by the Queen Maria Theatre
Category: News – Arcadia Band
MESSAGE FOR WORLD PUPPET THEATRE DAY
Today, March 21, we celebrate WORLD PUPPET THEATRE DAY. We wish our colleagues from Arcadia Troupe many creative years and as much applause as possible, and we invite you to read the message sent by Nancy Lohman Staub* on the occasion of this anniversary.
In 1929, a handful of puppeteers from just 7 countries founded the International Union of Puppeteers to promote and develop this art form. I joined UNIMA in the 1970s to satisfy my lifelong fascination with puppets. Now, thanks to the internet, we can quickly connect with thousands of like-minded people across national, political, and religious boundaries around the world. Recorded programs, performances, conferences, and workshops are available 24 hours a day, and some are broadcast in real time. Academic papers, publications, and pop-up photos are just a click away. This growing popularity, unimagined even in our wildest dreams, offers immense opportunities to form international coalitions to work together to achieve our common goal of mutual understanding through puppetry.
Puppetry has developed in virtually every corner of the world. Today, hundreds of hours of documentation available on the Internet make many traditional forms accessible. UNESCO has recognized 12 of these as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (ICH). Information, slides, and videos can be accessed on its website. At least 11 additional traditions that include puppetry can be viewed on the Asia/Pacific Cultural Center's database. We hope that visitors will be drawn to exploring the complexity of the performances and the depth of their common roots. We can use traditional puppetry to discover commonalities versus cultural differences.
One of the characteristics of traditional art is the inevitable change that occurs, and therefore documentation plays an essential role. After almost 40 years of devotion by hundreds of enthusiastic puppeteers, UNIMA will post on its website a revised edition of the World Encyclopedia of Marionette Art, in three languages (English, French, Spanish), following the one published in 2009. The history of puppetry will be made available to everyone. It is a useful tool for the many museums around the world that have acquired collections of puppets, as well as for those who devote themselves exclusively to this art form. Their collections and catalogs can be found online. Some experiment with 3D techniques and reproduction has educational purposes. Facilitated by communication on the Internet, the preservation of history contributes to future development.
Hundreds of puppeteers from all over the world post excerpts from their live performances to attract audiences and programmers. UNIMA, through its website, supports live performances, festivals, conferences and publications. As the small group of founders wished, the current members of UNIMA, from over 90 countries, cooperate without regard to differences. With the exponential growth of media coverage, our responsibility to the audience and to each other also increases. Let's celebrate World Puppet Theatre Day together as friends who share the same passion for this art form, announcing on the Internet the festivities that truly unite us!
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*Nancy Lohman Straub, originally from New Orleans, Louisiana (USA), was one of the editors-in-chief of the World Encyclopedia of Puppetry and continues to be a scientific advisor. She is a member of the UNIMA Executive Committee, as vice president and member of the Publications, Research, Heritage Commission, and is also a member of the Social Justice Commission. She directed the 1980 World Puppetry Festival and the 12th UNIMA Congress at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. She was a consultant for the creation of the Jim Henson Foundation in New York to support puppetry in America.
She was president of Puppeteers of America and vice president of UNIMA USA. She is the founder and chair of the advisory board of the Center for Puppetry Art Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. She has published numerous articles and essays in museum catalogs. Long ago she ran a small puppet theater in New Orleans for 10 years.
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The show "...ESCU" is canceled due to medical reasons
Dear viewers,
For medical reasons, the performance of the show …ESCU, scheduled for May 17, from 7:00 PM, at the Great Hall is CANCELLED.
To return the value of the tickets, please submit a request to the email address [email protected] or present yourself with the ticket at the headquarters of the Accounting Department of the Regina Maria Theater (located on Moscovei Street, no. 5).
Thank you for your understanding and we apologize for the inconvenience caused!
An Enemy of the People – premiere of a debate show at the Great Hall
The "Iosif Vulcan" troupe of the Regina Maria Theater in Oradea presents on Sunday, November 24, 2024, from 7:00 PM, at the Great Hall, the premiere of the show "An Enemy of the People", adaptation by Thomas Ostermeier and Florian Borchmeyer after Henrik Ibsen, directed by Radu Iacoban.
The cast consists of: Alina Leonte (Katharina Stockmann), Richard Balint (Peter Stockmann), Răzvan Vicoveanu (Thomas Stockmann), Gabriela Codrea (Nina Aslaksen), Elvira Rîmbu (Marta Kill), Alin Stanciu (Hovstad) and Tudor Manea (Billing).
