Happening every three years, ASSITEJ Denmark together with ASSITEJ Sweden will be hosting the 2011 festival in Copenhagen Denmark. This 10-days extraordinary event will be happening on May 20-29, 2011, which involves performers and spectators from all ages and from all corners of the world. The congress has the aim to connect people with different cultures, ages, and practices. They also aims to get the theater for children and young people recognize, improve the condition of theater for children and young people from all over the world, improve common knowledge for theater, get the people acquainted with the work of their colleagues from other countries.
Visitors and tourists from all over the world will surely enjoy the festival as it presents numerous events from cultural shows to live theater shows to puppetry, circus, theater dance and more. Spectators of the said event old and new will surely be glad with the 2011 festival because for the first time in history, the event will simultaneously take place in two cities.
Aside from the shows and presentations, other events will also take place during the whole congress, which include seminars, workshops, master classes, lectures, readings, discussion forums, and more. Like the usual event program, the Congress will have its grand official opening ceremony, a festive, cozy and friendly festival café and night bar, receptions and late night entertainment, and a fun and exciting closing party.
The 2011 Congress has the intention to reflect the “here and now” contemporary children’s theater. They are also aiming to present 25-30 performances in two cities with 5-6 presentations in each performance, which will surely bring joy to many of its audiences.
Applications for performance and proposal for workshops and seminars for the said event are all available in their website. The program proper will also be available by January in 2011.