THE HONORARY PRESIDENTS AWARD
History
In 1990 at the Stockholm World Congress, Dr. Nat Eek (USA)
realized that ASSITEJ had no official Award to that honored its
members artistic excellence in theatre for young audiences. Wishing
to honor the memory of his wife Patricia Fulton Eek who died in
1989, and who was a lighting designer and an ardent advocate of
theatre for young people as well as ASSITEJ, he established the
Honorary Presidents Award of ASSITEJ.
The award is named and
presented on behalf of all the Honorary Presidents of ASSITEJ
International - Gerald Tyler (Great Britain), Konstantin
Shak-Azizov (Russia), Nat Eek (USA), Vladimir Adamek (Czech
Republic), Ilse Rodenberg (Germany), Michael Fitzgerald
(Australia), Wolfgang Schneider (Germany), those past and those yet
to come. This ASSITEJ Award was established and accepted by the
Executive Committee at the 1993 World Congress in Cuba.
Award winners to date:
1996 - 12th ASSITEJ World
Congress - Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Michael Bartenev, playwright (Russia)
The Barking Gecko
Theatre Company (Australia)
Volker Ludwig, performing artist (Germany)
Ray Nüsselein, performing artist (Denmark)
The Award was $250 each winner, a total of $1,000
1999 - 13th ASSITEJ World Congress - Trömso,
Norway
Arena Theatre
Company (Australia)
Eva Bergman, regiseur (Sweden) - Honorable Mention
The Award was $2,000
2002 - 14th ASSITEJ World Congress - Seoul,
Korea
Suzanne Osten, director & playwright (Sweden)
The Award was
$5,000
2005 - 15th ASSITEJ World Congress - Montreal,
Canada
The Zeal Theatre
(Australia)
Kim Woo-Ok (Korea)
The Award was $2,500 each, a total of $5,000
2008 - 16th ASSITEJ World Congress - Adelaide,
Australia
La Baracca
(Italy)
The Award was $5,000
2011 - 17th ASSITEJ World Congress - Copenhagen-Malmoe,
Denmark-Sweden
Teatret Gruppe 38
(Denmark) Read the
interview with Bodil Alling, Artistic Director at Teatret
Gruppe 38
NIE, New International
Encounters Read the
interview with Kjell Moberg, Co artistic director at NIE (NEW
INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTERS)
The Award was $2,500 each, a total of $5,000
The criteria for the winning of the Honorary Presidents
Award are:
1. The Award is given every three years in an appropriate ceremony
at the
current World Congress.
2. The Award is given to an individual creative artist or
company that has achieved noteworthy artistic excellence in theatre
for children and young people.
3. Only the creative work during the previous three years by an
individual artist or group can be considered for the Award
4. Once a member of a national center has won the Award, that
center may not make a nomination again until six years later, or
the second World Congress after receiving the Award.
5. No
individual artist or group may receive the Award more than
once.
Nomination Process
1. During the second year of term the Secretary-General contacts
all national centers with the Announcement of the Award for the
next Congress, a list of the history, rules, and regulations, along
with a Nomination Form. All this information is available for
down-loading from the ASSITEJ Web-Site.
2. All completed Nomination Forms must be received by the
Secretariat by the deadline date indicated on the Nomination
Form, usually in the third year, six months prior to the date
of the next World Congress.
Jury Selection
During the second year of term the President of ASSITEJ, with the
approval of the Executive Committee, selects and appoints the
five-member Jury. Three members are chosen from the current EXCOM,
and two are appointed from among the national centers not on the
EXCOM.