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Applications by Mekong nationals are being accepted for the 4th Mekong Performing Arts Laboratory! 

Organised by the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) Mekong Partnership Project, the Laboratory will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from November 3-29, 2008. It will be hosted and co-organised by The Wandering Performing Group and Endless Journey, an independent media organisation specialising in shadow theatre.

The Performing Arts Laboratory is an annual activity designed to provide avenues for training and exchanges among Asian artists. It is part of PETA’s cultural extension programme to reach out and work with fellow artists to pursue arts and cultural work as a dynamic and evolutionary tool for social change.

The Laboratory will bring together performing artists from the Greater Mekong Sub-Region, such as Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China’s Yunnan province. It answers to the need for capacity-building of individual artists and performing arts groups so they can raise awareness and public debate around issues of gender, sexuality and health within their countries. The 4th Mekong Performing Arts Laboratory will concentrate on utilising masks and puppets, together with other artistic forms, as a transformative medium for advocacy and awareness raising.

Full and partial scholarships shall be given to qualified applicants.  Individuals are encouraged to source funds from other donors because scholarships can only accommodate a limited number of participants. A fee of US$3,500 will be charged to cover tuition fees, board and lodging, community exposures, performances, course materials, and other logistical and administrative costs.

For application forms and other inquiries, write to:

The Project Director
PETA Mekong Partnership Project
350/2061 Ratchada-Chuanchom Mansion
Soi Ladphao 23, Ladphao Road
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 THAILAND
Telephone: (66-2) 909.2649 or 939.0200 to 4 local 2061
Tel/Fax: (66-2) 930.7851
E-mail: peta_mekong@yahoo.com; peta@truemail.co.th