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  • Marisa Gimenez Cacho
    Marisa Gimenez Cacho

    Introduction

    There are only a few days left before the opening of the ASSITEJ 19th World Congress and Cradle of Creativity Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, ASSITEJ’s crowning event that takes place every three years. After a long period of negotiations, planning, deliberations, preparations and a global workload! We have arrived, yes, we have arrived!! We are all very excited and thankful.

    There are only a few days left before the opening of the ASSITEJ 19th World Congress and Cradle of Creativity…

  • Yvette Hardie
    Yvette Hardie

    Introduction

    We are six weeks away from an historic moment - a 12-day prolonged moment which we all hope will be the catalyst for continued change and growth into the future: the first ASSITEJ World Congress and Festival on African soil…
    What does this mean for us the hosts?

    We are six weeks away from an historic moment – a 12-day prolonged moment which we all hope will be…

  • François Fogel
    François Fogel

    Say it loud! (in Cape Town)

    I am writing from a wealthy country, which values culture as one of the important assets of a society, and where most children can access to the statute of a person of rights. It allowed, over the years, the progressive development of a vibrant scene in many sectors of creation addressed to children and adolescents, including, prominently, performing arts, undertaken by trained, professional, artists, benefiting of a high level of freedom of expression.

    I am writing from a wealthy country, which values culture as one of the important assets of a society, and…

  • Manon van de Water

    Introduction

    One of the guidelines for writing the introductions to the ASSITEJ newsletter is to write what you are thinking about. What occupies your mind and heart. And as the snow is melting here in Wisconsin I look up and I see two dogs in front of the fireplace and four cats scattered on pillows and cat trees, and I think about interaction. Interaction between humans and animals, between the seasons (because it can start snowing again in a heartbeat in February), between countries and continents, between artists and cultures, and then, of course, between research and practice. The mind wanders.

    One of the guidelines for writing the introductions to the ASSITEJ newsletter is to write what you are thinking about….

  • Roberto Frabetti
    Roberto Frabetti

    The Arts are not a matter of age, but of curiosity, the Small Size Days 2017

    Since a couple of months, when I attended a conference called “The Periphery” at the Bábkarská Bystrica festival in Slovakia, I have taken interest in cultural peripheries. Attending conferences around the world is always an occasion to listen and think, and every time I leave, my bag is full of information and reflections that start to bounce around, creating movement and new thoughts. So, the issue of Cultural Peripheries has started to resonate, bouncing from thought to thought.

    Since a couple of months, when I attended a conference called “The Periphery” at the Bábkarská Bystrica festival in Slovakia,…

  • Imran khan
    Imran khan

    Introduction

    Our world seems to be fast becoming a space where segregating between cultures, people, races and genders has become the call of the hour. Politicians of some of the biggest and oldest democracies are winning campaigns based on hate speeches. At a time where we need to be inclusive some are opting to be exclusive.

    Our world seems to be fast becoming a space where segregating between cultures, people, races and genders has become the…

  • Daniel Fernández
    Daniel Fernández

    Regional Workshops. Or How to share our experiences…

    Es una alegría enorme poder concretar lo que surgió hace tiempo.

    Un día, hace seis o siete años, en algún encuentro del Comité Ejecutivo, surgió una idea.

    Tal vez la experiencia de los primeros encuentros de los Talleres Tabú, sirvió de estímulo.

    Tal vez la fantasía de compartir las experiencias con otros artistas, sirvió de….

    Tal vez la idea de poder compartir lo transitado con las nuevas generaciones, sirvió de….

    It is a huge pleasure to finally be able to accomplish something that arose a while ago. Once, six or…

  • Vigdís Jakobsdóttir
    Vigdís Jakobsdóttir

    NOI – 我们 – VIÐ – WE

    This autumn I have had the great privilege to attend and speak at two important ASSITEJ events in very different parts of the world. The first one was the International Drama Salon held in Beijing in conjunction with the China Children’s Theatre Festival in late August. The second one was the In-Forma event held by ASSITEJ Italy in Bologna at the beginning of September. Both events were very well organized and also, I’m happy to say, well attended by local TYA artists.

    This autumn I have had the great privilege to attend and speak at two important ASSITEJ events in very different…

  • Diana Kržanić Tepavac
    Diana Kržanić Tepavac

    Introduction

    Global events that are shaking the world, universal topics of social inequality and inequality in general, the infinite row of images revealing the crude faces of capitalism, these are today’s topical issues. The young of course feel these mounting problems that are threatening their future. The questions that the artists are facing are how to overcome these issues and whether it is utopian to believe that working with youth art can affect tomorrow and contribute to a better world.

    Global events that are shaking the world, universal topics of social inequality and inequality in general, the infinite row of…

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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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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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