Posted by in Aesthetic Education, Children, Children's Theater, China, Culture, Drama, Drama Education, Interculturalism, Parenting, Parents, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized Let a man be first incited by play, then given a firm footing by the study of drama, and finally perfected by music and theatre arts.
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, Childhood, Children, Children's Theater, China, Culture, Drama, Drama Education, Parenting, Parents, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized After my latest blog “Majority is Never Right” I received lot of positive comments. Among them, a comment of a dear friend of mine, an excellent Chinese drama artist, theatre director and drama teacher, a man whose opinion I highly respect, was particularly significant. He told me: 您的文章充满了勇气。虽然，会有人认为这不过是“唐吉诃德大战风车”，是一场不可能赢的战斗。Your article is full of courage. Although, some…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, ASSITEJ, ASSITEJ International, Children's Theater, China, Drama, Drama Education, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized Its Majesty the Market – part 2 – Theatre Before even started writing this article I was aware of a danger that I would expose myself to. I know that some of you would not understand my reasoning when assessment of quality of artistic work in theatre and its relationship with the market is concerned.…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, Childhood, Children, Drama, Drama Education, Parenting, Parents, Uncategorized We are all living in a globalized world with market-oriented culture. When saying that, I don’t think about the culture in the narrow sense that would include only the arts. I think about the culture as the way of living of a group of people (society) that live in the same place and time, sharing…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, ASSITEJ, ASSITEJ International, Children, Children's Theater, Drama, Drama Education, Parenting, Parents, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized Living in the latter part of the Warring States Period (476 BC – 221 BC), Qu Yuan was the earliest great patriotic poet as well as a great statesman, ideologist, diplomat and reformer in ancient China. He has the reputation of being one of the world four great cultural celebrities. The traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, ASSITEJ, ASSITEJ International, Children's Theater, Drama, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized Education Online Section of CPPCC Daily This article was from the 11th Section Education Online of CPPCC Daily on March 31. Every March, it is a celebration for theaters and theater lovers. March 27 is the World Theatre Day, which was founded by the International Theatre Institute in 1961. It was aimed to arouse more…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, ASSITEJ, ASSITEJ International, Childhood, Children, Children's Theater, Drama, Drama Education, Parenting, Parents, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized March 20 is a very special day — it is World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People! Every year since 2001, on March 20, all the theatre artists and practitioners, theatre companies, theatre lovers and all who are in any way connected to Theatre for Young Audiences celebrate this day. It was established…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, Children, Children's Theater, Drama, Drama Education, Parenting, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized Recently I watched few theatre performances for children in some of the mainstream theatres for children. (When I say mainstream, I think of theatre companies with venues, repertoire and actors on a payroll.) I was curious to see what my Chinese colleagues are doing. I went to support them, but I also wanted to see…Read more »
Posted by in Aesthetic Education, Drama, Drama Education, Performing Arts, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized “In theater angels learn how it is to be human and live on Earth.” Michael Ende “Ophelia’s Shadow Theater” I read what I wrote a year ago. It was January 28, 2020. We were already in the year of the Rat. The Pandemic was at its beginning and the time of quarantine began. I wrote:…Read more »
Posted by in Childhood, Children, Children's Theater, Drama, Drama Education, Parenting, Performing Arts, Stories, Storytelling, Theater, Theatre, Theatre for Children, TYA, Uncategorized As a young boy I lived in Zagreb, Croatia, in a part of the town with big apartment buildings. In between two buildings there was a park in which we, children, were playing freely and securely. That was our magic realm in which we were becoming Indians and cowboys, space travelers, thieves and policemen, different…Read more »
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