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  • ASSITEJ Uruguay, Non classé

    Verdanzar dance festival and Taboo Workshop

    VERDANZAR is a projectthat promotes circulation and accessibility to contemporary performing dance and theatre creations aimed at children and young…

  • ASSITEJ Cuba, Non classé

    New Executive Committee was elected for ASSITEJ Cuba

    Kazzum http://www.kazzum.org IIAN http://inclusiveartsnetwork.com   We would like to honor the memory of Nat Eek, who passed away this April. He was…

  • Non classé

    Fifth edition the Caracas Theatre Festival

    The town hall of Caracas and the Government of the Capital District, through the Culture and Arts Foundation, produces now,…

  • Asaya Fujita
    Asaya Fujita

    Theatre instead of bullets!



    Intolerable events have occurred all too frequently recently. One of these was the surprise attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris in response to the publication of a caricature of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. There was a mass demonstration to protest against this attack on freedom of speech and the murderers were run down and killed. The company printed a new issue of the magazine in protest and it was immediately sold out. Nor is this all, the violence keeps escalating as we see the Islam extremists acting in Belgium. Those who protest say, "Firing bullets against a mere caricature is unthinkable, it violates freedom of speech", and applaud. But I say it is not that simple. What historical and social conditions led to these actions? Of course, freedom of speech should not be the target of bullets. Having acknowledged that as a self-evident truth, I'd like to say we should have the creative ability to have an insight into the history behind the bullets.

    Intolerable events have occurred all too frequently recently. One of these  was the surprise attack on the offices of the…

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World Performance Week

ASSITEJ proposes a collaboration between international associations involved with different art forms related to live performance, which celebrate their World Days between March 20th and March 27th.

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LINKS

UNIMA
IDEA International
ITI - International Theater Institute
IATC - International Association of Theatre Critics
IUTA - International University Theatre Association
Theatre Without Borders
OISTAT - International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians
IATA - International Amateur Theatre Association
SIBMAS - International Association of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Documentation Centres of the Performing Arts

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