Deadline
for proposals: June 17, 2019
ASSITEJ South Africa offers an invitation
to submit proposals for the conference and professional development programme
at Cradle of Creativity, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa, from August 20 to 25, 2019.
Assitej will be presenting a range of
workshops, seminars, informal conversations and formal research symposia with
national and international artists and researchers. These events will be open
to all delegates, providing opportunities for local, national and international
artists and experts to connect and share.
The following areas will be explored:
- Child Participation in Theatre for Young
Audiences: the child as dramaturg, the
child as creative collaborator, and theatre mediation for children and young
people
- Dance Theatre for Young Audiences ;
approaches to engaging children and young people with the multiple languages of
dance and physicality, and their potential to cross the narrow linguistic
borders that can separate us
- Theatre for Young Audiences in Africa;
sharing the diversity of approaches from across the continent
- Indigenous languages in Theatre for Young
Audiences: exploring the role of indigenous languages in theatre for young
audiences, being "at the heart of each person’s unique identity, cultural
history and memory", as described by the UN in relation to their
announcement of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
- Inclusive theatre: focusing on new approaches to ensuring access
for all children and young people to theatre
- Eco-theatre: exploring how theatre can
empower children and young people to effective action to support the future of
our planet
- Early year’s theatre: considering the
aesthetics of theatre for the very young
- Contemporary themes in Theatre for Young
Audiences: addressing the taboos, barriers and boundaries that exist and how
these may be confronted through innovative theatre
Deadline for proposals: June 17, 2019.
Selection will be completed by: June 30, 2019.
Please complete the Application form which
also serves as registration for you as a delegate to the event. Unfortunately,
ASSITEJ SA is not able to pay the costs of participation in the Cradle of
Creativity for presenters. However, we will assist your fundraising with
invitation letters and letters of support should these be helpful.
Click here to apply http://tiny.cc/e4l76y
Once you have filled out the form, you will
receive a confirmation of submission, followed by an invoice for your delegate
package.
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