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The launching of the Encyclopedie Mondiale des Arts de la Marionnette (W.E.P.A.), on 25 September 2009, during the Festival of Charleville, was a great success, like shows this article in the local newspaper, L'Ardennais.

Mrs Isabel ALVES COSTA is dead (1946 - 2009)
Only today, we learn that Mrs Isabel Alves Costa died in Porto in Portugal on August 15, 2009.

Woman of theatre Mrs Alves Costa was an extraordinary organizer which adored the puppets and which was impassioned for their promotion.
She was the founder and the director of the International Puppets Festival of Porto.
She was one of the personalities which founded the first Unima Centre in Portugal.
In the beginning of the year 80, she was interested in the research and the disclosure of the use of the puppets in therapy and she published with Felipa Bagana the first Portuguese book on this topic.
She was the leader of the municipal theatre Rivoli of Porto and started it again in the firmament of the great European theatres.
In 2001, when Porto was selected as European capital of the culture, she was named responsible for the arts on scenes; still there the puppet largely founds its place.
For her engagement about the development of the culture in Europe and in particular between France and Portugal, the French government had awarded to her the medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2006.
That its family receives our homages.
Albert Bagno - International Councillor

Review of the Commission Africa

The African Commission invites you to read the second issue of its Informative Letter
"La Marionnette Africaine - The African Puppetry".
With an article on Danaye Kalanfei, the presentation of workshops organized by La Compagnie des Zonzons, news from many countries; this second issues hopes to give you a lot of informations about the African puppetry.

Read the Review (N° 2 - September 2009)
at: http://www.takey.com/cafriq.pdf

Two English Festivals join the GRANTS PROGRAM

Two Festivals in Great Britain join the Grants Program and shall offer grants for lodging, food and free tickets for the shows and, also, the possibility to attend to the training workshops.

There are:
- MANIPULATE PUPPETRY FESTIVAL - EDINBURGH
2 to 6 February 2010, offers 1 Grant.
- SUSPENSE INTERNATIONAL PUPPETRY FESTIVAL - LONDON
30 October to 8 November 2009, offers 1 Grant.
So, the 44 International Puppetry Festivals in 23 countries offer about 70 grants every year.

The Electronic Newsletter of the General Secretary

We invite you to read the fourth issue of the Electronic Newsletter of the General Secretary with the last news about the main Unima events in Charleville Mézières in September 2009.

Newsletter n° 4 - August 2009

La Hoja del Titiritero n° 17
We invite you to read the issue n° 17 of the Hoja del Titiritero, Informative review of the Commission for Latina America.

You will discovery the last chapter of the Dossier about Javier Villafañe, great Argentinian puppeteer, poet; and also the maximum of news and informations we were able to collect about the puppetery in this large continent.

Hoja del Titiritero n° 17

Exhibition Craig et la Marionnette

Until July 29, the Maison Jean Vilar in Avignon presents the exhibition Craig et la Marionnette (Craig and the Marionette).
A best way to apprehend the role of the puppet in the thought and the creation of this man of theatre.

There are presented a selection of seventy pieces of the Craig fund of the department of the performing arts of the BnF (National Library of France), and also about fifty items lended by contemporary puppeteers.

Craig et la Marionnette
Maison Jean Vilar - Avignon
Until July 29

A coproduction of the National Library of France, the Association Jean Vilar of Avignon and THEMAA (Unima France) which will be also presented during the World Festival of the Puppet Theatres of Charleville in September.

The Unima take special place in Charleville

Certainly, great rendez-vous for many people, the Festival of Charleville will offers us a nice program with great shows coming from around the world.
But, Unima will have a special place in this edition with two great events.

The party for the 80^th Anniversary of the creation, in Prag, of our organization and the official presentation of the Worldwide Encyclopedia of the Puppetry Art. So, if possible, we invite you to come to Charleville in September.

See the website of the Festival

Anniversary of the UNIMA in Prague

The celebrations of 80 years of the oldest international puppetry organisation took place in Chrudim and in Prague between May 22 - 23, 2009, with the participation of UNIMA President Dadi Pudumjee, the General Secretary Jacques Trudeau and other guests from abroad, members of the Czech UNIMA Chapter, members of UNIMA and friends of Czech puppet theatre.

Read the Article of Nina Malíková

Mateřinka'09 - Liberec

From 24 to 28 June 2009, the 20th issue of Mateřinka - Festival of professional puppet theatres for preschool aged children will be held in Liberec.

The festival invited this year 5 foreign and 10 Czech puppet theatres and groups.

In the programme there is the children workshop of shadow theatre, led by Iranian puppeteers, the projection of new Czech animated film by J. Bárta and large exhibition of puppets in North Bohemian Museum.

More Details

The Electronic Newsletter of the General Secretary

We invite you to read the third issue of the Electronic Newsletter of the General Secretary.

Newsletter n° 3 - May 2009

First Pilot Project of International Cooperation

The Commission for Cooperation, following its works with the aim to help projects of cooperation, gives us details about the first project that will receive the label "Pilot Cooperation Project of International UNIMA".
This project will take place in October 2009 in Africa.
This is an workshop named "Puppetry for Film and Television" and gived by Gary Frieman in the program of the "Kenya International Puppetry Festival" in Nairobi.

Read all the details

Anniversary of the UNIMA in Prague
Dear Friends,
We would like to inform you that the Czech UNIMA Centre is going to organize a small reminding of the Anniversary of the UNIMA establishment which will be held from May 22 to May 24, 2009 in Prague and Chrudim.

This small celebration will include a trip to Chrudim to the Museum of Puppets (22nd May), where an exhibition of the history of UNIMA is taking place, also will include a celebrating day in Prague (23rd May).
With best regards,
Sincerely yours
Nina Malíková, Chairman of Czech Unima Centre

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