Jos Schuring

Theatre guru Augusto Boal: "As workshop leader, I am merely an instrument"

February 2008 -

Augusto Boal  wrote his first book, Teatro del oprimido (Theatre of the Oppressed), in 1975. His philosophy has attracted followers under that name throughout the world.

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Independent news on Global Voices Online

February 2008 -

The Global Voices portal is amazingly large and has no less than fifty different topics that are important to bloggers throughout the world.

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Ghetto Radio

February 2008 -

Young Kenyans report on current events from the slums of Nairobi.

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Theatre-maker Yaser Khaseb: "Theatre climate in Iran is blossoming"

january 2008 -

The Iranian dancer/mime performer and puppeteer is spreading his wings, in his own country as well as abroad. During the festival Dancing on the Edge he was introduced to a Dutch audience.

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Theatrical event about fishers on the beach of Senegal

january 2008 -

Theatre Embassy based its performance about the working conditions of fishers on Senegal's beach near St. Louis on the famous Dutch folk drama Op hoop van zegen by Herman Heijermans. Director Anna Rottier has been working in St. Louis since the end of November, 2007.

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Kyrgyzstan's visual artist Djumaliev: "Independent initiatives have a growing future"

December 2007 -

Art East is one of the artist's initiatives that are involved with the cooperative Arts Collaboratory.

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Sanjoy Ganguly: "We don’t play the script: we script the play"

November 2007 -

The Indian theatre maker has been travelling the world for years, giving workshops and preaching his sermon on theatre.

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India's Attakkalari: artistic innovation and cultural enterprise

November 2007 -

Jayachandran Palazhy's company is active on many fronts; not just artistically, but also educationally and commercially.

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Minister Koenders: "Culture is an intrinsic part of combating poverty"

November 2007 -

"Central in the policy of development cooperation is how people want to be helped. That takes creativity and awareness. Culture gives the power and the space to work on the millennium objectives. It is an intrinsic part of combating poverty." Never before has Bert Koenders, the Netherlands' Minister of Development Cooperation, been so outspoken about the role culture plays in development.

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Ogova Ondego: "Make children aware of the influence of film"

November 2007 -

Kenyan film critic and organizer Ogova Ondego on similarities and differences between children's film festivals in Africa and Western Europe.

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