Latest News!Welcome to our July-August 2008 e-bulletin and thank you for visiting this IDEA site. .jpg) Young Creative Voices, Lima, Peru Now, here is IDEA’s latest news. 2008 World Creativity Summit: The World Alliance for Arts Education concluded its World Creativity Summit on June 7th with strategic proposals for Research, Networking and Advocacy projects in preparation for a 2009 WAAE Summit and the 2010 UNESCO world congress of arts education. The Taipei Summit integrated Dance Education for the first time into panel discussions and key debates between experts in Theatre, Music and Visual Arts Education from more than 30 countries towards a towards a new paradigm of education for the 21st Century. The Summit's outcomes and further information are available on the IDEA website page on the World Alliance. danbaronmst@hotmail.com IDEA links in Quebec and South East Asia: During May-June, IDEA President Dan Baron Cohen participated in drama/theatre education meetings with networks of artists, arts-educators, teachers and policy-makers in Montreal, Hong Kong, South China and Taiwan to build links with Brazilian networks towards the IDEA 2010 World Congress. These dialogues confirm great potential for exchanges and project collaborations between Quebec, South East Asia and IDEA members. Anyone interested in information about these networks should contact Dan Baron Cohen on danbaronmst@hotmail.com. People’s Theatre Seminar in China From June 17-24, a second People's Theatre seminar was held in Guangzhou, China. This seminar was organized by Guangzhou's Kapok Volunteer Theatre Network (formed in 2005) to create a platform and network to expand our vision and exchange experience about how to use theatre in different parts of education. Following IDEA 2007 Congress, two exciting master workshops were given by Dan Baron Cohen (Transformance) and by Tim Wheeler ( Theatre for Mental Health), followed by presentations by TEFO from Hong Kong on Theatre in the Community, Theatre in Education, and Theatre for Reconstruction (after the recent earthquake disaster in Sichuan). Five Chinese organizations also shared their experiences through performance and video, and are now preparing ideas for IDEA 2010 in Brazil. Further information about Kapok Theatre Education Network is available from Kitty Guo kittyguo_1@yahoo.com.cn. Young Creative Voices in Latin America 18 young practitioners, with representatives from Sao Paulo (Brazil), Villa El Salvador (Lima, Peru), three Andean communities (Peru) and Quebec (Canada) recently met in Peru. This was a very provocative encounter with a mixture of 5 languages: Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish and Quechua (the native language of the Andean communities). During the morning, they worked together, under the coordination of Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos (Brazilian national actor and director). In the afternoons, each young participant gave a workshop for teenagers and/or children in the community of Villa El Salvador. Each night, they watched two theatre pieces. All of them cooked together in Vichama's space. The solidarity accommodation was another opportunity when each person, inside the family that hosted them, could deepen his/her understanding of the exchange with the local community that celebrated their final presentation and the 25 years of Vichama's work: true cultural democracy! They will meet again in another country in 2009, Towards IDEA 2010! More information is available (and soon, a video) from Lucinha Vernet (lucinhavernet@yahoo.com.br) and Cesar Escuza c_escuza@hotmail.com. Theatre, Cement of Europe As France leads the EU for the next six months, many prestigious cultural events will be taking place. On 4th - 5th July, an international Symposium called "Theatre, cement of Europe" is held at the Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), who’s newly-appointed Director is also ANRAT's new President. 600 young people expected! More information is available from Steven Clark, IDEA Director of Projects carosteveclark@wanadoo.fr Education & Theatre Publishing Opportunity! The “Education & Theatre” Journal is yearly published by the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network, and combines international theory and practical approaches to theatre/drama and education. Previous issues may be found on our website, www.TheatroEdu.gr. The Editing Committee is happy to receive submissions of articles all year round www.TheatroEdu.gr Canadian Arts and Learning Symposium, October 29, 30, 31, 2008 A gathering of stakeholders in arts education from across Canada will be meeting at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, to discuss and further arts and learning in Canada and to prepare for the next UNESCO world congress on arts education in Seoul Korea, 2010. Our main theme is Network Building within Canadian Educational Arts Communities. Together, we aim to advocate for and build creative capacity and visibility in arts education in all arts disciplines and at all levels across Canada by creating and strengthening bridges between arts educators, arts administrators, performers, practitioners, and students. Our symposium will also look at related themes of Advocacy for arts education, Research in Arts Education and Arts Education Policies, Programs and Professional Practices. Anyone interested should contact Larry O’Farrell ofarrell@queensu.ca Performing the World 2008 Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (October 3-5, 2008), the international conference/festival co-sponsored by IDEA-member East Side Institute and the All Stars Project, received a record number of proposals, nearly 200 by the April 1 submission deadline, representing nearly 400 performance activists and scholars from over 30 countries and two dozen US states. A number of proposals came from people who have never before participated in the conference and from countries that have previously gone unrepresented. The deadline for discounted registration is July 31. To register and for conference updates visit www.performingtheworld.org. Free housing is being organized for conference participants. To host a PTW participant, or to request housing, please visit www.performingtheworld.org and click on "Housing" or contact Gail Elberg, gelberg@allstars.org or Esther Farmer, efarmer@eastsideinstitute.org Theatre of the Oppressed Festival 2009 The 2nd edition of the Ashtar Theatre of the Oppressed Festival will take place in Jerusalem, in cohesion with ' Jerusalem the Arab Cultural Capital', from mid April-June, 2009. The Festival will host international TO groups and practitioners from Europe and produce a joint forum production with participants from the world on the theme of displacement and immigration. It is hoped that a Rainbow of Desire workshop will also be conducted by Augusto Boal for actors, social workers and psychologists. The 2007 TO Festival attracted groups from Germany, Spain, Belgium and Brazil the CTO-Rio, in addition to community and professional productions given by Ashtar Theatre. Over 7,000 people attended the 44 performances in 22 locations. This year’s theme – "Raise your Voice… Preserve your Rights" – encourages people to know more about their civil and human rights in order to be able to stand up for them. Anyone interested should contact Iman Aoun: iman_aoun@yahoo.com |
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