21st UNIMA World Puppetry Congress and Festival, Chengdu, China
The much anticipated 21st UNIMA Congress and World Puppetry Festival took place in Chengdu, China from 27 May to 3 June 2012. Our group from Melbourne, Australia flew to Chengdu, via Shanghai, where we also spent a few days recovering on our way back.
The opening ceremony and many of the international theatre performances took place in the Park of the International Intangible Cultural Heritage, a huge leisure area on the outskirts of Chengdu, on which stand several striking buildings for exhibitions, markets craft, stalls selling drinks, and where are displayed temporarily part of the pieces from the new Museum of Puppetry of the city.
Puppetry groups from Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Vietnam, Iran, Mongolia, Spain, amongst others, plus a huge number of artists and puppeteers from all corners of China.
In the next few weeks, we shall be featuring short film clips with news, interviews and performance pieces from the 21st UNIMA Puppetry Congress and Festival in Chengdu, China. You can find feature articles on our blog here and film clips and interviews on our brand new film page here. You can also enjoy our photographic slideshow below!
The opening ceremony and many of the international theatre performances took place in the Park of the International Intangible Cultural Heritage, a huge leisure area on the outskirts of Chengdu, on which stand several striking buildings for exhibitions, markets craft, stalls selling drinks, and where are displayed temporarily part of the pieces from the new Museum of Puppetry of the city.
Puppetry groups from Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Vietnam, Iran, Mongolia, Spain, amongst others, plus a huge number of artists and puppeteers from all corners of China.
In the next few weeks, we shall be featuring short film clips with news, interviews and performance pieces from the 21st UNIMA Puppetry Congress and Festival in Chengdu, China. You can find feature articles on our blog here and film clips and interviews on our brand new film page here. You can also enjoy our photographic slideshow below!
