DPAF-IDEA International conference on performing arts

GOLDEN IS GOLD!
DPAF @50

To commemorate 50 years of molding young Ugandans and others for careers in performing arts and film, Department of Performing Arts and Film (DPAF) at Makerere University, invites your participation and support in the following events:

• Golden Jubilee Celebrations of DPAF that start with DPAF Alumni Celebration Dinner in February 2023 to fundraise for an outdoor stage / Amphitheatre where students can do their practical training and practice.
• An international conference on 27 March – 1 April 2023 under the theme, “Performing Arts and the University of the 21st Century: Concepts, Training, and Practice”organizedtogether with IDEA (International Drama / Theatre and Education Association) and Rostock University of Music and Theatre in Rostock, Germany. Visit:
• IDEA General Council Meeting (GCM) 2023. President Sanja Krsmanović Tasić will speak at the conference.
• A Stakeholders Dialogue, to discuss the state of performing arts training and research, and prospects for increased graduates.
• A Planning Meeting for authors of the Africa Theatre Webinar (ATW) Series from all over Africa.
• The Golden Jubilee Magazine including profiles of Alumni and staff, DPAF partners, and aspirations of current students to be published as a promotional and commemorative item.

All we have is a good name, ideas, and the will to make it happen.
With your support we’ll move miles together.
May your plans grow hundredfold
As we continue to build for the future!

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NOTE: In this conference, performing Arts will embrace those artforms by which we are identified or make our livelihoods. They include creative, performed, and digital arts. They cover Music, Dance, Drama, Storytelling, Poetry, documentaries, comic strips, batik, handcrafts, and screen arts like Film, cartoons and animations. These categories and forms may inform performances and disciplines of study or research.