# UNIMA > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/UNIMA > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/UNIMA.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIMA > Source revision: 1324987750 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Professional association for puppeteers}} {{About|the puppetry association|other uses|}} thumb|The seat of UNIMA in Charleville-Mézières, France thumb|270px|Memorial tablet commemorating the founding of UNIMA in Prague, Czech Republic '''UNIMA''' (''Union Internationale de la Marionnette'' – International Puppetry Association) is an international non-governmental organization that brings together puppeteers and puppet enthusiasts to develop and promote the art of [puppetry](/source/puppetry). It was founded in [Prague](/source/Prague) in 1929[Bibliothèque nationale de France](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France) : http://data.bnf.fr/11866570/union_internationale_de_la_marionnette/ (the then Czechoslovak magazine [Loutkář](/source/Loutk%C3%A1%C5%99) was UNIMA's first official journal in years 1929–1930). In 1981, the French puppeteer Jacques Félix moved UNIMA's headquarters to [Charleville-Mézières](/source/Charleville-M%C3%A9zi%C3%A8res), France, location of the ''Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes'' since 1972. UNIMA is affiliated to [UNESCO](/source/UNESCO)[UNESCO](/source/UNESCO) : http://ngo-db.unesco.org/r/or/en/1100064631 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152941/http://ngo-db.unesco.org/r/or/en/1100064631 |date=2014-07-14 }} and it is a member of the [International Theatre Institute](/source/International_Theatre_Institute). UNIMA is affiliated with the International Theatre Institute and is present in 87 countries. Its headquarters is located in Charleville-Mézières. == History == UNIMA was founded on May 20, 1929, in [Prague](/source/Prague), during the 5th Congress of Czech Puppeteers, upon the proposal of French writer Paul Jeanne.UNIMA : http://www.unima.org/fr/unima/historique/ The Czech magazine ''[Loutkář](/source/Loutk%C3%A1%C5%99)'' served as its official journal from 1929 to 1930. The last UNIMA congress before [World War II](/source/World_War_II) took place in 1933 in [Ljubljana](/source/Ljubljana). After the war, UNIMA was revived in 1957 by the [Czechoslovaks](/source/Czechoslovaks) during the European Puppet Week in [Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig) (then in [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)). Jan Malík, who had been its Secretary-General before the war, led discussions to revive the association. A congress was held the same year in Prague, with 17 countries represented (from the [United States](/source/United_States) to [North Korea](/source/North_Korea), in the context of the [Cold War](/source/Cold_War)), establishing statutes that ensured equal representation of countries from the West and the East in the presidium. In the 1970s, the association modernized: the presidium became the executive committee, and UNIMA moved its headquarters from Prague to [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw), where it remained for eight years. The headquarters was then established in [Charleville-Mézières](/source/Charleville-M%C3%A9zi%C3%A8res), known for its [World Festival of Puppet Theatre](/source/World_Festival_of_Puppet_Theatre), and where the [International Puppet Institute](/source/%3Afr%3A_Institut_international_de_la_marionnette) and the [École nationale supérieure des arts de la marionnette](/source/%3Afr%3A_%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_arts_de_la_marionnette) later settled. == National centers == [[Image:Levy-Trudeau-Katz.jpg|thumb|350px|UNIMA Festival, Armenia 2015 (Right to Left): Martine Levy ([UNESCO](/source/UNESCO)); Jacques Trudeau (Secretary General of UNIMA); Dikla Katz ([The Key Theatre](/source/The_Key_Theatre), UNIMA Representative in [Israel](/source/Israel))]] There are National centers throughout the world,{{Cite web| title = News from National centers | access-date = 2009-04-03| url = http://pagesperso-orange.fr/unima/uniE131.htm}} which include: * [UNIMA-USA](/source/UNIMA-USA) founded by [Jim Henson](/source/Jim_Henson) in 1966. In 1992 the [Center for Puppetry Arts](/source/Center_for_Puppetry_Arts) in Atlanta became the headquarters for UNIMA-USA * [UNIMA Australia](/source/UNIMA_Australia) * [UNIMA Pakistan](/source/Theatre_of_Pakistan) * [https://www.unima.org.uk British UNIMA] * UNIMA France - [THEMAA](/source/%3Afr%3ATHEMAA) *[http://www.unima.es UNIMA Spain] *[Mobarak UNIMA](/source/Mobarak_UNIMA) (UNIMA Iran){{Cite web |title=UNIMA Iran - Mobarak UNIMA |url=https://www.unima.org/en/centres-unima/unima-iran-mobarak-unima/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Unima - Union Internationale de la Marionnette |language=en-US}}Established in 1989 by [Kambiz Samimi Mofakham](/source/Kambiz_Samimi_Mofakham), as a founding member.[https://wepa.unima.org/en/kambiz-samimi-mofakham/] == UNIMA World Congresses == World congresses have been held in:{{Cite web| title = UNIMA in dates| access-date = 2009-04-03 | url = http://www.divadlo.cz/unima/kongresy.asp}} * 1929: [Prague](/source/Prague) (Presidency: [Jindřich Veselý](/source/Jind%C5%99ich_Vesel%C3%BD)) * 1929: [Paris](/source/Paris) * 1930: [Liège](/source/Li%C3%A8ge) * 1933: [Ljubljana](/source/Ljubljana) (New presidency: [Josef Skupa](/source/Josef_Skupa)) (New General Secretary: Jan Malík) * 1957: Prague (New presidency: [Max Jacob](/source/Max_Jacob_(puppeteer))) * 1958: [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest) * 1960: [Bochum](/source/Bochum)-[Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig) * 1962: [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw) * 1966: [Munich](/source/Munich) * 1969: Prague (New presidency: [Jan Bussell](/source/Jan_Bussell)) * 1972: Charleville-Mézières (New General Secretary: {{ill|Henryk Jurkowski|pl}}) * 1976: [Moscow](/source/Moscow) (New presidency: [Sergej Obrazcov](/source/Sergej_Obrazcov)) * 1980: [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) (New General Secretary: Jacques Felix) * 1984: [Dresden](/source/Dresden) (New presidency: Henryk Jurkowski) * 1988: [Nagoya](/source/Nagoya) * 1992: Ljubljana (New presidency: [Sirppa Sivori-Asp](/source/Sirppa_Sivori-Asp)) * 1996: [Budapest](/source/Budapest) * 2000: [Magdeburg](/source/Magdeburg) (New presidency: [Margareta Niculescu](/source/Margareta_Niculescu)) * 2004: [Rijeka](/source/Rijeka) (New presidency: [Massimo Schuster](/source/Massimo_Schuster)) (New General Secretary: Miguel Arreche) * 2008: [Perth](/source/Perth%2C_Western_Australia) (New presidency: [Dadi Pudumjee](/source/Dadi_Pudumjee)) (New General Secretary: Jacques Trudeau) * 2012: [Chengdu](/source/Chengdu) * 2016: [Tolosa](/source/Tolosa%2C_Spain) * 2020: [Bali](/source/Bali) : Holds non-face-to-face online a year later because of COVID-19 * 2025: [Chuncheon](/source/Chuncheon) ==See also== * [World Puppetry Day](/source/World_Puppetry_Day) * [Kenya Institute of Puppet Theatre (KIPT)](/source/Kenya_Institute_of_Puppet_Theatre_(KIPT)) == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{official|https://www.unima.org/en/}} {{Coord|49|46|20.79|N|4|43|18.08|E|scale:781_region:FR|display=title}} {{Authority control}} Category:UNIMA Category:Puppetry organizations Category:International cultural organizations Category:Arts organizations established in 1922 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [UNIMA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIMA) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIMA?action=history)). 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