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About the Company:

South African children and young people will have access to quality performing arts especially designed for, by and with them, contributing to a more empathic, engaged and creative society.

Our mission is to build the sector of theatre for young audiences in South Africa through supporting and developing the artists, empowering education through the performing arts, creating strategies for access to the arts, and advocating for the role of the arts as an essential right of every child and young person.

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Job Opportunity

Call for Theatre for Young Audiences Directors

Posted date:

July 22, 2024

August 17, 2024

Deadline:

Posted by:

ASSITEJ South Africa

Listing Information

Location:

Hamburg, Germany

Opportunity Description:

Are you a South African director passionate about theatre for young audiences? Are you excited to join a cohort of 25 directors from all over the world? Are you a paid-up member of Assitej SA?


ASSITEJ South Africa has been asked to nominate a director to participate in the "Directors in TYA - An International Exchange" which will take place at the FUNDUS Theatre in Hamburg from 22-29 June 2025!


The theme is "Reassembling the World: Intergenerational and International Alliances in Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA)”


ASSITEJ South Africa has been asked to nominate one director for the DIRECTORS IN TYA – An International Exchange. The seminar has been going on for 50 years. A full week is dedicated to an exchange about directing in the performing arts for young audiences. You can meet other directors from all over the world, share your ideas, learn from other professionals and experience TYA in Germany. DIRECTORS IN TYA – An International Exchange, known globally also as the “International Directors’ Seminar”, takes place every other year. It addresses directors as independent artists in the field of TYA and it is open to all genres and forms of performing arts for young audiences.


Type of Work:

Rates/Compensation + Hours of Work/Dates:

How to Apply:

Send us a 1-2 page motivation letter speaking to the theme and giving your motivation for applying, as well as an up-to-date resume/CV (no more than 2 pages), to info@assitej.org.za no later than 17 August 2024. If you have any questions, please email info@assitej.org.za.

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Deadline:

August 17, 2024

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