Committee for Cultural Identity and Development – CIDC

Description
The CIDC focuses on promoting dramatic forms and expressions which are essential components of cultural identity. Current projects deal with such wide ranging themes as peacemaking and conflict resolution through artistic collaboration (My Unknown Enemy / Centre for Theatre in Conflict Zones), and contributes to the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.

Executive Board
President: Cecile GUIDOTE-ALVAREZ, Philippines, cecilealvarez(at)yahoo.com
Vice-Presidents: Isabel QUINTANAR, Mexico, teatro(at)cemexitiunesco.org
Fabio TOLLEDI, Italy, fabio.tolledi(at)unisalento.it
General Secretary: Alexandre STILLMARK, stillm(at)gmx.net
Ass. Secr.: Anette Asp CHRISTENSEN, anetteasp(at)gmail.com

Members
Ali MAHDI, Sudan, alimahdinouri(at)gmail.com
Henriette ROELS, Belgium, jetty.roels(at)skynet.be
Zeca  LIGIERO, Brazil, zeluco(at)hotmail.com
Basilio  NOVA, Dominican Republic, nova_basilio(at)hotmail.com
Jorge ORTOLL, USA, jorge.ortoll(at)ma-yitheatre.org
Carlos DÜRING, Mexico – Coordinator for Latin America and Caribbean
Shaig SAFAROV, Azerbaijan – Coordinator for Asia, shaigsafarov(at)gmail.com
Adel Harbi, Sudan – Coordinator for Africa, adelharbi(at)hotmail.com

Ongoing Projects

• Maya Project
  Project for the preservation of indigenous culture and theatre: Project leader: Carlos During, Mexico, videoart45(at)hotmail.com
• Centre in Conflict Zones Mexico
  Establishing a centre in conflict zones on the border between USA and Mexico. Project leader: Isabel Quintanar, Mexico
• H.O.S.T. (Hospitality, Otherness, Society, Theatre)
  Story telling and theatre in the new Mediterranean migrations. Project leader: Fabio Tolledi, Italy
• World Art Education
  Cultural Care Giving Activities with a particular attention to different-abled. Project leader Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, Philippines
• My Unknown Enemy
  Special workshops for actors in conflict zones. Project leader: Alexander Stillmark, Germany
• Korean Demilitarized Zone DMZ
  Peace Theatre Festival in the demilitarized Zone DMZ, buffer zone between North and South Korea
  Project leader: Jae-Oh Choi, Korea Republic
• Centre “Theatre in Conflict Zones”, Khartoum
  Training, acting and assistance for refugee camps and prisons in conflict zones. Project leader: Ali Mahdi, Sudan
• UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Project leader: Dieter Welke, Germany

Special Projects

• International Theatre Festival in Baku
  “Cultural Identity and Development, November 2012. Project leader: Shaig Safarov, Azerbaijan
• Celebration of International Dance and Theatre Week in Congo
  March 2013. Project leader: Jean Léopold Ngoulou, Republic of Congo / Brazzaville
• Festival of Asian-American Theatre in Philadelphia
  October 2013. Project leader: Jorge Ortoll, USA

Working Groups

• Theatre in Conflict Zones
  Ali Mahdi, Isabel Quintanar, Fabio Tolledi, Alexander Stillmark, Annette Asp Christensen, Lydia Fort, Henriette Roels
• Indigenous Culture and Theatre
  Carlos During, Zeca Ligiero
• Migrant Theatre
  Jorge Ortoll, Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, Basilio Nova
• Heritage of Theatre
  Costas Hadjigeorgiou, Alexander Stillmark
• UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  Dieter Welke. Zeca Ligiero, Fabio Tolledi

Planned Board Meetings

• Manila, Philippines            February March 2012
• Baku, Azerbaijan               November 2012
• Dhaka, Bangladesh          2012/2013
• Brazzaville, Congo Rep.   April 2012

Invitation to collaborate with CIDC
The CIDC wants to create other working groups during the period between the congresses in accordance with other committees and artists. Centres and individuals, interested to collaborate with CIDC, please get in touch with Lydia Fort, General Secretary CIDC: lydiafort(at)gmail.com