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Saatja: <[email protected]> Saadetud: 27.03.2019 07:46 Adressaat: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; Kultuuriministeerium <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Teema: MIRAI Festival 2020 International Performing Arts Festival for Children and Young People in Japan The 20th ASSITEJ World Congress “Towards the Unknown –Beginning of the Journey” Manused: MIRAI2020-compressed.pdf; ATT00001.htm To whom it may concern, I am Hisashi Shimoyama, Artistic Director and Producer of Ricca Ricca Festa, International Theater Festival Okinawa for Young Audiences, and I am currently appointed as Artistic Director and Producer for the 20th ASSITEJ World Congress /''Mirai Festival (it means Future in Japanese)'' International Theatre Festival for Children and Young Audiences that will be held in Tokyo from May 14th to 24th in 2020. Please allow me to share specific information about the event with you to get your advice and support. ASSITEJ is International Association of Theatre for Children and Young people. It unites theatre companies, organizations and individuals throughout the world who make theatre for children and young people. It is dedicated to the artistic, cultural and educational rights of children and young people across the globe and advocates on behalf of all children regardless of nationality, cultural identity, ability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religion. The members of Assitej are National centers, Professional Networks, and individuals from around 100 countries across the world. Japan will be the host of ASSITEJ World Congress, which is held every 3 years, in 2020 and ASSITEJ Japan Center has launched the open call for international productions for the 20th ASSITEJ World Congress  /'' Mirai Festival'' International Theatre Festival for Children and Young Audiences. The theme of the festival is TOWARD THE UNKNOWN ~ Beginning the Journey. We will be looking for productions, which imagine and question what our future can be and leads into the future of today’s children and young audiences. We will select 25 international productions as official invitations and a certain number of productions as a part of fringe programs, for which applicants can participate at their own expense. We would like to encourage all artists and performers to take part in the festival. Any performance genre is welcome as long as the productions are for 0 years old and above. Also, we would encourage them to participate as a fringe production even if they are not selected as one of the 25 invited productions. And If they are selected as fringe, we would like them to reach you to get some support and funding. To make this festival success, we sincerely need your help and support. Please consider it and support your artist from your country to fly them over here to participate in the festival. Please find the attachment for more detail information. If you have any inquiry, please send an e-mail to: [email protected] japan.jp . ---------------------------------------------------------- 2 0 2 0 I n t e r n a t i o n a l Pe r f o r m i n g A r t s F e s t i v a l f o r C h i l d r e n a n d Yo u n g Pe o p l e i n J a p a n M I R A I Festival Th e 20 th A SSIT EJ Wor l d Con gress “ Tow a rds th e Unknow n – Be ginning o f th e Jo ur ney ” Ver: 27 March 2019 2 0 2 0 . a s s i t 1e j - j a p a n . j p  — ALL OU R F UTURES : C H IL D RE N A N D C U LT U RE — In May 2020, MIRAI Festival will take place in Tokyo with the 20th ASSITEJ World Congress. ‘Mirai’ means ‘future’ in Japanese. We believe children is our future, and in order to create our future we need culture and arts. MIRAI Festival 2020 will be a place where professionals who work in arts and culture for children and young people will gather from all around the world in order to discuss about the arts for children, today and in the future. The festival will also present diverse and quality works from around the globe to share the best current practices of theatre for children and young audiences. Together with our friends from around the world, we shall actualise an inclusive society where “no one is left behind” (cited from SDGs*), filling the gaps for opportunities of children and young people to participate in cultural life and the arts, and there shall be no discrimination or exclusion. *SDGs: 17 ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ adopted in September 2015 at the United Nations Summit. DATES Thu 14th - Sun 24th May 2020 PLACE Tokyo, Japan National Theatre, New National Theatre, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, other cultural facilities in Tokyo, and temporary venues built inside 22 elementary schools in Toshima Ward in Tokyo PARTICIPANTS 4,000 people from outside Japan 2,000 people from around Japan (including artists and delegates) AUDIENCE 40,000 peple 1 ABOUT ASSITEJ ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People) is a global organisation for the performing arts for children and young people which was founded in 1965 in Paris. The members of ASSITEJ are national centres, professional networks and individuals across more than 100 countries. ASSITEJ Japan Centre joined in 1979 as the 36th country. Uniting organisations and individuals who make theatre for children and young people, ASSITEJ is dedicated to the artistic, cultural and educational rights of children and young people across the globe and advocates on behalf of all children regardless of nationality, cultural identity, ability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religion. www.assitej-international.org National centres (red) and individual members (pink) [ ASSITEJ World Congress ] ASSITEJ holds their World Congress every 3 years to establish the working plan for the next 3 years. An international festival is also organised to present a selection of the world’s most outstanding works in theatre for children and young people. At the 19th ASSITEJ World Congress which took place in 2017 in South Africa, about 2,000 people from about 70 countries participated and 63 productions from 32 countries took part in the festival. At this Congress, it was confirmed that the 20th ASSITEJ World Congress in 2020 will be organised in Tokyo, Japan. dialogueforcommunity.org 2 TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN: 2018-2020 At the last Congress in South Africa, the theme for the next 3 years was confirmed: Towards the Unknown, with the subtitle for each year as follows. ・ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2018 (Beijing / China) - Imagining the Future ・ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2019 (Kristiansand / Norway) - Confronting the Present ・ASSITEJ World Congress 2020 (Tokyo / Japan) - Beginning the Journey As a pioneer, you have the ability to create and affect the future. Considering acting and directing, text and contexts, new and old media, inclusivity, theatre for the very young, child participation, etc, in a rapidly changing world, in – let's say – 30 years, what will theatre for young audiences look like? We invite YOU, actors and directors, writers and dramaturgs, theatre pedagogues, producers, researchers and scenographers, musicians, dancers and video artists, to invent, examine and walk around the world with your ideas, inspirations, and experiences, TOWARDS THE UNKNOWN. (Quoted from ASSITEJ Website) C h ro n o lo gy o f the ASSITE J Wor ld Cong re s s ▶︎ 1964 Formative Meeting - London / UK ▶︎ 1990 10th Stockholm / Sweden ▶︎ 1965 Formative Meeting - Paris / France ▶︎ 1993 11th Havana / Cuba ▶︎ 1966 1st Prague / Czechoslovakia ▶︎ 1996 12th Rostov-on-Don / Russia ▶︎ 1968 2nd The Hague / The Netherland ▶︎ 1999 13th Tromsø / Norway ▶︎ 1970 3rd Venice / Italy ▶︎ 2002 14th Seoul / South Korea ▶︎ 1972 4th Montreal / Canada ▶︎ 2005 15th Montreal / Canada & Albaby / USA ▶︎ 2008 16th Adelaide / Australia ▶︎ 1975 5th East Berlin / East Germany ▶︎ 2011 17th Copenhagen / Denmark & Malmö / Sweden ▶︎ 1978 6th Madrid / Spain ▶︎ 1981 7th Lyons / France ▶︎ 2014 18th Warsaw / Poland ▶︎ 1984 8th Moscow / USSR ▶︎ 2017 19th Cape Town / South Africa ▶︎ 1987 9th Adelaide / Australia ▶︎ 2020 20th Tokyo / Japan 3 MIRAI FESTIVAL PROGRAMME PRODUCTIONS Quality productions from all around the world for 0-all ages (Theatre, dance, puppetry, circus, multidisciplinary, inclusive arts, early years…) Official Productions: 30 (25 from five continents, 5 from Japan) Fringe Productions: 100 Selection with a panel of advisors from: Europe (South, North, West, East+Russia), Africa, America (South, North) Middle East, Asia (East, Southeast, Central), Oceania WORKSHOPS / SYMPOSIUMS / SEMINARS For children and parents, artists, professionals, etc. Opportunities to explore, learn, share, exchange and inspire 4  ASSITEJ WORLD CONGRESS Meetings with ASSITEJ members from more than 100 countries General Assembly of ASSITEJ, attended by ASSITEJ representatives: Artistic Encounter, where international participants meet to exchange ideas, opinions, and experiences (open for observation) Programmes by the professional networks of ASSITEJ: - ITYARN (International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network) - WLPG (Write Local Play Global) - IIAN (International Inclusive Arts Network) - Small Size (European Network for the Diffusion of Performing Arts for early Childhood) - Next Generation (Network for emerging artists in the field) INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE + SPECIAL EVENTS Various events, exchanges and networking for delegates Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony Next Generations Programme Asia TYA Network Meeting Children and Culture Conference of Japan Award Ceremony Receptions etc… MIRAI FESTIVAL AROUND JAPAN Some of the MIRAI Festival’s programmes will be brought to various regions around Japan from the end of April to the beginning of June, including ricca ricca*festa (International Theater Festival OKINAWA for Young Audiences) in Okinawa, International companies who take part in MIRAI Festival in Tokyo may be invited to stay for an extensive tour in Japan. Under the umbrella of MIRAI Festival / the 20th ASSITEJ World Congress, there will be arts and cultural events for children and young people all over Japan, and the festival anticipates to make it an opportunity to refresh and enliven culture for children in Japan. TOKYO 5  :: OPEN CALL :: MIRA I Fes ti va l is a ccep tin g app l ic atio ns fo r the pro g ramme (p roduct ion s, works hop s , sy mpo s iums and se mi nar s). A ppli cati ons c an be submi tte d vi a th e w e b si te : 20 20 .as si te j- j apan .jp DEADLI N E: 3 0t h Ap r i l 2 0 19 Du e t o the l im it ed numbe r o f o ffi c ial p ro g ramme s, t he f est iv al en cou rages arti s ts a nd c ompa ni e s to take part in the fe s ti va l as fr i ng e. A s mos t expenses n e ed to be c o ve red b y the c o mpany, please try to app ly f o r l oc al grant. M IR A I Fes ti va l is h appy to i s sue a l e tte r o f suppo rt i f ne c e ssar y. P leas e c on tac t: i nf o@2 020. ass it ej- j a pa n .jp Prog ramm es wi l l b e conf i rme d by th e e nd o f O c t o b e r 2 0 1 9 . (Some p rogra mme s may b e c onfi r me d ear li e r ) MI RA I Fe st iv al A ddres s: 2 0 8 Tensh o Offi c e, 2 - 13- 4 Ike b ukuro, Toshim a, To ky o 1 71 - 00 1 4 Jap a n Em ail : inf o@ 2 02 0 .ass i tej- ja pan. jp Webs ite : 20 2 0 .as sit e j-japan.jp 6