In the year it celebrates its fiftieth birthday, the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad accredited a two-year master's degree program - Puppetry. Academy of Arts Dean Siniša Bokan and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Vesna Ždrnja spoke at the promotion of these studies, as well as the two professors who will give lectures, PhD Saša Latinović and Ivana Mijić Nemet. They presented the subjects and the teaching content as well as the methods of its implementation.
It is interesting, among other things, that part of the classes will also be held in the Youth Theatre, and on that occasion the Dean and Acting Director of the Youth Theatre Aleksandar Ćurčić, shaking hands, expressed their mutual satisfaction with the future cooperation, which could result in good performances.
The Dean Bokan mentioned that the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad is the only one in the region that has permanent practice in all departments, while Vesna Ždrnja expressed her great satisfaction that the subject Children's Literature is part of these studies, especially since here, very few people deal with children's literature in such a way. She pointed out that at all subjects at the Academy will have very innovative approaches, including stage movement, where they will be joined by Andjelko Beroš, who was educated in Barcelona. One of the lecturers in Puppetry program will be Youth Theatre actor Slobodan Ninković, who, along with Saša Latinović, is one of the most distinguished puppeteers in the country. Ms Ždrnja explained that the program is set wide and very complex, so they hope that our young actors could seriously fall in love with puppetry and that these studies grow into undergraduate studies as well.
At the end of the promotion, Acting Director of the Youth Theatre Aleksandar Ćurčić presented the Academy with several books from the theatre library, as well as 10 books by Livija Kroflin, which were previously promoted within the framework of the Novi Sad Theatre Festival.