Sensory Performance Practice Part Two: Establishing A Safe Space
Whilst I hadn't been able to attend Part One of Dalijia Acin Thelander's and Ellie Griffiths' symposium, “Sensorial Practices in Performing Arts for Babies and Neuro-diverse Audiences - A Critical Perspective”, I...
Talking All Things “Playful Tiger”
Tony Reekie moderates a talk with Natasha Gilmore, Artistic Director of Barrowland Ballet, who speaks about the production of Playful Tiger at the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 in Kristiansand. It was an...
Nordic and Baltic Artist Speed Dating
At the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019, we’re lucky enough to be exposed to an array of international theatre that we normally wouldn’t have access to, along with a diverse variety of delegates...
Theatre for Young Audiences and Migration
The Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ) in France, Italy, and Spain are collaborating on a project that focuses on migration and the Performing Arts for Children and Young...
Checking in to Kristiansand
When I first started considering Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) as a career option, I never in my wildest dreams would have imagined it would be bringing me here, to a coastal...
Mary Ann Hunter: On wayfinding and a precarious politics of presence
Educators, artists, children, star-gazers. We/they/you trade in primacies of encounter and the arts of being present – to oneself, to others, and to belongings of practice, region, interest and culture. They/you/we revel in relationality, curiosity, affect, and...
Documenting the Documenters
The 19th ASSITEJ World Congress and International Theatre Festival for Children and Young People, held in Cape Town from16th – 27th May 2017, was a tremendous success for all involved.
Together, the six dedicated and...
Hayley Linthwaite, Lydia Collins, and Arte Artemiou: Imagine A Day Project
Lydia Collins, and Arte Artemiou navigate three different contexts of the Imagine A Day Project (IADP). The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) invited an International Changemaker inititaive from the University of...
An Interview with Andreas Fredriksen: Local by Heart
Hi! Could you introduce yourself?
Hi, I'm Andreas. I'm 26 years old and I'm on the documentation team for the ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019.
What...
Exploring Techniques and Practices from the IDIERI 9 Workshops (Part 5)
Delegates at the 9th International Drama in Education Research Institute were treated to an abundance of exciting and engaging practical workshops during the 7-day event. To give you a flavour of what was on offer, the Dialogue team...