ITI International Events  2000

NEWS FROM THE SECRETARIAT
N° 72  January – April 2000
ISSN 1564-2178
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January 2000
01 The President of the Republic of Korea has appointed KIM Jeong-ok,  President of ITI, as President of The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation. 

21 January - 4 February 2000
002 TEHERAN (Iran) 18th FADJRE International Theatre Festival organized by the Iranian Centre of ITI.  250 productions were presented by companies from Iran and other countries as well as400 street theatre performances. Presence of practitioners, scholars and other international guests. Countries represented: Germany, Armenia, Sweden, Palestine, Italy, China, Norway, England, Hungary, Czech Rep., Russia, France & Yugoslavia. A series of lectures was organized in the framework of the festival on the theme: « The Concept of Dialogue ». Iranian Centre of ITI, (Centre of Dramatic Arts) Vahdat Hall,Ostad Shahryar, Hafez Av, TEHERAN IRAN : TEL:: 98/21/670 8861 or 672 6478  FAX: 98/21/670 8861 or 6703485 email: dac@neda.net 

002b 25 - 26 February 2000. PARIS (France). ITI Executive Board Meeting. 

20 – 26 March 2000
003 ZAGREB (Croatia). International Theatre Critics’ Forum «Theatre Criticism in the New Millenium» during the week preceding World Theatre Day. Organized by Croatian ITI Centre and under the patronage of the IACT, the forum will be composed of a number of events. 
1/ International Symposium. This event is a follow-up to the 2 meetings organized in Pula in 1998 & 1999. Planned this time in Zagreb on a broader scale, the meeting will bring together eminent critics from a number of countries. Among the main themes:  the position of the theatre critic today and perspectives for the future; the ability of theatre criticism to  influence  changes in the theatres and vice versa; the ethics of theatre criticism; the readership for theatre critics, new technologies and theatre criticism; the education of theatre critics.. The symposium proceedings will be later published. 
2/ A seminar for young theatre critics, organized in collaboration with IACT in the framework of this event, will bring together a dozen young critics from different countries, with the French-speaking group led by Maria Helena Serodia (Portugal), and the English speaking group under the direction of Boris Senker (Croatia).
3/  A seminar for young Croatian critics under the direction of two prominent international critics. This contact with professionals (IACT, ITI) will give young Croatian critics an opportunity to share their experiences and problems and to become acquainted with new  publications in their field.
The programme will also include the promotion of dramatic works and books on theatre Theatre performances will be given every evening as well as readings of contemporary Croatian plays. The event will give guests an overview of the contemporary theatre scene in Croatia. A reception will be given by the Ministry of Culture and the city’s Minister of Culture.
The ITI Communication Committee has been invited to hold a meeting in the framework of this event in order to finalize work on the two ITI publications and to prepare its programme for the 28th Congress.
Croatian ITI Centre, B.. Magovca bb,pp 499,10010 ZAGREB,  CROATIA, TEL: 385/1/6601-626FAX: 385/1/6601-619     hc-iti@zg.tel.hr   http://www.tel.hr/hc-iti-teatar 

22 January – 9 April 2000
004 VIENNA (Austria). 33rd International Weeks of Films of Ballet and Dance. Event under the auspices of the ITI International Dance Committee. Details. :  Prof. Franz Eugen Dostal, President, Music theatre and Dance Committee of the Austrian ITI Centre. Gessellschaft für Musiktheater, Türkenstrasse 19, 1 Stock, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. TEL : Vienna :   43/1/317 06 99
 

WORLD THEATRE DAY   27 March 2000
27 March 2000
005 The World Theatre Day International Message is written by playwright Michel Tremblay (Quebec, Canada)
(The Message is circulated in  French, English and Spanish in supplement to NEWS N°72). 
It can also be found on the ITI website in many different languages.

27 – March – 2 April
006 TBILISI (Georgia) 4th Edition International Festival Theatre & Video. 
 organized by the Ministry of Culture, Tbilisi Theatre Centre, the Georgian ITI Centre, the university of Occidental Languages and Cultures, the International Bureau for Caucasian Cultural Programmes, IBCCP, the Stichting Caucasus Foundation, the Union of Theatre Workers, the Georgian Centre of the European Institute of Theatre Research. Contact : SCF/IBCCP 995 32/25 00 89 FAX : 995 32/29 43 06. IBCCP email: ibccp@lingua.edu.ge.
 
7 - 23 April 2000 
007 BOGOTA (Colombia). El Estreno del Siglo, the 7th edition of the Ibero-American Festival of theatre of Bogota will take place under the label of the  « Theatre of the Nations » accorded by ITI. During 17 days Colombia will celebratre the multifaceted nature of the performing arts from all over the world. This year Croatia will be guest of honour and will present in particular a Colombo-Croatian co-production under the artistic direction of ZKM Theatre Zagreb. A selection of 20 Colombian companies will enable one to discover the Colombian theatre scene. Contact: Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro, TEL: 571/288 3033 FAX: 571 287 7390 email:  festival@festivaldeteatro.com.co    http://www.festivaldeteatro.com.co
 

29 April 2000
International Dance Day  
 
11 -13  May and during 28th Congress
008 MARSEILLE (France). 110th Session of the ITI Executive Council.

11 – 13 May 2000
009 MARSEILLE (France) CIDC Audience Development/Funding Seminar).  A unique opportunity. Open to members of ITI and in particular to members of the ITI Cultural Identity and Development Committee, this working seminar will take place in conjunction with the 28th ITI World Congress. Under the direction by special courtesy of Gerald Lidstone,BA MA ATC FRGS and Gerri Morris of Morris and Hargreaves Ltd, Consultants, both experts in this field, the seminar will be of interest to artistic directors, arts marketing managers, programmers, entrepreneurs, and those concerned with performing arts education.
Each participant must bring a concrete example from their own country.  The seminar will be based on these. 
The number of participants is limited. The seminar is free of charge. Thanks to a grant from the Swedish agency (SIDA), it will be possible to cover travel and hotel costs for certain applicants from countries outside Europe.
Working language : English.
Deadline for applications: 1 March 2000.
Applications must  include :
? a letter explaining why you want to participate 
? a description of your project
? If necessary, your application for a travel grant
 Applications should be sent to :
 CIDC Secretariat
 The Swedish Centre of the ITI
 Box 15 035, 104 65 Stockholm. Fax: 46-8-462 25 30 email: : swedish@iti.a.se
 ITI Centres de l’IIT will have already received detailed information from the CIDC and the Swedish Centre.
 
 

•  THE THEATRE, A WEAPON FOR LIFE »   Cultural Diversity and the place of the live performing arts in the building of a Culture of Peace.  :  
•  The ITI/UNESCO Chair of Theatre » : Artistic education and training » 

 28th ITI WORLD CONGRESS
Events preceding the 28th ITI Congress

From Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 May
110th session of the Executive Council at the Palais du Pharo
Meeting of the Cultural Identity and Development Committee (CIDC) at the National Theatre.
Every evening, theatre shows ''à la carte'' or free programme.
Press Conference on Saturday Morning at the Pharo attended by the Executive  Council and the CIDC

Sunday 14 May
Arrival of delegates and registration at the Palais du Pharo
Opening Ceremony
at the end of the afternoon at the Marseille Opera House
in the presence of all the partners and of the national and local Authorities.
At 9:00pm: presentation of a new production of the Marseille National Ballet
with Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Giselle, directed by Eric Quilleré.
(This performance will also be open to the National Ballet's regular public).

Monday 15 May
General Assembly and first meetings of the Committees
Afternoon, meeting of the Committees.
Evening: Short African Stories performed by Royal de Luxe

Tuesday 16 May
General Assembly and meetings of Committees (continued).
Evening, as a preamble to the next days Colloquium :
 Rwanda 94 performed by Groupov (Belgium)
in the temporary theater of the Cartonnerie of the Belle de Mai.

Wednesday May 17
''THEATRE,  A WEAPON FOR LIFE''
International colloquium open to the public at the Pharo:
''Cultural diversity and the role of live theatre in the construction of a Culture of Peace:  
  ''à la carte'' theatre in the theatres of Marseille.

Thursday 18 May
Day-long visit to Avignon, cultural capital of Europe
(Palace of the Popes, exhibition ''Beauty'', visit to Jean Vilar's House, meeting at Saint Louis with Bernard Faivre d'Arcier and the organisational team of the Avignon Festival).
End of the afternoon at Aix-en-Provence with a dance performance by Angelin Preljocaj:
Centaures a pas-de-deux for male dancers and The Annunciation a pas-de-deux for female dancers (at the Jeu de Paume theatre)

Friday 19 May
Palais du Pharo : International Colloquium: ITI/UNESCO Chair
  ''Artistic Training and Teaching ''- 
Evening: Short African Stories performed by Royale de Luxe,
and contemporary opera in the temporary theatre of the Friche de la Belle de Mai: 
The Deceiving Mirrors.

Saturday 20 May
Closing General Assembly in the morning at the Palais du Pharo.
Afternoon free (boat tour out at sea, weather permitting)
Evening, closing party at the Cartonnerie (Friche de la Belle de Mai) 
with a festival of Mediterranean cuisines 
and with a show by the company Ilotopie - Street Art artists.

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011 The French Centre through its agency Hisseo, which is in charge of practical organization,  sent all ITI Centres and Cooperating Members the 3rd message concerning the Congress at the beginning of February. (and a  4th message at the beginning of March).
Each ITI Centre may send a delegation of from 1 to 10 delegates as well as observers. The stay (accommodation and meals) of the Head of each delegation is covered by the Organizing Centre. Heads of Delegation should note on their booking and registration forms that they are Head of Delegation. Normally Heads of Delegation will be accommodated at the Hotel Mercure. 
A limited number of travel grants will be made available to delegates in difficulty after examination of each application by the organizing Centre and the General Secretariat. 
All registration and hotel bookings should normally be made through your ITI National Centre.
For further information on hotel bookings ITI Centres should contact  the Agence Alice Congrès, 2 avenue Elsa Triolet, BP 267 - 13269 MARSEILLE CEDEX 08 TEL 33/4/91 16 5252 FAX: 33 4 91 16 53 12 email:  info@alice-congres.com 
Other information : French Centre of ITI, Jacques Téphany : TEL :33/1/47 70 39 84 FAX : 33/1/42 46 42 19 
 c_f_t@club-internet.fr

23 June – 2 July 2000
013 BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) Project Istrapolitana 2000. 13th International Festival of Theatre Schools. Participation of more than twenty higher education theatre institutions. First part :Workshop in which the schools will demonstrate their approaches to a common theme, followed by discussions on the various teaching methods employed. This year the schools will be asked to create a short dramatic situation based on a famous work of art : Monet’s « Breakfast on the Grass ». Following this there will be an opportunity for students of different schools to work together in groups on a similar project. Second part : 3 days of performances presented by the schools. Third part : Symposium, Discussions, exchange of ideas with the aim of deepening contact and cooperation between the schools.   Organized by the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Drama and Puppetry. Further details will soon be available from Assoc. Prof. Juraj Slezacek, VSMU, TEL&FAX : 421/7/5443 25 79, email: dvvsmu@ba.sanet.sk

NEW!
6 July – 16 July 2000
ZURICH (Switzerland) Summer Academy on the Occasion of the Zurich Festival 2000 organized by the Swiss Centre of the ITI
Advanced training courses by internationally acclaimed top lecturers/trainers for theatre, dance and music professionals
While performing artists are at the core of stage art, casting is at the core of a production. This gives technical skills of actors, musicians and directors a role of utmost importance.
Taking the form of a training programme for theatre, dance and music professionals the Summer Academy is complementing as well as enriching the productions of the Zurich Festival. The Summer Academy enables participants of the various performing arts fields to actively deal with acting, directing and music and at the same time promotes the exchange of their numerous experiences. The course is taught exclusively by internationally well-known top lecturers/trainers. 
Bruce Myers, who is actor, director and member of Peter Brook’s „Centre International des Créations Théâtrales“ will introduce in Courses 1 and 2 the art of improvisation. Course 3 will deal with sophisticated aspects of directing: Adolf Dresen is an experienced director and dramaturge who has considerably marked theatre developments in Eastern as well as Western Germany during the past thirty years. Lauren Newton will focus on human voice and its often not fully recognised potential in Course 4. At the occasion of Lauren Newton’s training in the Summer Academy, Zurich Music Academy will organise a special concert that Lauren Newton will stage together with the European Chaos String Quintet (9 July 2000, 20h, Music Academy Zurich, Florhofgasse 6, 8001 Zurich).
Course 1  Bruce Myers, Paris (France) Improvisation – Introduction
Dates and time:  6 – 10 July 2000, 10h-18h Course language: English
Venue:   Theatre Academy Zurich, Gessnerallee 11, 8001 Zurich
Fee:   CHF 650.-* per person
Course 2 Bruce Myers, Paris (France) Improvisation – Advanced Course
Dates and time:  12 – 16 July 2000, 10h-18h Course language: English
Venue:   Theatre Academy Zurich, Gessnerallee 11, 8001 Zurich
Fee:   CHF 650.-* per person
Course 3
Adolf Dresen, Essen (Germany) Directing Course
Dates and time:  6 – 10 July 2000, 10h-18h Course language:  German
Venue:   Theatre Academy Zurich, Gessnerallee 11, 8001 Zurich Fee:   CHF 650.-* per person
Course 4
Lauren Newton, Tübingen (Germany / USA) Voice Building
Dates and time:  10 - 14 July 2000, (excl. 13 July), 10h-18h Course language :  German
Venue:   Music Academy Zurich, Florhofgasse 6, 8001 Zurich Fee:   CHF 500.-* per person
Members of SBKV, VTS, ASTEJ will be granted a CHF 100.- reduction to the course fee.For further information regarding the Summer Academy please contact: CS-ITI, Gessneralle 13, CH-8001 Zürich, Tel: +41-1-226 19 10, FAX: +41-1-226 19 11 
http://www.iti-swiss.ch   E-Mail: iti-swiss@swissonline.ch

10 - 19 August 2000
014 TOKYO (Japan). International Workshop - KYOGEN 2000 organized by the Japanese ITI Centre. The courses which will take place in the rehearsal space of the Kabuki-za Theatre and the National Noh Theatre, will be under the direction of Master Mannojo NOMURA and and other masters of the Izumi School. Theoretical teaching will be under the direction of Professeur Kazuo TAGUCHI. Contact: Japanese ITI Centre  c/o National Noh Theatre, Sendagaya 4-18-1, SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO 151, JAPAN, TEL&FAX: 81/3/3478-2189 FAX: 81/3/3478 7218 iti@ceres.dti.ne.jp

 July 20 – September 5, 2000.
015 DROUSHIA & PAPHOS (Cyprus) ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA 2000 : 
Organized by the Cyprus Centre of the ITI in collaboration with the ITI Committee for Cultural Identity and Development, the Droushia Cultural Centre, the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and the Paphos Municipality, this major event, taking place over 6 weeks, will consist of a number of interrelated projects :
2,3,4 & 5 September 6th International Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama 
20 August – 5 September - Seminar and Festival of Higher Education Theatre Institutes 
20 July – 5 September-  Summer Course on Ancient Greek Drama
20 July – 5 September - Workshop production of the Trojan Women by Euripides 
20th August – 5 September - Festival of Ancient Greek Drama (Paphos Ancient Odeon)

2,3,4 & 5 September 
016 DROUSHIA (Cyprus) 6th International Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama Theme : Hubris and Blindness : Contemporary Stage Approaches
A number of eminent specialists are being  invited to present papers. The Cyprus Centre of ITI has invited all ITI centres to send an expert scholar or practitioner to attend  the Symposium.
The organizers will cover full board and accommodation, but travel to and from Cyprus must be covered by participants. The Symposium will be held at the Droushia Hotel in the picturesque village of Droushia 5 minutes from the west coast of Cyprus. 
Application forms and further information: Nicos Shiafkalis, Cyprus Centre of I.T.I., 38 Regaena str. 1010 Nicosia. Tel:00357-2- 674920, Fax: +2-680822. E-mail: ccoiti@cylink.com.cy
20 August -  5 September, 2000
017 DROUSHIA (Cyprus)  Seminar and and Festival of Higher Education Institutes (PAPHOS). The Cyprus ITI Centre has invited ITI National Centres to select participants (higher education theatre institutions) to take part in the Theatre Schools Festival which is being held concurrently with the 6th Symposium on Ancient Greek Drama). Schools, represented by 2 or 3 students accompanied by their teacher, shall present a scene from any play of ancient Greek drama with a small cast.
The organisers are covering full board, accommodation and transport within Cyprus.
The students and their professor are also entitled to attend the Symposium (2,3,4 and 5 Sept. 2000) and discuss their work with the Symposium participants.
N.B. Participants in the Schools’ festival are also invited to enrol for the Summer Course (see conditions below)
Application forms and further information: Nicos Shiafkalis, Cyprus Centre of I.T.I., 38 Regaena str. 1010 Nicosia. Tel:00357-2- 674920, Fax: +2-680822. E-mail: ) ccoiti@cylink.com.cy 

20 July – 5 September 2000
018 DROUSHIA /PAPHOS (Cyprus) 2nd International Summer Course, Workshop and Festival on Ancient Greek Drama Following the success of the 1st Summer course on Ancient Greek Drama, (an exemplary expression of the priority given by ITI to artistic education), the Cyprus Centre of ITI decided to establish this course as an annual event. This year’s course is a six week programme of lectures and workshops. Tutors will include various experts – scholars and directors from Greece, Cyprus, England, Australia, Belgium and Sweden. 
The aim of the course is to give drama students and young actors and directors an opportunity to study in depth performing methods and skills enabling them to explore and promote ancient Greek drama in their own cultural context for the benefit of contemporary audiences. 
The organizers invite applications from students and young performing arts professionals interested in ancient Greek Drama  to participate in the Summer Course and the Workshop Production of the Trojan Women by Euripides in the Droushia open air theatre
(The course runs from 20th July to 5th September. Participants must enrol for a minimum period of two weeks). Financial terms for participation: Tuition : 500 USD
Accommodation options:
1. DROUSHIA HEIGHTS HOTEL*** Full board (three meals)   30 US dollars per person per day.
2.  HOLIDAY FLATS (sharing) Full board (three meals)   20 US dollars p,p,p,d.
3.  HOLIDAY FLATS (sharing without meals)  10 US dollars p.p.p.d.
460)
Note: The holiday flats have a kitchen where participants could prepare their own
meals. The organizers have also made arrangements with local taverns for breakfast and two meals for  the total of 10 US dollars.

Due to the limited space available the Summer Course applicants are advised to send their applications by the 30th of June 2000.
Application forms and further information: Nicos Shiafkalis, Cyprus Centre of I.T.I., 38 Regaena str. 1010 Nicosia. Tel:00357-2- 674920, Fax: +2-680822. E-mail: ccoiti@cylink.com.cy
 A full report on last year's event is available (News 71 #197)

20 August – 5 September 2000
019 PAPHOS - Ancient Odeon (Cyprus) Festival of Ancient Greek Drama organized by the Cyprus Centre of the ITI. The organizers are interested in excellent productions (modest size) of ancient Greek drama to include in the festival.
Contact: Nicos Shiafkalis, Cyprus Centre of I.T.I., 38 Regaena str. 1010 Nicosia. Tel:00357-2- 674920, Fax: +2-680822. E-mail: ) ccoiti@cylink.com.cy 
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21 - 27 March 2001   (Deadline for candidatures : 31  October 2000)
020 CIUDAD VICTORIA (Federal State of Tamaulipas - MEXICO). 
Intercontinenal Festival of the World’s Cultures  The Mexican Centre of ITI/UNESCO and the Tamaulipeco Institute of Culture and the Arts have the honour of inviting theatre companies from all over the world to present their candidatures for selection. Proposals of productions are subject to the following conditions:
1. The proposals must be approved by the National Centre  of the International theatre Institute. 
2. The stage works must be of a high artistic level and , above all be representative of the culture of their respective continents. 
3. The proposals must be sent together with a file on the company and a VHS video cassette recorded in NTSC, which contains the proposed work.
4. The group will have a maximum of 10 members. If the group exceeds this number, the organizers will offer the additional  participants lodging and food at fair rates that must be paid for by the participants themselves. 
5. The deadline for sending the proposals of stage works is the   31 October 2000.
6. The Festival will confirm the acceptance of the groups on 30 November 2000.
The Festival will take care of the accommodation, food and local transport of the groups accepted (up to 10 persons per group).
In the framework of the festival, the medal Mi vida en el teatro -Siglo XXI will be presented to recognized personalities of Mexican theatre.
During the same Festival, there will also be a Meeting of the National Centres of Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Theatre Institute.
Candidatures must be sent to;
Centro Mexicano del ITI-UNESCO, Calle Coahuila 118, Colonia Roma, Delegacion Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06700 México, DF.

1 – 7 October 2000
021 ATHENS (Greece) 5th International Women Playwrights’ Conference.
The Conference will be organized in Athens in collaboration with the Hellenic Centre of ITI. Women Playwrights International (WPI) «The idea of an organization for women playwrights and women in the Theatre started in the USA. Women of the theatre (Scholars, directors, playwrights etc.) invited women colleagues from all over the world to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1998, for a First international Conference of Women playwrights. Over 400 women of all nationalities, colours, ages and competences met there and felt proud of working for the theatre, and happy to be among colleagues. There were performances and rehearsed readings, panels and, caucus discussions and personal contacts often resulting in co-operation and friendships. 
 The 2nd International Conference of Women Playwrights took place in Toronto (Canada), in 1991, the third was in Adelaide, (Australia) in 1994 . The Conference in Australia was a huge success. Now there were about 500 women, playwrights and other theatre practitioners from literally every continent. Many met their « displaced » playwright compatriots of 1st, 2nd or even 3rd generation. We were all spurred to write more, to do more. And we felt this had to become more than a triennial encounter. We started discussing creating an organization with a constitution. During the 4th Conference which was held in Galway (Ireland) in 1997, the international Committee elected Aliki Halls to coordinate the work for the establishment of the new Women Playwrights Organization.  Two preparatory meetings were organized in Athens in 1998 and 1999 respectively. The organization is now endowed with a constitution and an interim management committee consisting of a President (U.S.A.), a Vice-President (Australia), a Secretary General (Greece) and a Treasurer (Puerto Rico).
The country to host the 5th Conference is Greece. The organizers are the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute/UNESCO, the University of Athens and other public institutions under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture. The Organizing Committee, made up of eminent theatre women has been working hard to make the 5th Conference (1 - 7 October 2000) a success. Three hundred plays have been received and 80 have been selected for the different Conference activities by the selection committee headed by Dr Lia Karavia.  The 5th Conference is to take place on the premises of Athens University (Zografou) and in other halls and theatres of Athens. The last two days will be spent in Delphi, at the Conference Centre there. The Conference will include round table discussions, debates, workshops, rehearsed readings and performances. Other countries will certainly offer to host future conferences. already there are hopes and plans that Mexico will host the 6th WPI Conference in the year 2003  » Aliki Halls (President of the Hellenic Centre of ITI).
Information : President:  Lynne Hayes (U.S.A.). 309 East 5th Street, Apt 30, NYC, NY 10003-8827 U.S.A. : TEL : 1/212/260 3197

REPORTS ON RECENT ITI EVENTS 
 
8- 17 November  1999 
023 Shanghai (China). Workshop for Actors and Directors. This 1999 Session of the Albert Botbol - University of the Theatre of Nations brought together 20 young performing arts professionals from the region, in particular from Japan, Korea, China, Singapore and Taipei. The programme was based on the theme: «Impromptu Creation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Love and Hatred) ». The workshop included lectures, exercises, watching performances of Tibetan Opera, Li Xuan Opera, Shaoxin Opera as well as spoken drama. There was a performance by the participants presented at the end of the workshop. The courses were under the direction of the professorial teaching staff of the Shanghai Theatre Academy including : CHEN, Mingzheng, M. GU, Yi’an,  M. CAO Lusheng, and M. FAN Yisong, assisted by prominent actors of Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera. 
The workshop is organized by the Shanghai Theatre Academy under the auspices of the Chinese Centre of the ITI and under the joint responsibility of Mr KIM Jeong-Ok, professor, President of the International Theatre Institute and Mr RONG Guangrun, professor, President of the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Mr FAN Hescheng, director of the Department of International Relations of the Academy was charge of practical organization. This session of the UTN received financial support from ITI and UNESCO (ITI/UNESCO framework-agreement). It was held in association with the 7th BeSeTo Festival. (Chinese Theatre Assoc.), 52 Dun Siba Tiao, BEIJING, CHINA, TEL: 86/10/6403 39 23,  FAX: 86/10/6403 39 23.

14 - 17 January 2000
022 BALTIMORE  (Maryland, U.S.A.) Conference for Theatre Makers and Trainers: International Origins for New Theatre Practice. This international conference was a follow-up to the one held in January 1999 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, U.S.A. (with 100 participants from 23 countries), and to the Conference of Directors of Higher Education Theatre Institutions (Sinaia, Romania, 51 representatives from 45 institutions) organized by the UNESCO Chair « Theatre and Culture of Civilizations » of the International Theatre Institute, in July 1999. 
The programme included :- Presentations, discussion, demonstrations, working groups on topics proposed by participants, plenary sessions.
The conference focused on 4 in-depth presentations by artists. Examination of their artistic and training processes in extended presentation/demonstration sessions. Focus on the education and training of the whole artist and possibilities for refining and developing  this process. 
Artists : Marijke Hoogenboom, Das Arts Foundation Amsterdam (Netherlands). Anne Wanjugu, Shangilia : Nairobi, (Kenya), Tamas Fodor : Studio K,  Budapest (Hungary) Anne Bogart, SITI Saratoga international theatre,  Richard Armstrong – founder member of the Roy Hart Theatre. 
The National Training Committee (ITI/TCG) held a meeting in the framework of this conference to begin planning for the first international festival of student theatre in the U.S.A. in the year 2000. 
The Conference was organized in collaboration with the National Training Committee (NTC) of the U.S.A. Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI/TCG)., the Baltimore Theatre Project (Philip Arnoult) and the Towson University MFA in Theatre Programme, (Juanita Rockwell). 
Presence of the, A-L. Périnetti, ITI Secretary General, Martha Coigney, Director of the U.S.A. Centre, Thomas Cooke and Peter Goldfarb, Co-Presidents of the Theatre Training Committee, Soon-ja Hur (Korea) and Sonia Simkova (Slovakia), Vice-Presidents of the Committee; Corneliu Dumitriu, Director ITI/UNESCO Chair, Andras Nagy (President of the Hungarian ITI Centre) and Alain Chevalier (Belgium). Contact: U.S.A. Centre of ITI/TCG, Theatre Communications Group, 355 Lexington Avenue,  NEW YORK,  N.Y.10017-6603 , U.S.A., TEL: 1/212/697 5230 FAX: 1/212/983 4847   marthac@tcg.org  http://www.iti-usa.org 

 15 – 22 November  1999
024 YAOUNDE (Cameroun). A Regional Meeting of African ITI National Centres    Extracts from the Declaration of Directors of African Centres of the International Theatre Institute: « Taking the Theatre in Hand »
« The Directors of African Centres of ITI/UNESCO took advantage of the 8th édition of the Cameroun International Theatre Festival (RETIC)  festival organized by their colleague Ambroise M’Bia, to meet a second time.
Their first meeting was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in October 1996. After West Africa it was Central Africa’s turn to host this meeting, important for theatre life in Africa.  ... » 
The agenda included :

•  the restructuration of the Regional Bureau;  
•  policy of communication between the Centres of the continent;  
•  the festivals;  
•  education and training;  
•  the circulation of plays and productions ;  
• problems related to theatrical creation. 

The meeting, chaired by Jean-Pierre Guingané, President of the ITI African Regional Bureau and Ambroise M’Bia, President of the Cameroun Centre of ITI, brought together representatives from the following countries : Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Centrafrica, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Rep. Dem. of Congo, Chad, Togo.  The S.G. of ITI, André-Louis Perinetti participated in this event together with representatives from other ITI Centres : France, Belgium, Japan and Sweden. Organized by the Africa Regional Bureau of the International Theatre Institute, the Cameroun Centre of the International Theatre Institute, and the General Secretariat of ITI, the meeting received financial support from ITI and UNESCO (framework-agreement ITI/UNESCO Details: Rencontres Théâtrales Internationales du Cameroun. (RETIC).BP 8163 Yaoundé, CAMEROUN TEL : 237/22 47 85 ou 23 66 01 FAX : 237/23 30 22 ou 22 65 70 email: retic@iccnet.cm  Internet : http://www.mygale.org/09/esanja/retic.htm 

 12 – 16 November 1999 
025 NICOSIA (Cyprus) Regional Meeting of Directors and Administrators of the European ITI Centres  organized on the invitation of the Cyprus Centre of ITI and its Director Nicos Shiafkalis in collaboration with the ITI General Secretariat. 
Participation of 14 Centres represented by 18 delegates : Martin Roeder-Zerndt (Germany),  Nicole Lerclercq (Belgium (Com. Fr), Nicos Shiafkalis (Cyprus), Riina Viiding (Estonia), Riitta Seppälä (Finland), Jacques Téphany (France), Aliki Halls (Greece), Andras Nagy, Rita Julia Sebestyen (Hungary), Th. Thorleifsdottir (Iceland,) Guna Zeltina (Latvia), Line Rosvoll (Norway), Martin Porubjak (Slovakia), Ann Mari Engel (Sweden), Lynne Kendrick, Gerald Lidstone (U.K.). Jennifer Walpole, Assistant Executive, represented the General Secretariat. Participation of Jakub Sosnowski, in charge of ITI Internet Services Internet. 
The meeting was opened by the Minister of Culture and Education. 
Main topics discussed: 

•  Developing involvement of Centres at national and international levels ;  
•  Improvement of communication (new technologies) cooperation and coordination between Centres ;  
•  Funding projects ; 
•  The 28th ITI World Congress ; 
•  Role of theatre in building a Culture of Peace : 
•  ITI and artistic education..  

•  - An international Vigil  for Peace on the 17th December - (Commemoration Day to mark  the 169th anniversary of the death of Simon Bolivar) 
•  -The designation of Santa Marta as World Capital of Peace for the day of 17 December.  
•  -The inclusion of the Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino as part of the World Heritage of humanity and its transformation into a space devoted to a study of the Culture of Peace. 
•   - An exhibition of Contemporary Art on the theme of Simon Bolivar, organized by the Bolivar Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation. 

Santa Marta – Colombia

Jean-Pierre Guingané
Vice President of ITI, 
President of the ITI Regional Bureau for AFRICA
jp.guingane@flashs.univ-ouaga.bf

« Dear Artist friends,

From all regions of Africa, the eyes and the hearts of all the artists in the African National Centres of the International Theatre Institute, are focused on Santa Marta where your torches, burning together, trace the path of Hope for a new millenium of Peace. 
The world needs peace because the world belongs to human beings and because man is supposed to be intelligent. The world needs peace so that our creations will no longer be cries of pain and hatred. 

As this century draws to a close, who better than Africans can appreciate the symbolic importance of this forum ? Africa aspires to peace because it is dying of war and because it wants to live. Today Congolese artists can be found everywhere except at home; the artists of Rwanda that escaped the genocide, are filled with terror at the thought of returning to their country ; the Algerian artists no longer have a voice to mourn their colleagues ...

The artists of Sierra Leone have had their left arm amputated - their right arm amputated  -  many find themselves with both arms cut off without understanding why it is their lot to live in a world of such madness. 

The litany could go on ten times longer because there are also those, completely de-humanized, who are lost in the thick forest  And then, there are those, their faces contorted in a perpetual grin, who wander deserted streets laughing uncontrollably,– deprived of their reason by the violence they have known. 

And what can one say of the orphans, the widows, of all those who have had an irreplacable being torn from them by war. 

Since Africa, like the rest of humanity at this time is paying a heavy debt to war and violence, we are standing up all together to demand Peace in the World. 

But to whom should we address our complaint ? To each person, for each one of us is partially responsible for the world’s present situation.  In the deepest recesses of our hearts let us make the resolution to leave a better world to future generations.  . »