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Conferences
and festivals bring together puppeteers and puppetry enthusiasts
from North America and abroad for discussion and performances.
Since 1988 UNIMA-USA has co-sponsored several such conferences.
2007 |
Symposium: "The
Global Impact of American Puppetry"
Puppeteers
of America Festival, St. Paul, MN |
2006 |
Symposium:
"Puppetry Gone Global—East-West Puppet Encounters"
Santa Cruz, CA & Tacoma, WA |
2005 |
Symposium:
"Politics and Puppetry—National and International
Perspectives" Puppeteers of America Festival,
Minneapolis, MN |
2004 |
Symposium:
"Islamic Puppetry: Indonesia, Iraq, Afghanistan and
US" North East-Mid Atlantic Regional Festival
at UConn, Storrs, CT |
2002 |
Symposia
Sessions: "The Nuts and Bolts of Presenting International
Artists," "Breaking Past the Wall: Marketing
Puppetry to the General
Public," "International Collaborations in Puppet
Theatre: Success and
Horror Stories from the Trenches" at the
UNIMA Executive Committee/Biennial Council Meetings/Puppets
2002/North American Showcase, at the Center
for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA |
2001 |
Symposium:
"Experiences and Opportunities for Study Abroad"
at the Puppeteers of America Festival, Tampa, FL |
2000 |
Symposia
Sessions: "The Puppet in Literature and Art,"
"Forms in
Motion," "Meditations on Man and Machine,"
"Technology in Performance" presented
and sponsored by the Jim
Henson Foundation in conjunction
with their International Festival of Puppetry, New York,
NY |
1999 |
Symposium:
"Building on Tradition" at the Puppeteers
of America Festival, Seattle, WA |
1998 |
Symposium:
"Broad Choices" with the Jim
Henson Foundation in conjunction with the International Festival of Puppetry,
New York, NY |
1997 |
Symposium:
"Universal Language International Performance: Choosing
Materials for International Performing" Toledo,
OH |
1996 |
Symposium:
"What Makes a Puppet Play?" with the Jim
Henson Foundation in conjunction with the International
Festival of Puppetry Arts, New York, NY |
1995 |
Symposium:
"International Touring" at the Puppeteers
of America National Festival, Bryn Mawr, PA |
1992 |
Symposium:
"The Theatrical Inanimate" with the
Jim Henson
Foundation in conjunction with the International
Festival of Puppetry Arts, New York, NY. |
1990 |
Symposium:
"The Language of the Puppet" with the Pacific
Puppetry Center/ Tears
of Joy Theatre, Vancouver, WA. |
1988 |
Symposium:
"The Conference of the Americas" with the
Center
for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA. |
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UNIMA
Congresses and
World Puppetry Festivals
2012 Chengdu,
China
2008
Perth, Australia
2006
Tolosa, Spain
2004 Opatija and Rijeka, Croatia
2000 Magdeburg, Germany
1996
Budapest, Hungary
1992
Ljubljana, Slovenia
1988
Tokyo, Japan
1984
Dresden, East Germany
1980
Washington, DC, USA
1976
Moscow, USSR
1972
Charlesville-Mezieres, France
1969
Prague, Czechoslovakia
1966
Munich, West Germany
1962
Warsaw, Poland
1960
Bochum & Braunschweig Germany
1958
Bucharest, Romania |
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UNIMA XIII Congress & 1980 World Puppetry Festival
UNIMA-USA
also provides members with information concerning UNIMA International
Congresses, held every four years in various parts of the
world. In 1980 the UNIMA XIII Congress and 1980 World Puppetry
Festival was held in Washington, D.C., the largest event
with which UNIMA-USA has been associated.
Puppeteers from around the world gathered for eight days of
performances and discussions that gave many North Americans
a unique opportunity to see international puppeteers in this
country. The Congress was brought here largely through the
efforts of the late Jim Henson, a past president of this organization.
The EXCHANGE CULTURAL COMMISSION of UNIMA in collaboration
with a number of International Puppet Festivals, now offers
scholarships for UNIMA members to attend International Festivals. |
Scholarship recipient to Edinburgh!
A new scholarship is awarded
 Our
newest scholarship recipient, Marsian DeLellis, has just
finished his second year of MFA study at CalArts culminating
in May with a workshop production of Growing Up Linda,
a puppet play he wrote, directed, designed and built
puppets for. With the assistance of his UNIMA Scholarship
Marsian will be taking the show to Scotland in August
to participate in the "Edinburgh Festival Program," a residency & workshop
held in collaboration between the Royal Scottish and Royal
Welsh Academies of Music and Drama and the California Institute
for the Arts in conjunction with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
"The
Edinburgh Festival Theater Program aims to foster on-going international
artist relationships and professional enrichment through theatre
practice. In addition to the networking and connections
likely to be made during a residency-workshop such
as this, I hope to get hands on training in what
it takes to make a long form puppet piece transportable
for touring, including the development of the necessary
self-producing, marketing and fund-raising skills. I look
forward to splashing
onto the world stage, converging with emerging theatre
artists coming from a diversity of perspectives, tastes
and geographies, all with the common purpose of forming
a company and performing our shows in repertoire
at Venue 13. " -
Marsian
UNIMA-USA
is proud
to have been able to support Marsian's global puppetry
training!
If you would like to be considered for an UNIMA-USA scholarship
- applications are due December 31st
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