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Welcome to our July 2009 e-bulletin and thank you for visiting this IDEA site.

Now, here is IDEA’s latest news.

IDEA 2010 World Congress Calls for Contributions and Opens Registration: IDEA 2010 will stimulate exchanges, project collaborations and advocacy around the arts as pedagogical languages of social transformation. From July 1st until October 15th, proposals for papers, workshops and exhibition panels are welcome. The deadline for submitting proposals for 'solidarity projects' to be eligible for 'solidarity support' has been extended to October 1st. More information and registration forms for both are available from www.idea2010.art.br and from Ailton Gobira, the Director of the Academic and Pedagogic Programme.

World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE): In preparation for the 2010 UNESCO World Conference, WAAE is co-partnering regional summits throughout 2009, culminating in a world summit to be held in Newcastle, England during October 30th-November 2nd. Dates have been confirmed for the Latin American & Caribbean Summit from November 20th-23rd and the North American Summit from 1st-4th December. The Call for Papers for the Latin American Summit has been extended to July 10th. For more information, please visit: www.corporacionambar.org. For further information about the World Summit and the WAAE, please contact Dan Baron Cohen.

ASSITEJ: The International Organization of Theatre for Children and Young People has now launched its newsletters series, as well as the official website for the 17th ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young Audiences that will be held in Copenhagen from May 20th-29th 2011. More information is available from: www.assitej2011.info

Resource for teachers and drama educators: A new IDEA pedagogical product has be produced by IDEA based on the process developed with 24 Young IDEA participants from the IDEA 2007 World Congress. You can buy this pilot DVD which focuses on improvisation, language learning and creative cooperation across and within cultures from: http://www.artfilms.com.au/Detail.aspx?ItemID=2632

IDEA Africa: The College of Arts and Social Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana will hold the Kumasi Symposium July 31th - August 14th, 2009 under the theme “Tapping Local Resources for Sustainable Education”. Paper presentations and registration to participate should be submitted to the symposium co-chair Mariama Ross or check http://afropoets.tripod.com/eta

IDEA-South Africa: Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg will host the Festival Drama for Life from August 23rd to September 5th under the theme “Changing the face of HIV/Aids; changing our consciousness”. Deadline for proposal submissions is June 30th. For further information contact Inge James or Munyaradzi Chatikobo or check www.dramaforlife.co.za

IDEA Austria: The International University ‘Global Theatre Experience’ (IUGTE) in collaboration with Art Universe and Ostrenko Centre is calling for papers for the International Conference ‘Performing Arts Training Today’. The conference will be held in Retzhof Castle – Leibnitz from October 28th – 31st 2009. Submission guidelines and registration: http://www.iugte.com/projects/conf.reg.php. More information about the conference is available from: http://www.iugte.com/projects/PerformingArts.php

IDEA Slovenia: the International Physical Theatre Laboratory will host an intensive practical training from July 1st-12th in Bovec. The training is open to a wide range of participants: actors of physical, dramatic, dance and musical theatres, circus performers, dancers, choreographers, directors. Programme and registration: http://www.iugte.com/projects/performers.physicality.php

IDEA Hungary: More than 400 children under 14 participated in the XVIII Hungary Weöres Sándor Children’s Theatre Festival that ran from March to June. It included local festivals, as well as a National three-day Festival that closed the event. More details about the festival are available from Adam Bethlenfalvy or check www.drama.hu

IDEA Canada: The Laurier Center for Music in the Community and The Royal Conservatory in partnership with ISIS-Canada and the European Graduate School, Toronto will host the Arts for Social and Environmental Justice Symposium from May 13th-15th 2010. Deadline for proposals submission is October 15th 2009 and should be sent to Dr. Ann Patteson.

IDEA Macau: Macau Young Creative Voices had the honor to welcome Dan Baron Cohen, President of IDEA to open the 2009 phase of the project at the Macau Inter-University Institute. Next year, the project will expand to include young people from Ireland, Portugal and Brazil, and will present the results of three years of work at the IDEA 2010 World Congress. More information is available from Kami Leslie.

IDEA France: ANRAT will organize three practical workshops during the Avignon International Theatre Festival, France, from July 7 to 18 2009 for teachers, students and theatre practitioners on the following topics : Dance and Drama in dialogue; Analysing the theatre performance : how should young people be sensitized before attending the performance ? What kind of work should the teacher / artist do with the students after the performance to help them to build a serious critical approach and develop a genuine taste for performing arts ?; Training Headteachers : what sort of projects in cultural / artistic action should be offered to students, in partnership with theatres ? Information available from : anrat@anrat.asso.fr

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