ASSITEJ Int'l News & Events

May 8-18, 2008
 16th Annual ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival
Adelaide, Australia



More info about ASSITEJ World Congress
 
TYA/USA News & Events
Shroeder-Arce received Fellowship
TYA/USA is proud to announce that Roxanne Shroeder-Arce, assistant professor in Emerson College's Department of Performing Arts, has received a Fellowship to take part in the NEXT Generation Project at the 2008 ASSITEJ World Congress in Adelaide, Australia. Thanks to generous support from Children's Theatre Foundation of America, Roxanne will participate in a cohort of 24 similarly qualified individuals from around the world. The NEXT Generation Project's mission is to, through a series of conversations, seminars, forums and master classes, assist NEXT Generation participants in acquiring the tools needed to develop a creative leadership role. The program focuses on generating ideas, managing individuals, stimulating a healthy work environment and planning for both an institution and its individuals.

Past Events
Building a National TEAM: Theatre Education Assessment Models
TCG and TYA/USA worked in partnership through funding from the NEA on a project called "Building a National TEAM: Theatre Education Assessment Models." For more about TEAM, visit the TEAM page on the TCG site.
One Theatre World 2007
was held May 30-June 2, 2007. Produced by TYA/USA in association with the Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN.
Read more about OTW in the fall issue of TYA Today.

 

 
National Events

April 25 – 27, 2008
New Visions/New Voices
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
For more information and a brochure call (202) 416-8880 or email: kctya@kennedy-center.org. 
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April 27, 2008
TYA/USA membership meeting will be held on Sunday, April 27 at 8:30am at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
IPAY Call for Artists
International Performing Arts for Youth calls for artists to apply to perform at Showcase 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio - January 21 through 24 at Playhouse Square, the premiere showcasing opportunity for anyone whose work appeals to young or family audiences. Applications are due June 4. For more information, visit  www.ipayweb.org,
IPAY Newsletter
Dowload the latest IPAY newsletter (PDF).
From TYA President Kim Peter Kovac: "If you don’t know IPAY, I think it’s to your benefit to check it out, and perhaps go to Showcase.  It’s a terrific organization of folk mostly involved with booking and touring productions – education directors at performing arts centers, agents, touring performers.  There’s a strong international component, and they’re doing lots of exciting education work and professional development.  As more TYA/USA theaters start to book some performances, there are some natural partners in the mix.  The IPAY leadership includes some of the smartest and most creative folk in the biz, and I wholeheartedly support their efforts to reach children and young people with quality performances.
More International News
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER # 46.   The newsletter announces International Festivals and ASSITEJ International Projects, as well as news from some of the ASSITEJ Centers.
The Ibero-American Forum of Theatre for Children and Young People is an initiative of ATINA (Asociación de Teatristas Independientes para Niños y Adolescentes de la Argentina - Independent Theatre Workers for Children and Adolescents Association), as a response to the objectives that have been outlined by the representatives of the Ibero-American National Centers reunited in occasion of the XV Congress of Assitej International, in September 2005, in Montreal, Canada.  For more information.
Opportunities

Ann Shaw Fellowships
are offered annually. For more information: Ann Shaw Fellowship

Job Opportunities
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