Assitej á Íslandi
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UNGI 2026 fór fram dagana 23. - 26. apríl.
Hátíðin var einstaklega glæsileg að þessu sinni og voru 3 erlendar sýningar á hátíðinni auk 7 íslenskra sýninga.
Hátíðin var að þessu sinni með sterka norræna/baltneska nærveru og eru tvær erlendu sýningarnar þaðan.
UNGI var einnig með málstofu um sviðslistamenntun á Íslandi og bauð upp á vinnustofur fyrir ungmenni frá Nærrænu/Baltnesku löndunum og vinnustofu um sögumanninn og sviðið í samvinnu við tengslanet smáþjóða innan Assitej. Þetta tókst afar vel.
Fjöldi barna kom á sýningarnar á UNGA og einnig var fjöldi erlendra gesta. Um það bil 2.200 komu á sýningarnar þrátt fyrir að takmarkaður fjöldi hafi verið á ungbarnasýningar sem voru þrjár að þessu sinni.
Open Call Resideny í Danmörku
ROOTS & ROUTES is a new four-year Danish/international residency program aimed at artists creating performing arts for children and young audiences, supported by the Danish Arts Foundation.
The overall program is a collaboration between five organizations/venues: Teaterhuset Filuren, Aaben Dans, Teater Hund, Syddjurs Egnsteater, and ASSITEJ Denmark.
This cross-national collaboration between organizations with different artistic profiles will draw on diverse experiences and different networks to develop shared practices.
ROOTS & ROUTES’ four residencies take an exploratory approach to the following questions: How do we create pathways for new voices? Which concepts and understandings of artistic quality are at play? What view of children are we using as our lens here?
Deadlines: Application will close Thursday 15th of October 2026. And all artists will receive an answer on their application no later than November 15, 2026.
As part of the residency, we offer:
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An artistic fee of 17.000 DKK for the entire stay
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Travel and accommodation
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Flight, trains, hostel and transport to/from the airport and stations.
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Public transportation in Aarhus in relation to the residency’s program.
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Breakfast and lunch will be included in the accommodation, and per diems if/when joint dinners are not a part of the program.
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Tickets to events as part of the residency.
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The facilitator of the residency in Aarhus 2027 will be:
Eoin McKenzie is a Glasgow-based performance maker and Artistic Director of Guesthouse Projects.
Read info on structure, requirements, and the residency theme in the open call (attached) and online: International residency – Filuren
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ASSITEJ is an international organization of performing artists who make performing arts for children and young people.
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The organization promotes cooperation and communication between artists and theaters both domestically and abroad and thus contribute to artistic development.
ASSITEJ in Iceland has been operating since 1990 and has aimed to protect theater for children and young people by, among other things, promoting communication between artists who work in this field in Iceland and encouraging them to international cooperation.
The Icelandic branch of the association has organized international workshops, participated in Nordic cooperation, sent representatives to courses and workshops and has mediated the selection of Icelandic performances at foreign theater festivals.
The core of the activities in Iceland since 2013 has been UNGI, an annual international performing arts festival for young audiences in Reykjavík. The festival is independent but held in parallel and in good cooperation with the Children's Culture Festival in Reykjavík. The festival has marked its place in the cultural life of the city.
It has been decided to make the UNGA International Performing Arts Festival a biennial and to use the intervening year to build up the organization's internal work and support the professional scene in Iceland. That year is called the EGG
Elegant Title
Home address
Hjardarhagi 47
107 Reykjavik
Board of ASSITEJ
Chair: Agnes Wild
Treasurer: Lárus Vilhjálmsson
UNGA Executive Director: Aude Busson
Board members: Anna Bergljót Thorarensen, Guðrún Ýr Eðvaldsdóttir, Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Helga Arnalds, Hrefna Lind Lárusdóttir, Nick Candy and Þórhallur Sigurðsson.
Be in touch
Email: assitej.iceland@gmail.com