CALL FOR PROPOSALS OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FORUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN'S THEATRES IN SUBOTICA, 2025.

Dear theatre experts!

It is our pleasure to inform you that International Festival of Children's Theatres Subotica (Serbia), in co-operation with the Theatre Museum of Vojvodina from Novi Sad (Serbia), is organizing an INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLEGE OF THEATRE ARTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH conference for the sixteenth time.

32nd INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN'S THEATRES SUBOTICA

(21 – 26.september 2025)

16th THEATER ART RESEARCH FORUM FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, SUBOTICA

Topic: DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ESTHETICS IN THEATRE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Theatre as an artistic form and act opens possibilities for different approaches to esthetic perception. The act of esthetic perception enables us to perceive unusual stage content. There are different approaches to theatre esthetics from theatrical techniques that are applied to different social context all the way to building unusual stage language as an act of theatre play.

16th Theatrical arts research forum for children and youth at 32nd International festival of children`s theatres Subotica opens possibilities to discuss different directions of theatrical practice and different approaches to theatrical esthetics which enables further development of theatre for children and youth. Theatre arts creators are building theatrical event in different forms of space: in a box, outdoors, in nature, in a classroom while using different elements: scenography, light, props, speaking in a usual or unusual way, trying to provoke events with psychological, sociological or culture related goals. A movement of a participant in a stage event, whether we talk about actors or puppets, additionally contributes to different approaches to theatre esthetics for children and youth.

Discussion on different approaches to esthetics of theatres for children and youth opens possibilities for various interpretations of the phenomenon of theatre and its numerous forms that are provoking reactions of young and the youngest audience. This kind of perception is a new experience and those who are responsible for it, are adults. The delicacy of theatrical act encourages the young audience, as well as the researches to interpret the phenomenon, which puts theatre in a special place among other arts.

Potential subtopics:

- Esthetics vs ethics in theatre for children and youth

- Esthetic perception and theatrical act

- Puppet as a part of theatrical esthetics

- Esthetics of a movement in theatre for children and youth

- Theatre for children and youth and education

- Theatre for children and youth and technology

- Theatre for children and youth and nature

- Theatre for children and youth and family

- Theatre for children and youth as a social dialogue

- Theatre for children and youth and legacy

16th Theatrical arts research forum in Subotica, which is taking place from September 22 to 25, 2025, opens possibilities to researches from all over the world to express different ways of approach to esthetics in theatre for children and youth.

Marijana Prpa Fink, PhD

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We have the honor to invite you to contribute by your presence and participation to the success of this meeting, which is going to be held within the framework of the 32nd International Festival of Children's Theatres Subotica, Serbia, over four days between  22 – 25 September 2025.

Participants can decide in which section they want to contribute and send their proposals in written form (up to 500 words).

Proposals must be sent no later than February 28, 2025.

Authors of accepted proposals will be notified no later than April 1, 2024!

The Festival will send an earlier reply to participants who need a confirmation of participation to ensure their arrival in Subotica. Therefore, you can send proposals until December 15, 2024 and you will receive a response promptly.

Sessions will be held in Serbian and English with simultaneous interpretation provided.

Papers presented during the conference will be published in full as a collection of papers, bilingually, in Serbian and in English language.

The authors whose proposals are accepted will be expected to submit their full papers (2000-4000 words) in English or in Serbian by 31st January 2026.

Please send your proposals to the following address:

lutfestsubotica@gmail.com

Contact person: Zrnic Eva - coordinator of festival programs

Participants in the conference (chosen to present their papers) will be guests of the 32nd International Festival of Children’s Theatres in Subotica in September 2025.

The organizer will provide transportation from the airport to Subotica and back (for those arriving by plane), free entrance to all Festival events, and cover accommodation costs for the duration of the conference (hotel - full board).