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Bibu Festival
BIBU – THE SWEDISH PERFORMING ARTS BIENNIAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH:
Leave No One Behind – 17-22 May 2022
Between 17th and 22nd of May 2022, Bibu together with ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering invites you to a six-day festival with Swedish and international theatre, dance, and circus performances for children and young people, together with a wide range of seminars, debates, workshops, and other performing arts-related surprises.
The Artistic Gathering in 2022, themed ‘Leave No One Behind’, will create an international meeting place for professional practitioners to focus on how sustainability can alter our global processes, co-operation, and performances in the future
Bibu 2022 Program / Printable (PDF) Program
This selection (below) includes only sessions which commence prior to midnight (AEST). If you’re a night owl, you can check out further sessions online. Most of the sessions will become available as recordings 24 hours after the conclusion of the session.
TICKETS
Buying Tickets to Bibu Online Progam:
Standard Full Online Access – AUD $60 (approx.) Buy pass here.
This ticket will give you full access to all Bibu Online events.
Single Event Access – AUD $15 (approx.)
If you would only like to watch a single Performance or join a single session of the Professional Exchange programme, please navigate directly to the specific event page and click on the play button OR the registration button (as appropriate). You will be directed to the payment page from here.
DAY TWO (May 18th)
CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWAKENING FOR A NEW ECONOMICS OF WELL-BEING
SOPHIE MARINOPOULOS
7:00pm (AEST) / 6:30pm (ACST) / 5:00pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session
Presented in French with English simultaneous translation
Culture From the Earliest Days as a Societal Landmark. Sophie Marinopoulos, Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, and Author, proposes new health indicators: Children’s Cultural and Artistic Awakening.
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL – ARTISTIC ENCOUNTER 2
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL
9:00pm (AEST) / 8:30pm (ACST) / 7:00pm (AWST) - (120 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
How can we face the future as artists? What do we need to succeed as TYA artists in the future? Join this interactive session as we prepare to face the future together. This is a three-part workshop.
THE ROLE OF THE ONLINE FORMAT IN TYA
OLGA ZAETS
9:00pm (AEST) / 8:30pm (ACST) / 7:00pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
This roundtable, on the topic of the role of the online format in TYA, is a chance to have brainstorm with fellow theatre professionals from around the world about the role and position of international online educational projects within the TYA field as well as to meet potential partners to expand collaborations with.
THEATRE AND LIVELIHOOD
HOSTED BY JERRY ADESEWO
11:00pm (AEST) / 10:30pm (ACST) / 9:00pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
A cross-cultural perspective. This roundtable discussion will see participants share their thoughts on the relationship between theatre and livelihoods.
DAY THREE (May 19th)
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL – ARTISTIC ENCOUNTER 3
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL
5:30pm (AEST) / 5:00pm (ACST) / 3:30pm (AWST) - (120 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
How can we face the future as artists? What do we need to succeed as TYA artists in the future? Join this interactive session as we prepare to face the future together. This is a three-part workshop.
UNDERSTANDING DESIGN THINKING IN CLASSROOM DRAMA
DEEPMALA TIWARI & SAKSHI GABA
6:00pm (AEST) / 5:30pm (ACST) / 4:00pm (AWST) - (75 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
A Workshop exploring Gender Equality in the context of “Design Thinking” and “Classroom Drama”, with case studies from Rural India.
MEANINGFUL CO-DESIGN ACROSS AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY
HEIDI MURPHY AND KATE GREEN - BIG DREAMERS FESTIVAL
8:00pm (AEST) / 7:30pm (ACST) / 6:00pm (AWST) - (60 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
A case study on empowering young audiences with the skills to be future change makers.
FOYER NETWORKING 2
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL
8:30pm (AEST) / 8:00pm (ACST) / 6:30pm (AWST) - (120 minutes)
Zoom meeting
Presented in English
These Foyer Networking sessions are being held for friends and members of ASSITEJ. These sessions will be run as a ZOOM Meeting in which participants can come and chat more informally with each other instead of listening to a formal presentation.
THEATRE FOR EMERGING TRUTH AND LIBERATORY ACTIONS
RANGBHUMI: A HAPPY PLAYGROUND
9:30pm (AEST) / 9:00pm (ACST) / 7:30pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
This lecture outlines and describes the immersive and participatory processes of Applied Theatre modalities being implemented with youth via Forum Theatre.
RESEARCHING TYA: THE WORK OF ITYARN
ITYARN (INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES RESEARCH NETWORK)
11:30pm (AEST) / 11:00pm (ACST) / 9:30pm (AWST) (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
This lecture outlines and describes the immersive and participatory processes of Applied Theatre modalities being implemented with youth via Forum Theatre.
OPEN STAGES: PERFORMING ARTS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
ASSITEJ SPAIN, ASSITEJ FRANCE, AND ASSITEJ ITALY
11:30pm (AEST) / 11:00pm (ACST) / 9:30pm (AWST) - (60 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
This panel of international researchers will present on the work of ITYARN and the ways in which research can support practice and policy.
DAY FOUR (May 20th)
REVIVAL OF ANCIENT NATURE RITUALS
SALMA MOHSENI ARDEHALI
6:00pm (AEST) / 5:30pm (ACST) / 4:00pm (AWST) (40 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
How can we creatively work with children on sustainable development? Hosting creative drama class out in nature, reviving rain rituals, and narrating ancient stories / creative plays have all been great ways to talk about the ways we may preserve water resources.
LET’S TALK ABOUT MONEY
YOUNG DANCE NETWORK
7:00pm (AEST) / 6:30pm (ACST) / 5:00pm (AWST) - (60 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
Or is that something we shouldn’t talk about? In this round table session we will meet experienced dance professionals that will share their opinions.
OUTDOOR ADAPTATIONS OF ARTISTIC PROPOSALS FOR EARLY YEARS
SMALL SIZE NETWORK
9:00pm (AEST) / 8:30pm (ACST) / 7:00pm (AWST) - (60 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
A symposium sharing numerous examples of how Small Size Member companies worked during the pandemic at the times of lockdowns and theatre closures.
CUBAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CENTRO CUBANO DE LA ASSITEJ
11:30pm (AEST) / 11:00pm (ACST) / 9:30pm (AWST) - (60 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in Spanish & English
With the XXI ASSITEJ World Congress being held in Cuba in 2024, we will demonstrate examples of how sustainable development is addressed in Cuba through Theatre for Children and Young People.
DAY FIVE (May 21st)
CHAIN REACTION: HOW TO USE NETWORKING TO BUILD NEW SUSTAINABILITY PATTERNS
SEGNI D’INFANZIA (PROJECT LEADER) With others.
6:00pm (AEST) / 5:30pm (ACST) / 4:00pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in Spanish & English (French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese translation)
Co-operations versus competition is a key consideration when ensuring long-term sustainability of partnerships – especially when operating within the same country.
FOYER NETWORKING 3
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL
6:00pm (AEST) / 5:30pm (ACST) / 4:00pm (AWST) - (120 minutes)
Zoom meeting
Presented in English
These Foyer Networking sessions are being held for friends and members of ASSITEJ. These sessions will be run as a ZOOM Meeting in which participants can come and chat more informally with each other instead of listening to a formal presentation.
WHY DO WE MAKE THEATRE?
UBESTEMT & OTHERS
8:00pm(AEST) / 7:30pm (ACST) / 6:00pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
A discussion about the role of theatre in times of climate change.
INFINITE FUTURES, INFINITE SOULS
KIRTANA KUMAR / THEATRE LAB (YOUTH)
8:30pm (AEST) / 8:00pm (ACST) / 6:30pm (AWST) - (60 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
Theatre pedagogy for a sustainable future. For Theatre Lab (Youth) students, their only ’embodied’ time during the pandemic was when they came to our farm, in Covid bubbles, to live and work. What we discovered was that the imagination too, if stuck within a fixed framework of understanding, stops growing.
CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS VOICES – PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE
WRITE LOCAL PLAY GLOBAL, with others.
9:30pm (AEST) / 9:00pm (ACST) / 7:30pm (AWST) - (75 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
“Celebrating Indigenous Voices” will be a hybrid event. At the Artistic Gathering there will be a roundtable seminar led by indigenous artists who will ultimately determine the format of the discussion which might explore ways to listen to, highlight, and encourage Indigenous voices.
BOOK LAUNCH: DIVERSITY, REPRESENTATION AND CULTURE IN TYA
ITYARN (INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES RESEARCH NETWORK)
11:15pm (AEST) / 10:45pm (ACST) / 9:15pm (AWST) - (90 minutes)
Livestreamed session with recording available afterwards
Presented in English
This event will primarily involve a presentation by Yvette Hardie and Wolfgang Schneider on their book, Cultural Policy for Arts Education: African-European Practises & Perspectives.
OTHER RECORDINGS
Other live sessions with be recorded and made available online 24 hours after the event has concluded. These will include:
DAY TWO (May 18th):
DAY THREE (May 19th):
- DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISABILITY; REACHING FURTHER
- THINKING ABOUT ARTISTIC CREATION FOR EARLY YEARS – MASTERCLASS WITH BARBARA KÖLLING – SESSION 1
DAY FOUR (May 20th):
- THINKING ABOUT ARTISTIC CREATION FOR EARLY YEARS – MASTERCLASS WITH BARBARA KÖLLING – SESSIONS 2 & 3
DAY FIVE (May 21st):
Performances
Recordings of selected live performances in the program may become available online following the festival. Please stay tuned!
ASSITEJ Meetings
Some events involving official ASSITEJ business are free – these include the Opening Ceremony, the Artistic Encounters (1-3), the Umbrella Session, and “Creative Europe Support ASSITEJ”. You will still need to register for a free user account to access these sessions on this website. Upon login, please navigate directly to the specific event page and click on the play button OR the registration button (as appropriate). There will be no charge for these events. They will also be streamed free of charge on the ASSITEJ International Facebook page.
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