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In order to demonstrate the global nature of theatre, ITI is - for the first time ever - launching a truly open call for nominations. There will be five message authors selected, one for each region: Africa, Arab Countries, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe.

Please participate.

As 2018 is the Year of ITI, as ITI is celebrating its 70th Anniversary, we approaching the celebration of World Theatre Day for its Anniversary in a different way. Indeed, ITI will select not only one distinguished personality to write the message for World Theatre Day, but five: one from each of the five ITI regions that are in alignment with the regions of UNESCO: Africa, the Americas, the Arab Countries, Asia Pacific and Europe. Please >>click here to download the call in English and >>here to download the call in French. Please send us your nomination until 15 October 2017.
>>To see the previous message authors please click here.

In order to demonstrate the global nature of theatre, ITI is - for the first time ever - launching a truly open call for nominations. There will be five message authors selected, one for each region: Africa, Arab Countries, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe.

Please participate.

As 2018 is the Year of ITI, as ITI is celebrating its 70th Anniversary, we approaching the celebration of International Dance Day for its Anniversary in a different way. Indeed, ITI will select not only one distinguished personality to write the message for International Dance Day, but five: one from each of the five ITI regions that are in alignment with the regions of UNESCO: Africa, the Americas, the Arab Countries, Asia Pacific and Europe. Please >>click here to download the call in English and >>here to download the call in French. Please send us your nomination until 15 October 2017. >>To see the previous message authors please click here.

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Director General Report 2014-2017

Congress

The ITI and the Congress websites are being updated with most the important decisions made during the Congress. The new Committee Reports that state the future plans and present the new boards are already online. Please have a look here: www.iti-worldwide.org/committees.html . The new Executive Council Members are also online www.iti-worldwide.org/executivecouncil.html. The pictures/videos of the Congress are currently being selected and will be shared soon. The DG is also preparing a complete Congress Report with exhaustive information, pictures and contacts.

World Theatre Ambassadors

After introducing the first World Theatre Ambassadors during the 32nd ITI World Congress in 2008, in Madrid, and selecting key personalities from theatre all over the world in the past eight years, two new World Theatre Ambassadors were selected and presented during the Congress in Segovia. Paloma Pedrero from Spain and Philip Arnoult from USA. Paloma Pedrero has honoured ITI with their presence at the Award Ceremony. Philip Arnault was represented by William Wadsworth.

World Dance Ambassadors

In order to benefit from the invaluable and enthusiastic support of some of the world’s most highly distinguished figures of dance as well, the Executive Council of ITI has selected the first ever World Dance Ambassadors: Alicia Alonso from Cuba and Cristina Hoyos from Spain. ITI is especially honoured that the legendary dancer and dance educator Alicia Alonso has accepted to be the first World Dance Ambassador. Her presence at the Ceremony during the Congress was definitely one of the highlights of the 35th ITI World Congress in Segovia.

New Partner Organizations

ITI is proud to welcome the following New Partner Organizations: International Music Council (IMC) More information: www.imc-cim.org, European Federation of Professional Circus Schools (FEDEC) More information: www.fedec.eu and World Mime Organization (WMO) More information: www.worldmime.org.

New Honorary Members

At the Award Ceremony after the General Assembly, new ITI Honorary Members have been presented based upon their long-lasting support and commitment to ITI.
Christina BABOU-PAGOURELI, Greece
Emilya CACHAPERO, USA
Ann Mari ENGEL, Sweden
Cecile GUIDOTE ALVAREZ, Philippines
Christoph HAERING, Switzerland
Nicole LECLERCQ, Belgium
György LENGYEL, Hungary
Henrik NEUBAUER, Slovenia
Yoko ODAGIRI, Japan
Marcio SOUZA, Brazil
Abhi SUBHEDI, Nepal

New ITI Flyer

The General Secretariat of ITI has created a new communication material that introduces ITI, its members, and its worldwide activities. If you want to have a look, please >>here for the English version or >>click here for the French version or >>here for the Chinese version or >>here for the Spanish version. If you wish to receive a version in your language, please get in touch with the ITI General Secretariat Team: info(at)iti-worldwide.org

Toolkit for ITI Centres – Tools for Opening and Running a Centre

For quite a while the members of the General Secretariat assembled all the available information that concerns the opening and running of an ITI Centre and put it together in a publication.. It answers questions such as: Who founded ITI? What is the procedure to open a Centre? What are the ongoing artistic, educational and humanistic activities of ITI? How to go about to approach a National UNESCO Commission? What are the tools for increasing membership? Etc. The Toolkit for ITI Centres is available in English, French and Spanish. Please write to info(at)iti-worldwide.org so that we can send you a copy in the language(s) of your choice. The publication exists in PDF format.

Residency program in Performance Creation

The ITI Croatia Centre in collaboration with the Network of Emerging Arts Professionals of ITI will host a residency program in Performance Creation at the ITI Croatia Centre’s annual program, the International Drama Colony in Istria, Croatia in July 2018. The residency program will be for one week and it will involve workshops in acting (Chekhov method of acting) and in playwriting. Participants will explore the theme of Conflict from diverse perspectives. The deadline for application submission is 1 November 2017, and results will be announced in December 2017. For more information contact Taiwo Afolabi taiwoafolabi4(at)gmail.com and Nina Krizan nina.krizan5(at)gmail.com

>>For more information please click here.

57th International Theatre Festival MESS

The 57th International Theatre Festival MESS will happen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 30 September to 8 October 2017. The final programme will be ready in early September but we are happy to share with you the >>preliminary performance schedule here.

African-American and African Playwrights Creative Residency at the Camargo Foundation

The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, and founded by artist and philanthropist Jerome Hill, is a residential centre offering programming in the Arts and Humanities. The Foundation encourages the visionary work of artists, scholars, and thinkers in the Arts and Humanities. The Camargo Foundation, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Jerome Foundation, is excited to announce a four-week residency programme for mid-career/established African-American and African playwrights. Four participants from the United States and four from the African continent, all of whom are interested in the cross-cultural interactions between the United States and Africa, whether historic or contemporary, will be hosted at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, from 28 May to 25 June 2018. The deadline to apply is 19 October 2017.

>>Please click here for more information.

International Theatre Festivals in Iran

The Dramatic Arts Center of Iran (DAC) is pleased to inform that there are some international activities which are going to take place in Iran.
- 18th International Ritual and Traditional Theater Festival; 1 to 6 September 2017, deadline for submission: 6 July. 2017;
- 12thInternational Street Theater Festival - Marivan, 8 to 12 September 2017, deadline for submission: 23 August 2017;
- 24th International Children and Adolescents Theater Festival, 30 November to 5 December 2017, deadline for submission: 2 October 2017;
- 36thFadjrInternational Theater Festival (for all genres), 21 January to 1 February 2018, deadline for submission: 8 November 2017;
>>Fore more information please click here. >>To download the application form please click here.

International Dance Day 2017

The International Dance Day 2017 Summit in Shanghai has been a beautiful event, which started with powerful speeches during the conference, workshops with workshops leaders from more than 30 different countries, and three night of exceptional performances. We will soon publish the event report and pictures on the International Dance Day website: www.international-dance-day.org

International Symposium on Theatre studies

Shanghai Theatre Academy, together with the ITI - UNESCO - Network for the Higher education in the Performing Arts, will hold the International Symposium on Theatre studies as a Discipline from 3 to 5 November 2017. They would like to invite experts, scholars all over the world to have an extensive dialogue on the development and cooperation of theatre studies in the world. >>For more information please click here

Call for applications for the categories of Storytelling, Dance, Stand-up Comedy, Music and Theater

2018 will be the 25th year of MASA. The 10th edition of the Market for African Performing Arts (MASA) will be held in Abidjan from 10 to 17 March 2018. The application materials to submit for the MASA Festival are the same as those for the official selection. Applications must be sent to MASA by November 30, 2017. For more information, please visit: www.masa.ci/en/masa-2018-call-for-applications-for-the-categories

31st Annual International VASTA Conference

From 4 to 8 August 2017, the LASALLE College of Arts in Singapore is organizing the first Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) Conference ever held in Asia, where regional and international experts will showcase techniques and uses of the human voice particular to the Asian region. Network with voice and speech trainers, scientists, performers, and public speakers from around the world to celebrate the human voice in its many qualities, dialects and languages, and develop future areas for investigation and research. VASTA Asia 2017 will be an exciting time for vocal, personal, pedagogical and cultural exchange. >>For more information please click here

Call for Participation in the IAPAR International Theatre Festival

The International Association for Performing Arts and Research (IAPAR) is happy to announce the Call for Participation for the second edition of “IAPAR International Theatre Festival”
IAPAR International Theatre Festival 2017 will feature performances from across the globe, master-classes, as well as formal and informal interactions between artists from India & abroad. This festival is a first step towards a sustained effort in curating a festival which brings innovative performances which put ‘Actors’ at the centre of their productions to the city. The festival will be hosted in association with the Indian Centre of ITI and take place in Pune, India, in November 2017. Send an email to iapar.festival(at)gmail.com for the detailed application form or visit our website www.iapar.org/festival-2017 and download the application form.

World Performance Week

ITI joined the World Performance Week, a collaboration between international associations involved with different art forms related to live performance, which celebrate their World Theatre Day between March 20th and March 27th. >>For more information please click here
or visit
www.assitej-international.org
or
www.unima.org

André-Louis Périnetti (1933-2017)

It is with sadness that we inform you that André-Louis Perinetti, who served ITI by filling the position of the Secretary General of ITI for more than 15 years, passed away on 3 April. We will create a special ewsletter in his honour to be sent out beginning of May. If you would like to write a eulogy or a tribute to him that you wish to have published in the newsletter, please send it to: news(at)iti-worldwide.org and jeanmarieperinetti(at)gmail.com no later than 25 April 2017 to give time for the translation of the text into English or French.

Call for Participation in “Exercise 40/40” by AKT-ZENT

With the next step, the Exercise 40/40, the World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT / ITI proposes a ground-breaking concept for spherical education created by Dr. Jurij Alschitz. The pilot starts with online education in July 2017 followed by 40 days of contact education in September/October and will lead to 40 years of self-creation. Sign up now and reserve your place. For more information: please visit www.wttl.theatreculture.org and Alschitz_Hybrid Theatre Platform 40.40

Call for Participation in Intercultural Conference with the theme “Theatre Wars: Return of the Artist”

The Intercultural Theatre Institute of Singapore is holding their triennial Asian Intercultural Conference, which will take place from 27 to 30 November 2017, in Singapore. This year’s theme is “Theatre Wars: Return of the Artist”. They are offering a 20% early bird discount until 26 May 2017, and so early registration is encouraged. >>Details of registration can be found here and >>details on the speakers and updates on the conference are on the AIC website. An >>AIC information sheet is available here. If you are interested, or would like more information, please contact: azura(at)iti.edu.sg.

Fuad Al-Shatti – Posthumous Acknowledgement as Honorary Member of ITI

In tribute to Fuad Al-Shatti, in recognition of his years of service and commitment to ITI, the Honorary Member of ITI Certificate was given to his son, Ahmed Fuad Al-Shatti, during the inaugural Fuad Al-Shatti Theatre Forum, a conference with performances, organized by the Arab Theatre of Kuwait. The title was bestowed to him in 2013 by the Executive Council of ITI.

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