Theatre has always been for me more than an artistic experience. It is also a social and cultural act, a moment of sharing, a moment full of magic and emotions. In mid-August I had the pleasure of attending the preview of a show for 13+. There were 25 teenagers in the room and some adults. Because of COVID, I hadn't been to a show for this age group for a long time. So I was delighted to be there. I had been told that the theme was heavy. Indeed, the show talks about family and the unspoken, about death, about words that liberate. There are also many other things in it.
El teatro siempre ha sido para mí más que una experiencia artística. También es un acto social y cultural, un…
Each three years cycle of ASSITEJ is structured around a Dramaturgy. The Executive Committee have been exploring the many elements that pull together and need consideration to build this narrative. There have been rich conversations about experiences of the last cycle and what is needed as we continue to grow through our varied experiences of the pandemic.
ASSITEJ estructura cada ciclo de tres años alrededor de una dramaturgia. El Comité Ejecutivo ha estado explorando los muchos elementos…
As artists we need to provide images to counter the images of violence that we see in our streets or in the media. Let’s listen to the voices of children. From South Africa, Ntalo-khanyisa Lerato Motsieloa Silindane (5) shares that “hands are for hugging, not for pushing, not for beating, not for punching or pushing or smacking”.
Phokojwe (el Zorro) una vez amenazó a Leeba (la Paloma) con comerse a sus hijos si no se los entregaba….
International fair cooperation, sustainability goals and what all this has to do with equity. The past year exposed the instability of artists globally, and as time went by, we observed that some countries created tools and disposed resources to help TYA artists who were forbidden or denied work for over a year. This was urgent and we can only be grateful for that. It is important though, not to lose from our sight the dramatic condition of artists in the Global South, and the emergency situation they are exposed to.
Cooperación internacional equitativa, objetivos de sustentabilidad y lo que todo esto tiene que ver con la equidad. El año pasado…
An incipient excitement can be felt in many theatres, cinemas and museums in France these days: the third lockdown is over now and from the 19th, the audience will be able to return. The capacities in the venues and all kind of rooms will be very limited (35% of the usual ones) and the COVID rules will be heavy, but arts and culture are fully back at last! Meanwhile, in some parts of the world, artists are still deeply in the COVID crisis, as in India or in South America.
Una incipiente excitación se respira estos días en muchos teatros, cines y museos de Francia: el tercer cierre ha concluido…
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery by filling the breaks with a blend of laquer and gold. Silver and platinum can also be used. Beyond the gesture, which requires great mastery, this technique engages the imagination of the craftsman, his sense of life. Thanks to it, the history of the object acquires a new meaning, it becomes more unique, more precious. For this reason, Kinstugi is often used as a metaphor of resilience.
El Kintsugi es el arte japonés de arreglar la cerámica rota rellenando las roturas con una mezcla de laca y…
ASSITEJ believes that much more needs to be done to meet all countries’ obligations with respect to Articles 13 and 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is especially true in the light of the current pandemic, and the urgent need for equal opportunities for every child to live in a sustainable and healthy world. Children and young people have a right to access and participate in the arts, even and especially in times of crisis.
ASSITEJ cree que es necesario hacer mucho más para cumplir con las obligaciones de todos los países con respecto a…
July every year since 2008 has been designated as Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month. ASSITEJ International should lend its voice to this awareness creation. In tandem with the buzz around the world “Black Lives Matter”, it is instructive that the American Psychiatric Association holds the informed view that only one in three African Americans who need mental health care are able to get it.
Todos los años, desde 2008, Julio ha sido designado como el mes de la Conciencia de la Salud Mental de…
Usually when I put a pen in my hand, it runs and dances on the piece of paper as if to catch up with a dream envisioned in the head. But these days, as soon as I sit at my desk and put the pen in my hand, it starts moving awkwardly and instead of writing sentences with thoughts, it sketches words so randomly as if one word calls for another, and then I realize, I’m looking out the window searching for spaces for thoughts and ideas.
Normalmente cuando pongo un bolígrafo en mi mano, corre y baila sobre el papel como para alcanzar un sueño imaginado…
Este mes iba a ser el tan esperado momento en que la familia ASSITEJ se reuniera, procedente de todo el mundo, para celebrar, reflexionar y reimaginar el Futuro Desconocido – todos juntos en Tokio durante el Congreso Mundial de ASSITEJ y el Festival MIRAI. En cambio, nos encontramos en casa, con (para casi todos nosotros), nuestros proyectos pospuestos o cancelados, nuestros espacios de exhibición vacíos, nuestros hogares convertidos ahora en nuestras salas de ensayo y oficinas y sin planes de viaje en el futuro inmediato.
Este mes iba a ser el tan esperado momento en que la familia ASSITEJ se reuniera, procedente de todo el…
