Summary
There are significant gaps in the evidence currently available for understanding and evaluating the importance and value of Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA). Candidates may choose a proposal that explores Theatre for Young Audiences, Applied Theatre, Youth Theatre, Theatre in Education, and/or Theatre Education (as well as other related fields).

Led by one of the leading researchers in the field, this 3-year PhD studentship will engage with existing external partnerships (both local and international) to: a) generate evidence to develop, test and refine frameworks for understanding the value of TYA; and, b) close the gaps in the evidence for this value.

It will be aligned with a current set of research work being conducted by ASSITEJ International through the ‘Theatre & Performing Arts for Young Audiences: Building Collective Resilience’ project which is co-funded by the European Union.

Applicants are invited to define the specific focus and scope in their proposal responding to this call. It is envisaged that within an overall mixed methods design, a case study approach (however developed) would provide for analytical depth while allowing for generalisable findings, though this may be revised in dialogue between the supervisor and the successful applicant.

Details

• This PhD studentship opportunity is titled, Evidencing Value in Theatre for Young Audiences;
  It is being offered by Ulster University in the United Kingdom, in partnership with ASSITEJ International;
• International students from around the world are eligible to apply for the position and the connected funding;
• Funding may be applied for that covers academic fees AND a subsistence stipend;
• It may be possible to engage in this PhD remotely, without needing to relocate to the university campus in Northern Ireland;
• The submission deadline is 27th February 2023;
• The start date of the PhD is September 2023.

More Information

Further information, including funding and application details, can be found here.

Tom Maguire, Professor of Contemporary Drama and Performance at Ulster University and Chair of the International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network (ITYARN), is also available to discuss potential applications should anyone want to contact him directly.

Apply to become a sponsored delegate of Aprilfestival 2023

• Attend the world’s biggest performing arts festival for young audiences
• Choose between 170 different productions in 3 days!
• Get the chance to meet colleagues from all over the world – Aprilfestival is an international hub welcoming around 100 international guests every year.

The festival will take place from 21 -23 April 2023 in Ebeltoft and Rønde.

ASSITEJ Denmark can support a number of international visitors.

If you are selected ASSITEJ Denmark will cover the costs of a Delegate Package (tickets & accommodation). The international travel will be on your own expense.  

We invite all professionals to apply: You can be an artists (dancer, actor, musician, stage director, playwright etc), a programmer, a scholar, from a performing arts organization, a young person interested in theatre, or in other ways related to the field.  

The visitor’s programme is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation. 

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– Kunstnerisk inspiration og internationalt netværk på Krokusfestival i Belgien

Danske scenekunstnere der arbejder for børn og unge inviteres til at besøge den spændende Krokusfestival i Belgien fra d. 17. – 22. februar 2023.

Deadline for ansøgninger er 21. December 2022

På turen:

• Ser du 10-15 forestillinger fra Belgien, Finland, Slovenien og Italien
• Indgår i netværksmøder med festivalens internationale deltagere med udgangspunkt i din profil og interesser.
• Deltager i festivalens fagprogram, aftertalks og festivalcafé.
• Har god tid, til at tale med dine danske kolleger på togturen ud og hjem til Belgien.

Krokusfestival har eksisteret i 25 år i Hasselt, og viser et eksperimenterende repertoire af forestillinger, der ofte skubber til grænserne for den kunstneriske praksis inden for scenekunst for børn og unge. Festivalen er rettet mod lokalpublikummer, og er et af de centrale mødesteder for europæiske og globale fagfolk.

Pris: 

• Tre fripladser til ustøttede kunstnere/kompagnier, medlemmer af ASSITEJ Danmark
• For andre medlemmer af ASSITEJ Danmark: 2.000,- DKK
• For ikke-medlemmer: 7.000,- DKK

Indeholdt i prisen er:

• Tog ud og hjem
• Enkeltværelse på festivalens hotel
• Morgenmad, frokost og aftensmad.
• Forestillingsbilletter

Afgang fredag d. 17.  (Fra Kbh. H.  kl. 08.56 / fra Aarhus H. kl. 09:39). Hjemkomst onsdag d. 22. (til Kbh H. kl. 21.34 / til Aarhus H. 21.50).

Ansøg om deltagelse

ASSITEJ Danmark støtter deltagelsen af 10 medlemmer.

Deadline: 21. Dec. 2022

ASSITEJ Coffee Session

7 December 2022

We are continuing the conversation on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in artistic collaboration, production and programming. ASSITEJ is pleased to welcome two great speakers: Bo Hårdell and Aurélien Mancino, from Teater 5005 (Denmark). They will present different historical and sociological elements concerning deafness. These different points of view raise questions about issues of accessibility and inclusion. Based on the framework of the UN International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, they will attempt to define the place that should be given to sign language and Deaf artists in the world of live performance.

Session A

7 December 2022, 10:00 am (CET)

Register for Session A

Session B

7 December 2022, 4:00 pm (CET)

Register for Session B

Session Speakers

Aurélien Mancino Graduated of a master’s degree in psychology, Aurélien Mancino has been working for more than fifteen years in the field of deafness in connection with clinical and cognitive psychology. Co-founder of the Cie ON OFF in 2008, a theater company in sign language, he participates in the development of various shows combining visual art, theatre, dance and sign language which have an influence nationally and internationally. Living in Denmark for some time, he now participates in the work of the deaf Danish theater company 5005. Their first project “Constellations” in international sign language and voice-over has participated in various festivals and is starting a tour soon.

Bo Hårdell  Bo Hårdell is an actor, Deaf and native Danish Sign Language speaker. With a degree in Lingustics and in Sign Language Interpreting and training in Acting he is committed and has professional experiences in the theatre field as well in sign language field. Today, he is director in newly started Teater5005.

At sikre en større mangfoldighed i teater for børn og unge er et af de vigtigste emner i en dansk kontekst. I september afholdt ASSITEJ Danmark, Horsens Teaterfestival og Dansk Teater 300 År et velbesøgt seminar med dette emne. Nu kan alle interesserede fortsætte samtalen på globalt niveau i ASSITEJ Internationals Coffee Session d. 8. Nov. kl. 15.

Babel – or The Art of Listening in TYA er et europæisk samarbejdsprojekt mellem 14 partnere, der ønsker at forfølge drømmen om kulturelt medborgerskab blandt børn og unge. BABEL vil udfolde og undersøge den interkulturelle dialog, kommunikation og fælles forståelsesramme i TYA og mere omfattende indenfor scenekunsterisk praksis for børn og unge.
BABEL søger ansøgere til 2 forskellige calls.

Deadline: 5. november 2022

Obs. De to Open Calls er på engelsk

Call 1: International Call for residencies for 16 Next Generation performing arts practitioners

BABEL is seeking proposals for participation and residency bursaries up to 500 EUR for 16 young artists and other young professionals within the framework of the Next Generation programme from ASSITEJ International. The artists and professionals selected will have the chance to interact with festival organising at different levels, to observe and participate in festival activities.

Call 2: International Call for for participation in training workshop 

BABEL is seeking performers to participate in ‘BABEL Creation Work Groups’ – training workshops – on the theme “The Art of Listening, the sensitive relationship between performer and child/adolescent spectator” during the performative act. The call programme entails training workshops during the 1^st and 2^nd rounds of creation work groups taking place at different Babel Squares (festivals) around Europe over the period of 2023-2024. 

Places:

2023: Vilnius (Lithuania), Breda (Netherlands), St. Vith (Belgium), Sabadell (Spain)

2024: Bologna (Italy), Denmark, Breda (Netherlands), Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Dates:

January – November 2023 & March – September 2024

Velkommen til tre nye medlemmer af ASSITEJ Danmarks bestyrelse

Velkommen til tre nye medlemmer af ASSITEJ’s bestyrelse! Vika Dahlberg, Naja Birke og Laura Madsen. De blev valgt ind i går på vores generalforsamling, der fandt sted i de unikke og transcenderende omgivelser hos Sisters Hope Home.

ASSITEJ Danmark står i en spændende tid med store projekter og internationalt momentum. Et momentum der nu skal ledes af denne gruppe engagerede og dygtige mennesker:

Marion Vick (Teater Apropos)

Mary Tesfay (C:NTACT)

Naghmeh Mahmoudi Kashani (Oxfam IBIS)

Dirck Backer (Teater Patrasket)

Solveig Weinkouff (Teater Baglandet)

Anne Nøjgaard (Teatret Lampe)

Christian Schrøder (Theatre Madam Bach)

Niels Vendius (Freelance skuespiller)

Naja Birke (Teatercentrum)

Vika Dahlberg (Teater Tix)

Laura Madsen (freelance dramatiker & Instruktør)

Grundet komplekse lokale og globale finansielle og geopolitiske omstændigheder, må vi desværre, på vegne af ASSITEJ Serbien and ASSITEJ International videredele informationen om, at ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering, der var planlagt til May 2023 er blevet udskudt.

De nye datoer for denne vigtige ASSITEJ begivenhed bliver 20. – 24. november 2023, og starter med den internationale fejring af Børnenes Dag.

ASSITEJ Serbien og ASSITEJ International er opmærksomme på de implikationer, denne ændring har for medlemmerne, men efter mange overvejelser, er denne udskydelse desværre den eneste mulighed for at afholde eventet.

At eventet placeres så tæt på ASSTEJ Verdenskongres i Cuba i Maj 2024 vil blive udnyttet som en mulighed for at udvise støtte og opbakning til vores kolleger både for delegerede og værterne for begge events.

Detaljeret information og annoncering af programmet samt open call til deltagelse offentliggøres senere på året. Spred gerne informationen til relevante netværk.

ASSITEJ Serbia & ASSITEJ International

Offentliggørelsen er også at finde på engelsk på ASSTEJ Internationals hjemmeside.

OBS.
Datoerne for den 21. ASSITEJ verdenskongres i Havanna, Cuba forbliver de samme – nemlig 24. maj til 1. juni 2024.

Thank you for a great seminar on diversity at Horsens Teaterfestival. We really think we moved the conversation forward in a Danish context with very qualified input from our speakers and good conversations with all participants. What is needed now is to put action behind the words! Assitej Denmark & Horsens Teaterfestival promise to work on this. If you wish to join us please reach out to us. We can only do this together!

The speakers (Image) were Mary Tesfay, Nanna Bøndergaard Butters, Wahid Sui, Shavanna Calder, Mirrianne Mahn, Jon Werede Hope and Shwan Wahed. Wonderfully moderated by Karen Vedel

Image: “Word Cloud” created by the participants.

ASSITEJ Danmark vil gerne sige tak til Statens Kunstfond for at støtte tre af vores projekter. Det drejer sig om støtte til at invitere internationale gæster til den næste Aprilfestival. Midler til at sende danske teaterfolk til Krokusfestival i Belgien. Og sidste men ikke mindst en tænketank, der skal arbejde med, hvordan nogle af de vante positioner frisættes, og flere danske scenekunstnere og institutioner kan inviteres til at kigge ud over landets grænser. Herunder hvordan vi drager nytte af det internationale momentum ASSITEJ International har fået med den nylig støtte fra Creative Europe. Mere om sidstnævnte kan læses her.