The session will allow participants to reflect on their experiences and connect them with former alumni in a conversation about the impact and benefits of Next Generation activity, inspiring them to become active members of the network.

The session is for participants of the Next Generation residency on the last day of their programme and is open to others who are ‘welcome to listen’ both, on the ground or online.

The 2023 edition of ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering (AAG) by ASSITEJ International will be hosted by ASSITEJ Serbia and take place in Novi Sad and Belgrade, Serbia 20-24 November.

On the 19^th November (before the official start of the festival, and as the end of the Next Generation residency) the NG Network is organizing the session “What is Next?”. It will be organized in a hybrid form in which both virtual and in-person participation is possible.

The session will allow participants to reflect on their experiences and connect them with former alumnis in a conversation about the impact and benefits of Next Generation activity, inspiring them to become active members of the network.

The session is for participants of the Next Generation residency on the last day of their programme and is open to others who are ‘welcome to listen’ both, on the ground or online. This includes current NG participants, NG alumni and others interested in Next Generation Programmes and activity.

The session will include:

• Short presentations by former alumni (previous participants of residencies from at least 4 different countries)
• Overview of the NG Network
• Reflections of the Residency Programme in Serbia
• Possibilities for ‘what is next’ both for individuals and the Network

Time: 19^th November 2023 at 11 – 1 pm (Serbia Time)

To register for the event please visit – https://tickets.assitejonline.org/event/377/next-generation-network-what-to-take-forward-from-this-experience

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The One-Stop-ASSITEJ-Shop! 

5 December 2023

Session A – 9:00 am (CET)

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Session B – 2:00 pm (CET)

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You may have noticed there is a shiny new website for ASSITEJ International. With a lot of hard work from the ASSITEJ staff, our new website really is a One-Stop-Shop of everything you will ever want and need for being an ASSITEJ National Centre or Network!

In this session, we will:
Have a brief journey on navigating the new website.
Explore the creativity of access.
Explore how to make the website work for your centre and your members, supporting growth and unity.

Save the date for next year’s sessions:

13 March 2024

25 June 2024

12 November 2024

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On Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 the Masterclass led by Karel Van Ransbeeck will take place: Thinking About the Artistic Creation for Early Years – the call continues open until 30 October. In the Masterclass, Karel takes you to three shows, and you discuss early years theatre. Participation is linked to the registration, with no extra costs.

During Turning Point, ‘Small Size: Virtual House’ will be open for all to learn, to meet, to watch and to discuss online. Small Size has a new Community Builder, Giovana Del Masso, who will oversee ‘Small Size: Virtual House’ and make connections happen:

I’m thrilled to be a part of the Small Size Network as a Community Builder. I truly value the power of art and culture in the lives of children and young people. Originally from Brazil, I currently live in Ireland, while I continuously explore new countries and cultures. I work with communication, graphic design, and video editing for cultural projects focused on childhood. I’m also part of Catarsis, a cultural production company that creates wonderful shows and festivals for babies, children, and youth. Let’s dive into this exciting journey together, full of creativity!

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For the 6th edition of the festival, we would like to invite colleagues, artists, facilitators and anyone who finds interest in inclusive work in TYA, to come to our festival.

Safe Place Festival is an opportunity to engage live in the field of inclusive theatre and to immerse and explore this incredible growing field.

We offer free entrance to the shows, professional encounters and daily discussions and reflections during the festival, introducing the unique approach of Safe Place.

The festival will take place in Tel- Aviv, Israel, between 24 – 26 April 2024. It will showcase both local and international relaxed performances, sensory and immersive theatre, workshops, professional panels and original artistic content created especially for the festival (programme will be published in March 2024).

*We do not cover any costs for the visit; if needed, we can happily help with an official letter of invitation that may assist you with funds.

Please let us know if you would like to come or share with us any questions! You can write to Sharon at safeplacesharon@gmail.com

See you soon!

Sharon Gavrielov – Artistic director

Alterman Barnea – General manager

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WLPG is delighted to be working with the festival organizers on three events.

In coordination with IIAN, one event is a conversation and exploration of playwriting by, for, and about persons with disabilities or neurodiversity.

The other two are ‘playwright slams’, in which writers speak short monologues that they’ve written related to the festival’s ‘Turning Point’ theme, with a special emphasis on emerging writers from the region.

Expanding Our Network

We are eager to expand our membership to include both emerging and established playwrights for young audiences from all parts of the world. If you’re interested: https://www.writelocalplayglobal.org/#subscribe

If you are interested in becoming a “WLPG Ambassador” – not a large commitment, just helping us spread info to a broader audience, please email us at wlpg.tya@gmail.com

Journey To A New Land, a collective story from the Cradle of Creativity Festival in Jo-Burg this past August 2023.

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Small Size Network invites you to watch together three pre-selected performances for early years in a group led by Karel van Ransbeeck, artistic director of De Spiegel theatre from Antwerp, Belgium. The masterclass includes one introductory session (21 November), three shows watched together on the same day, and the final discussion the next day.

We start with an introductory session in which van Ransbeek will offer his views on early years’ theatre, based on his 30-year expertise, followed by a first group discussion.

The following performances will be watched on the same day:

Forest of Songs by Kus Kus, Slovenia and Children’s Theatre Dubrava, Croatia

The main idea of the performance is to create a sound forest theatre built from materials derived from nature. In this theatre forest plants, trees, fruits, and other things from the forest come to life in the form of musical instruments or stage sets. The main thread of the performance is the tale of a hedgehog and his best friend, the bear, based on children’s tales from Russian author Sergei Kozlov (1940 – 2010). The hedgehog and the bear live in the forest and explore it together; they meet other animals, observe nature and the changes the seasons bring to their forest. Through their relationship, the tales reveal topics such as friendship, trust, loneliness, tolerance, sensitivity, bewilderment for the world that surrounds them, and the joy of life. Together with the hedgehog and the bear, the children are set for an adventure in lessons of life, its troubles, secrets, and joys.

The Forest of Sounds is a musical-puppet fairytale for children. It is a sound “forest” theatre where the forest plats, tree branches, roots, and forest fruits become musical instruments, puppets, or parts of the stage set.

Sound Bird by Kolibri Theatre for Children and Youth, Hungary

How wonderful it is to create and receive sounds! Every living thing produces a sound – singing, squeaking, laughing, stomping, rustling. Now, it is our turn to make music together! The play is built up of sounds, colours and images. The SoundBird and the Storyteller invite us on a magical journey. The interactivity of the performance is made possible by a unique and innovative audio technology. Everything happens in real-time, thus enabling the performer to time interactions based on the audience’s reactions – just like a chorus master.

The performance was made in the framework of MAPPING – A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years funded by the ‘Creative Europe’ programme of the European Commission.

The Wind by Theatre for Children and Young, Kragujevac, Serbia

What does a tree look like when the wind is blowing, and what does it look like when there is no wind? How many children in the world right now feel that same wind caressing their faces? Are there other important things or phenomena that we cannot easily see – but feel? The Wind talks about the unbreakable connection of a human with other humans and with nature, about the balance that brings us a lot of good and joy but is sensitive and easily disturbed. Freed from the precision of words, this play addresses the youngest and young audience with images and sounds that everyone freely assembles into their own story about the wind.

The masterclass is aimed at theatre practitioners and students of performing arts or applied theatre who want to understand better the specificities and conditions of performance-making for the youngest children (0-6).

The working language will be English, and the introductory and final sessions will be held in the OPENS – Community Centre room in Novi Sad, Bulevar Despota Stefana 5.

The number of participants is limited thus, the applications for the masterclass in the form of a short motivation letter (max. 5 sentences) are to be sent by 10 October at the latest to info@smallsize.org.

The Masterclass is part of the “’Theatre & Performing Arts for Young Audiences: Building Collective Resilience’” project supported by the European Union.

Please note that participants of the Small Size Network masterclass are expected to register for the Gathering in line with the Registration Fees Announcement, which will soon be published. You can choose: daily attendance, full programme attendance, student fee, low-income country delegate fee, group discount, etc.

About Karel van Ransbeeck

https://theaterdespiegel.com/en/karel-van-ransbeeck-2/

About Small Size

https://www.smallsizenetwork.org/about_us

ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2023 “Turning Point” is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Tourism and Youth, Swedish Institute through “Creative Partnerships”, City of Belgrade, City of Novi Sad, French Institute through Teatroscop and other funders. The event is held as part of the projects ‘Babel or The Art of Listening in Theatre for Young Audiences’ and ‘Theatre & Performing Arts for Young Audiences: Building Collective Resilience’, funded by the European Union through “Creative Europe” programme.

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Vozes de um mundo novo: legado e inovação no teatro para as jovens audiências

Acessibilidade

Como participar da convocatória?

Envie suas propostas a ityarncuba@gmail.com

A data limite para enviar as candidaturas em resposta a esta chamada de comunicações é 13 de outubro de 2023.

As respostas serão analisadas pelo Conselho da ITYARN e as decisões serão divulgadas até o dia 20 de novembro de 2023.

Perguntas

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You are invited to write a 3-minute theatrical monologue using the festival’s theme.

Are you experiencing a personal turning point? Is there one in your country or region?  Is there a turning point you would like the world to make?

The monologues should be written in your home language.  A panel of judges will choose a number of pieces which the writers will deliver in person at the festival.  All monologues submitted will be published online on the Write Local. Play Global website, in your home language and an English translation if you would like.

If you are interested in participating in one more interesting SLAM event organised  by the Write Local. Play Global network in collaboration with ASSITEJ Serbia, the host od this year’s AAG, please download and  fill in the application  form and send it to info@assitejsrbija.org.rs

Please find APPLICATION FORM

The call is open till October 8th, and the results will be published on October 15th.

We are waiting for you! We are excited to hear your voice!

Turning Point is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Tourism and Youth, Swedish Institute through “Creative Partnerships”, City of Belgrade, City of Novi Sad,  French Institute through Teatroscope and other funders. The event is held as part of the projects “The Art of Listening in Theatre for Young Audiences – BABEL” and “Theatre & Performing Arts for Young Audiences: Building Collective Resilience”, funded by the European Union through “Creative Europe” program.

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Tema ovogodišnje Svetske konferencije izvođačkih umetnosti za decu i mlade (ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering) u Srbiji je “Prekretnica”. Pozivamo vas da napišete trominutni dramski monolog na temu PREKRETNICE. Ona može biti vrlo široko shvaćena – Da li preživljavate neku ličnu prekretnicu? Da li se vaša zemlja ili region nalaze na prekretnici? Da li se svet nalazi na prekretnici i u kom pravcu biste voleli da ona bude?

Monolozi se pišu na maternjem jeziku. Grupa selektora će odabrati molonoge koje će pisci lično izvoditi u okviru konferencije, takođe na maternjem jeziku. Svi predati monolozi će biti objavljeni online na sajtu WLPG mreže, na vašem maternjem i engleskom jeziku (ukoliko želite). Za pisce odabranih tekstova, ukoliko to žele, nudimo mogućnost online radionice za prevođenje monologa na engleski jezik, koju će voditi predstavnici svetske WLPG mreže, predvođeni jednim od njenih osnivača, Kim Piterom Kovačem.

Ako ste zainteresovani da učestvujete u još jednom zanimljivom SLAM izdanju mreže WLPG molimo da preuzmete i  ispunite formular,  i pošaljete ga na info@assitejsrbija.org.rs.

Preuzmi prijavni FORMULAR

Poziv je otvoren  do 8. oktobra, a rezultati izabranih tekstova biće poznati 15. oktobra.

Čekamo Vas! Želimo da čujemo vaš glas!

Pokrovitelji PREKRETNICE su Ministarstvo kulture Republike Srbije, Ministarstvo turizma i omladine Republike Srbije, Švedski institut kroz program Kreativna partnerstva, Sekretarijat za kulturu grada Beograda, Sekretarijat za kulturu grada Novog Sada, Francuski institut kroz program Teatroskop i drugi. Događaj se održava u okviru projekata “Umetnost slušanja u pozorištu za mladu publiku – BABEL” i “Pozorište i izvođačke umetnosti za mladu publiku: izgradnja kolektivne rezilijentnosti” koje finansira Evropska unija kroz program “Kreativna Evropa”.

Više o mreži Write Local. Play Global možete pročitati na sajtu:

https://www.writelocalplayglobal.org/

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Festival Details:

• Dates: April 23rd-26th, 2024
• Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

Requirements:

• Shows should be designed with the specific needs of a neurodivergent audience in mind, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.
• Performances should be sensory, relaxed and immersive, creating an engaging experience for attendees.
• Professionals with expertise in inclusive work are encouraged to apply.

Submission Guidelines:

• A proposal outlining your show concept, including details about the sensory elements, relaxation techniques and immersive aspects.
• Provide information about your experience and background in creating inclusive performances.
• Include any relevant videos, images or documentation that showcase your work.
• Technical rider of the show and price
• Deadline for submissions: August 5th, 2023.

Please send your submissions to safeplacesharon@gmail.com with the subject line “Festival for Relaxed Performances Submission – [Your Name/Group].”

We look forward to receiving your proposals and building a diverse program of inclusive performances for our festival.

• Selected artists will have their show fees, Per diem, local transportation and accommodation  covered by the festival.
• Visa support will be provided if needed for international participants.
• The Festival does not cover flight tickets.

By reaching out to artists and theater groups through this call for submissions, we aim to attract professionals who are passionate about inclusive work and create a festival that offers a personal and immersive connection to its audience.

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