Day 1
10:00 – 11:00 Official Opening of the Symposium
11:00 – 13:00 Plenary Lectures
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Nataša Govedić: The Violence of Didacticism in Theatre for Children: Following Iva Gruić and the Performance Practices of Art Pedagogy
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Mojca Redjko: Metaphor – Development and Change of Theatre Reception in Children and Youth
13:00 – 14:00 Refreshment Break
14:00 – 15:00 Round Table: Theatre for Children and Youth – Yesterday and Today for a (Better) Tomorrow
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15 Round Table: What Kind of Theatre Do We Want and Need?
Participants: students of class 4.b, Ivan Gundulić Primary School: Eva Medak, Boja Bačić, Pavle Dragić, Tara Tušek, Nora Brozinić and their mentor, teacher Henrieta Herjavec Rubčić.
Moderator: Andrea Damjanić Firšt
Day 2
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Lectures
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Rolf Laven: Rehearsing the Future: Art as Civic Imagination – Bridge between Drama, Engagement, and Art
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 13:30 Scientific and Professional Sessions – Participant Presentations and Discussions in Parallel Sections
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 18:30 Workshops
Day 3
9:00 – 10:00 Plenary Lecture
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Alexander Hoffelner: Improvising the Classroom: Dealing with the Unknown!
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 17:00 Workshops (Lunch break to be arranged with workshop leaders)
List of Workshops
Note: The list of workshops is not final. Applications for workshops will open on July 1, 2025. All participants with a confirmed registration payment will receive a link to register for workshops.
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Nikolina Bakmaz: Focus Themes: Challenges and Inspirations in Drama Work
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Matilda Marković: Humanettes or Living Puppets – Puppet-Making and Animation Workshop
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Jelena Kovačić: From Image to Story (The workshop will be conducted in English.)
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Petra Kavaš: Object Theatre – From Everyday Objects to Puppet Performances
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Gabriela Vojvodić: From Storytelling to Performance
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Danijela Jurac and Bogdanka Conjar: Journey Through Knowledge
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Sunčica Kunić: Drama Techniques and Methods in Interpreting Wordless Picture Books
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Snježana Čubrilo: From a Whirl of Words to the Flight of Words
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Željka Župan Vuksan: From Play to Performance
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Ana Škaro: Creating Plays for Children (with Children)
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Andrea Damjanić Firšt: Poetry of Resistance
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Manuela Krakar Ahmedović: Theatre as Therapy for Youth
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Stela Macakanja Bačić: Theatre Alphabet
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Ana Malnar: Tell Me a Story (Introduction to Storytelling)
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Maja Sviben: Storytelling Theatre
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Gabriela Vojvodić: From Storytelling to Performance
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Barbara Crnčan: Creative Stage Movement
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Lucija Stanojević: Zika Zika Muzikaaaa!
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Alexander Hoffelner: The Improvising Educator: Making Teaching Material Come Alive (Note: The workshop will be conducted in English.)
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Mirta Vladić: Artistic Storytelling
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Nataša Horvat: The World of Shadows
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Manuela Švađumović and Nevenka Furjan: Unlock and Enter the Fairytale – Preschoolers in the Dramatic World
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Željka Draganić: Along the Kamishibai Story Paths
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Maja Radošević and Jelena Alpeza: Graphoscopy – A Story Told by Light
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Nina Horvat: Drama Writing Workshop
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Ines Škuflić Horvat: The Play Space
