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Mapping. A Map on the aesthetics of performing arts for early years is an artistic research project focused on creating a sensory-based relationship with very young children, from 0 to 6 years, through performing arts. In particular, it explores the idea of “children-spectators of today and not only of tomorrow”.
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CALENDAR
- 18/01 - 19/01/2019
- 19/01 - 20/01/2019
- 22/02 - 03/03/2019
- 22/02 - 04/04/2019
- 24/02 - 26/02/2019
- 02/03 - 03/03/2019
- 09/03 - 31/03/2019
- 14/03 - 16/03/2019
- 15/05 - 25/05/2019
- 17/05 - 19/05/2019
- 05/06 - 11/06/2019
- 06/06 - 08/06/2019
- 09/06/2019
- 09/06 - 10/06/2019
- 28/09 - 06/10/2019
- 02/10 - 04/10/2019
- 03/07 - 05/07/2020
- 28/02 - 02/04
- 07/05 - 12/05/2021
- 07/05 - 28/10
- 15/03 - 31/05
- 6/03
- 6/03
- 27/05
- September 23, 2019
- October 1, 2020
- February 19, 2021
- May 1, 2021
- May 5, 2021
- May 7, 2021
- June 1, 2021
- June 9, 2021
- June 15, 2021
- July 10, 2021
- September 12, 2021
- October 7, 2021
- November 20, 2021
- January 29, 2022
- March 5, 2022
- March 17, 2022
- April 17, 2022
- September 8, 2022
- October 2, 2022
- October 10, 2022
- October 29, 2022
- December 3, 2022
- January 27, 2023
- April 23, 2023
- September 9, 2023
- November 24, 2023
- November 24, 2023
- 26/10
- 26/10
- 30/11
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RESEARCHERS MEETING #1
The researchers from ITYARN, together with the four partners who coordinate the four research groups, met for the first time in Bologna to go in depth in the focus of the research and plan the first two years of work. -
COMMON MEETING #1
All partners have met for the first time together in Bologna to officially launch Mapping project! The meeting has been an opportunity to network and get to know each other, as well as to start shaping the next exciting four years. The next meeting will be in June in Breda, on the occasion of BRIK … Continued -
VISIONI DI FUTURO, VISIONI DI TEATRO… 2019
[February 22nd – March 3rd 2019, Teatro Testoni Ragazzi – Bologna, Italy] One of the special features of “Mapping. A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years” is that most of the activities planned are entwined with the Mapping festivals, 19 events over four years. The program of Visioni 2019, fully focused … Continued -
CHILDREN-SPECTATORS EXHIBITION #1
The first international call, issued only at the end of November, thanks to Bologna Children’s Book Fair – that prepared and disseminated it through its own channels – collected 418 submissions by illustrators from 45 different countries worldwide. Thirty-one illustrations. Thirty-one illustrators from thirteen countries: Elizabeth Alves de França e Silva (Brazil), Emanuele Benetti (Italy), … Continued -
FOLLOW UP MEETING #1
During Visioni 2019, the directors of the productions of “Mapping. A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years”, met and, moderated by Gerd Taube (professor and theatrologist, Kinder- und Jugendtheaterzentrums in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Frankfurt – Germany), started addressing three crucial issues of dramaturgy for performing Arts for Early Years. What sense … Continued -
AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT FOCUS GROUP
The focus-group dimension allows to understand the implications and opportunities of an audience-oriented approach, through innovative marketing tools and a participatory approach that characterises more and more the contemporary cultural practices. The meeting is a chance of reflecting on how an exchange between those who offer the shows (programmers and artists) and those who bring … Continued -
BIM BAM FESTIVAL 2019
BIM BAM 2019, Toihaus Theater’s festival for early years, took place in Salzburg March 9th-30th. The festival hosted more than 60 shows from eight nations: Poland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden and Japan. The festival also included productions of some Mapping partners, such as Teatr Animaczy, Teater Tre, Helios Theater (Germany) and La … Continued -
IMAGE WORK GROUP WORKSHOP #1
On the occasion of BIM BAM 2019, the first work group workshop of Mapping took place. The Image work group, led by Uroš Korenčan from Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, includes artists from Teatro Paraíso, Teatr Animaczy and Théâtre de la Guimbarde. For this first meeting, the group decided to host a workshop, “Moving image in space”, … Continued -
KAOLIN ET BARBOTINE 2019
Take a look to the shows presented and to the complete program of the festival here. -
SOUND WORK GROUP WORKSHOP #1
The festival Kaolin & Barbotine hosted the first workshop of Sound Work group, with artists from HELIOS Theater, Toihaus Salzburg, Kolibri Theatre and Teater Tre, as well as Katherine Morley, the researcher following their work. The artists met all together for the first time and, led by Barbara Kölling, started reflecting on personal experiences of … Continued -
BRIK FESTIVAL 2019
BRIK is the festival organised by De Stilte in Breda (Netherlands). The Stiltefestival, started in 2011 and taking place every two years, has a new look and a new name. From now on it is called BRIK: Brabants Internationaal Kinderfestival. With a stunning programme full of imaginative performances from all over the world, carefully selected … Continued -
WORD WORK GROUP WORKSHOP #1
In Breda, in the frame of the wonderful BRIK Festival, the Word group had its first workshop. First words, emotions coming through words, forbidden words, words in translation, words filling in blank spaces… Mapping partners Polka Theatre, Artika Theatre Company, Baboro International Arts Festival for Children, under the lead of Christian Schrøder of Theatre Madam … Continued -
ZLATA PALIČICA 2019
The Zlata paličica (Golden Stick) Festival is a Slovenian biennial festival of performing arts for children and young people, organised by Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana (Ljubljana Puppet Theatre), Slovenski gledališki inštitut (Slovenian Theatre Institute) and the Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre. The festival shows the best of Slovenian drama, musical, puppet, dance and experimental performances … Continued -
MOVEMENT WORK GROUP WORKSHOP #1
In the frame of Zlata paličica festival 18th edition, Ljubljana will host the last of the first year’s work group workshops. Between October 2nd and 4th, the Movement Working Group will contribute to the development of the project research through practical work. The work of the Movement group (Dance Theatre Auraco, De Stilte, La Baracca, … Continued -
FOLLOW UP MEETING #2
The directors of the productions of “Mapping. A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years”, will meet with Gerd Taube in Poznan, in the frame of Sztuka Szuka Malucha 2020, to continue addressing crucial issues of dramaturgy for performing Arts for Early Years. -
CHILDREN-SPECTATORS EXHIBITION #2
There is a big difference between illustrating moments of theatre, dance or circus, and filtering those moments, those fragments, seeing them through the eyes or emotions of a child, focusing on the richness of the moments in which a child-spectator captures images, sounds and words of quality in order to feed their imagination. One of … Continued -
VISIONI DI FUTURO, VISIONI DI TEATRO… 2021/May
Mapping festivals restart after a long stop! More that one year after the 2020 edition was canceled four days before its start by the beginning of the pandemic in Italy, Visioni, the International festival of theatre and culture for early years organised in Bologna by La Baracca – Testoni Ragazzi, returns. Visioni 2021’s structure is … Continued -
CHILDREN-SPECTATORS EXHIBITION #3
There is a big difference between illustrating moments of theatre, dance or circus, and filtering those moments, those fragments, seeing them through the eyes or emotions of a child, focusing on the richness of the moments in which a child-spectator captures images, sounds and words of quality in order to feed their imagination. One of … Continued -
CHILDREN-SPECTATORS EXHIBITION #4
There is a big difference between illustrating moments of theatre, dance or circus, and filtering those moments, those fragments, seeing them through the eyes or emotions of a child, focusing on the richness of the moments in which a child-spectator captures images, sounds and words of quality in order to feed their imagination. One of … Continued -
CHILDREN-SPECTATORS / Il Bambino Spettatore
From 2019 to 2022, four editions of the exhibition “Children-Spectators” were organized, in the framework of the European project “Mapping, a map on the aesthetics of performing arts for early years”. This book collects the 140 works by 129 international illustrators presented in Mapping Exhibition 2023. -
THE ILLUSTRATED MAP / La Mappa Illustrata
This book collects the 34 illustrations created for the Mapping Exhibition 2023 by four world-famous illustrators: Katsumi Komagata, Manuel Marsol, Fabian Negrin, Klaas Verplancke. Their works are inspired by the questions that represent the starting point of the Research on the Map of the European project “Mapping, a map on the aesthetics of performing arts … Continued -
MAPPING RESEARCH. A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years
This volume documents the research journey of Mapping: A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years. This multifaceted project took place over five years and involved researchers, artist-practitioners, illustrators, and managers from 22 countries and five different continents. Together they attempt to “map” the aesthetic perception of very young children, zero to … Continued -
EXtra-INtra / Álommese – EXtra-INtra / Dream Tale – Kolibri Theatre
Intrauteral memories are carried through our lives, giving us significant and useful foundations after birth... -
TON IN TON – Toihaus Theater
A piece with dance and live music for children 1+ years old -
PESKOVNIK / SANDPIT – Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana
Four strangers enter a space that offers endless possibilities... -
CORNICI. RICORDI IN TRE ATTI / FRAMES. MEMORIES IN THREE ACTS – La Baracca-Testoni Ragazzi
Our memory is made of windows, fragments of stories we have listened to... -
TIÉBÉLÉ – Théâtre de la Guimbarde
In the courtyard of a Kasséna house, a young woman mixes clay and water, patrols, scribbles... -
DRÖMSKT / DREAMPLAY – Teater Tre
Does a very young child dream of warm water, of being endlessly surrounded and safe? -
O CZYM SZEPCZE LAS / WHISPERS FROM THE WOODS – Teatr Animacji
The performance is a poetic invitation to listen to the stories that the forest wants to tell us... -
ΜΙΑ ΘΑΥΜΑΣΙΑ ΗΜΕΡΑ / A WONDERFUL DAY – Artika Theatre Company
Habits and routines help us sort out the world and find our place in it – already when we are very young... -
WACHT’S EVEN / WAIT A MINUTE – de Stilte
From an assembly kit a (new) world emerges. Objects as white as snow fill the empty space... -
CUTInE – Teatrul Ion Creangă
CUTInE is a performance that enables us to transform the surrounding space... -
FRÜH STÜCK – Helios Theater
What do we hear when we listen? What does the space around us sound like? -
ROTHAR – Branar Téatar do Pháistí / Baboró International Arts Festival for Children
Set in a little bike shop at the end of town, the show follows two boys and their bikes... -
VENTANAS / WINDOWS – Teatro Paraiso
A combination of changing images will create an oniric and amazing universe... -
READY, STEADY, GO! – Polka Theatre
When Sofia discovers a mountain bike in the boarded-up shed at the bottom of her garden... -
IM FLATTERLAND / FLUTTER LAND – Toihaus Theater
A dance with a huge piece of fabric transforming continuously... -
DU ER HER / YOU ARE HERE – Madam Bach
An imaginative journey accompanied by sounds and short stories that help us find a path... -
…ΚΑΙ ΒΓΑΊΝΩ! / HERE I COME! – Artika Theatre Company
“Here I come!” becomes a meeting point between the “inside” and the “outside”... -
POVEȘTI CU FIRE / TALES WITH THREADS – Teatrul Ion Creangă
Guided by an invisible thread, a giant sphere of wool and three interesting characters... -
ABACO / ABACUS – La Baracca-Testoni Ragazzi
Abaco is a game around numbers, dedicated to very young children who are starting to discover the world one step after the other... -
TUNNEL – Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana
Tunnel is an unusual production that seeks comfort in the dark... -
HANGMADÁR / SOUNDBIRD – Kolibri Theatre
Every living thing produces a sound – singing, squeaking, laughing, stomping, rustling... -
LUDI – Teatro Paraiso
Ludi is an interactive show, a scenic poem, in which artists and audience are immersed... -
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LET’S BUILD! – Polka Theatre
Follow two very curious builders who are committed to getting the job done... -
TU MIESZKAMY / WE LIVE HERE – Teatr Animacji
This is our house. Home. Can you see other homes? Open your heart, open the door and join us in this special moment... -
BLIKVANGERS / EYECATCHERS – de Stilte
Two dancers and a musician return to that beginning with unusual instruments and unusual encounters... -
WALANGAAN – Théâtre de la Guimbarde
Walangaan (“water that flows” in Wolof) tells in its own way the cycle of water... -
A COOKBOOK for Cultural Co-Programming in Early Childhood Theatre
This guidebook is the result of the research process “A New Audience” that was developed in the large-scale Creative Europe project “Mapping, a map on the aesthetics for early years”. Drawing from experiments of cultural co-programming taking place in the frame of the project, the book intends to provide a practical toolkit for those individuals … Continued -
MAPPING PRODUCTIONS. A Diary of the Experience
This book brings you along the co-production process that took place in the frame of Mapping – A Map on the Aesthetics of Performing Arts for Early Years. Starting from the division into four groups, each focusing on a different pillar of performing arts (image, movement, sound, and word), sixteen of the partners embarked on … Continued -
THE DRAMATURGY OF THEATRE FOR EARLY YEARS. The Follow up paper
This essay explores the dramaturgical principles of TEY, focusing on its aesthetic and communicative traits. It reflects on the “framing conditions” for TEY performances and outlines a “Dramaturgy of the Audience.” The aim is to inspire TEY artists to reflect on their methods and encourage others to engage with this unique audience. Prof. Dr. Gerd … Continued
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THE RESEARCH
As a project focused on the exploration of the sensitive relationship that gets built between artists and very young children in the frame of the performing act, Mapping finds in the Research its most important tool for investigation.
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The research work on the Map, involving artists from theatrical companies, researcher of the ITYARN and illustrators through the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, will lead to many concrete results, visible developments of the work.
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The partnership is composed by 18 theatres, institutions and municipalities who have established a deep relationship with early years over time.
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Visioni festival 2020 has been cancelled
Due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus emergency, the International festival “Visioni di futuro, visioni di teatro…” has been cancelled.
THE CHILDREN SPECTATORS 2020 – CALL FOR ILLUSTRATORS
ARTISTS MEET EARLY YEARS 2020 – Call for artists
BRIK Festival is starting in Breda!
The biannual festival organised by our Dutch partner de Stilte in Breda, The Netherlands, changes name and look.
Kaolin Et Barbotine 2019 goes on in Limoges
The third #MappingFestival will take place in Limoges, France, from Wednesday May 15 until Saturday May 25.
Call for productions for Visioni Festival 2020, Bologna
Would you like to present a study or a show at #Visioni2020, the International festival of theatre and culture for early childhood taking place in Bologna, Italy? The Call for Productions is open until May 5th!
Postcards form Bologna: BCBF 2019, The Children Spectators exhibition and the Big Four!
We’re thrilled to be in #BCBF2019 presenting Mapping project and introducing the Big Illustrators who will take part in our work on the Map.
BIM BAM Festival in Salzsburg is ready to start!
Our Austrian partner Toihaus Salzburg is ready for BIM BAM Theaterfestival für Klein(st)kinder, the second #MappingFestival!