings with schools or trainings dedicated to puppetry arts. These meetings aim at discovering the programmes and characteristics of puppetry schools in the world. The next meeting will be held on Friday 6 May with the Academy of Performing […]
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The Mariupol Puppet Theatre, situated not so far from the bombed Municipal Theatre, has been destroyed and its artists are dispersed in and around the martyr town of Mariupol. Information concerning their whereabouts is scanty. The theatre was founded in 1995 by director Iryna Rudenko. It included a company of over twenty artists, apparently working […]
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Date/Time 05/06/2022 5 pm (CET) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88363612418?pwd%3DcHdWcTRCRDBsNU5saERPZGduSnpRZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3OEHU9yninLd9FlVMOnwWt
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[ Online meeting ] WOMEN AND THE TRADITIONAL PUPPET SLAPSTICK THEATREXXIX Puppet Festival, July 2022 (dates to be confirmed) Online talks on traditional puppet slapstick theatre, initiative of Elvia Mante/ Women in the art of puppetry, to be held within the framework of the XXIX Festibaúl de títeres, Monterrey, N.L. Mexico, organized by Baúl Teatro, A.C. […]
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FESTIVALS IN THE DIGITAL ERAOpen session for all Thursday, April 7, 202216 h – 17 h 30 (CET) Zoom link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2296739568 During the last two years of the pandemic, international puppet festivals directors had to develop new ways to reach their public and promote the work of the artists. Four panelists from three continents will […]
Read moreIn the framework of the Erasmus+ project «EVOC – Experimenting VOCational training for puppeteers», 14 young puppeteers from 6 European countries (Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Spain) will be selected to participate in an experimental, transversal and non conventional training path in puppetry arts. If you are interested in participating, please read the complete […]
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As it has been done in recent years, UNIMA International has created a common and participatory video to celebrate World Puppet Day on March 21st. We called upon all to propose video sequences of 15′ to 30′ seconds of training courses, creations, shows, workshops, constructions, drawings, scenographies, animations. From the imaginary of the great white […]
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El mar El Mar siempre llevó a los narradores y sus historias de una playa a otra, de una isla a la siguiente, de un continente a muchos. Esas historias se arremolinaron juntas, marinadas en numerosos potajes culturales, volviéndose mágicas e inmortales. Es este el material de las historias, desde tiempos inmemoriales, llena de dragones […]
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“Dear Presidents of the UNIMA National Centres, International Shadow Theater Festivals for contemporary shadow players have been taking place in the German city of Schwaebisch Gmuend for over 30 years, attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world. Here the shadow players get to know each other, discuss things with each other and establish […]
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