Let's talk about World Theatre Day ! Art is Peace ! Resources & Activities

 

World Theatre Day

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Since its inception on 27 March 1962, World Theatre Day has stood as the flagship event of ITI, uniting theatre enthusiasts worldwide in celebration of the intrinsic value of the theatrical art. 

World Theatre Day 2024

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The International Theatre Institute (ITI) is delighted to announce the World Theatre Day 2024 Celebration, set to take place from 27 to 29 March 2024 in Langfang, China. 

The goals of World Theatre Day are:

• To promote theatre in all its forms across the world.


• To make people aware of the value of theatre in all its forms.


• To enable theatre communities to promote their work on a broad scale so that governments and opinion leaders are aware of the value and importance of dance in all its forms and support it.

• To enjoy theatre in all its forms for its own sake.


• To share the joy for theatre with others.

Jon Fosse

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One of the most important of these is the circulation of the World Theatre Day is International Message through which at the invitation of ITI, a figure of world stature shares "his or her reflections on the theme of Theatre and a Culture of Peace". 

The first World Theatre Day International Message was written by Jean Cocteau (France) in 1962. 

This year, ITI is privileged to have Jon Fosse, the Norwegian playwright and novelist, and last year´s Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, crafting the Message for World Theatre Day 2024.

Jon Fosse 

Nobel Prize in Literature 2023

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Jon Fosse is a renowned Norwegian writer born in 1959. He is known for his extensive body of work, which includes plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children's books, and translations. Fosse's writing style is characterized by minimalism and emotional depth, making him one of the most performed playwrights in the world. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovative plays and prose that give voice to the unsayable. 

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• Message:

Art Is Peace 

Every person is unique and yet also like every other person. Our visible, external appearance is different from everyone else’s, of course, that is all well and good, but there is also something inside each and every one of us which belongs to that person alone—which is that person alone. We might call this their spirit, or their soul. Or else we can decide not to label it at all in words, just leave it alone. 

(...)

Art, good art, manages in its wonderful way to combine the utterly unique with the universal. It lets us understand what is different—what is foreign, you might say—as being universal. By doing so, art breaks through the boundaries between languages, geographical regions, countries. It brings together not just everyone’s individual qualities but also, in another sense, the individual characteristics of every group of people, for example of every nation. 

(...)

I have been speaking here about art in general, not about theater or playwriting in particular, but that is because, as I’ve said, all good art, deep down, revolves around the same thing: 

War and art are opposites, just as war and peace are opposites—it’s as simple as that. Art is peace.

Jon Fosse, Nobel Prize in Literature 2023

translator Damion Searls

Education:

Of course you can invite your younger students to read a children's book  Kant by Jon Fosse.

" is an eight year old boy who is fascinated by outer space. He wonders if there is an edge to it, if it ends somewhere, and if it does – what lies beyond? Kristoffer is trying to read Donald Duck in bed at night, but he is much more concerned with the fundamental questions about space and world. In the room adjacent to Kristoffer, with the door slightly open, his father is reading Kant. (...) 

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Kant

Jon Fosse, 1990

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There is a French piece,  une pièce de théàtre, d'après ce livre, dont le titre Kant/ Au bord di sommeil, à partir de 8 ans par la compagnie belge INTI Théâtre dont vous pouvez vous inspirer.

For older students may be invited to play a little peace studied into the curricula, a writer from their country or some other from a foreign country which was study.

Of course there are interesting little plays that are include into the curriculum. 

Teachers must help them to choose which one students want to play - students love to plays - and help them to prepare some initial activities, always thinking in the level they are teaching and age.

To do it better, go to the theater with your students! Best lesson you can share with your students about playing.

If you are teaching at a Vocational school of Theatre, of course you will do a lot and have special activities to celebrate the day.

Level: All levels

Curriculum: Cross-curricular Languages, Literature, Arts 

Of course you must adapt the plays and activities to the age and level you are teaching.

The most important ! Go tor the theatre!

G-Souto

27.03.2024

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