Conference 2025 Workshops

Workshops on Friday and Saturday are 2,5 hours, on Sunday are 2 hours long, for a limited number of participants.

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Note: all workshops are offered in parallel sessions in the same time slot each day. Participants may choose one each day

 

 

 

Journey to the Water

Journey to the Water

Athens, 21/03/2025, conference workshop, Tríona Stokes

Event date: 3/21/2025 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM Export event

Journey to the Water

 

Dr Tríona Stokes

Drama Lecturer, Maynooth University, Ireland

 

WORKSHOP

At Athens International Conference "Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education"

21  March 2025

Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)

 

Language: English
Limited number of participants

 

Workshop short description

Key words: Artistic expression and social justice/ Education for Gender Equality

 

Workshop Aim and background: This workshop draws on dance and drama in education methods to explore playfully a young girl’s early morning journey to collect water for her family with her mother. The narrative frame is set in Burkina Faso and inspired by international model and activist, Georgie (Gie Gie) Badiel. Questions regarding power and gender roles are raised as the protagonist cannot attend school due to her daily walk to the well. The workshop will explore Sustainable Development Global Goal 6 Clean Water and Sanitation artistically as well as Goal 5 Gender Equality. The workshop represents a commitment to teaching children about sustainable development from a young age. The workshop content features a cross-curricular arts education resource written by the author for age 5 years upwards, in conjunction with Irish NGO GOAL. Through dance and drama, the workshop aims to co-create the fictional journey with participants, and to gain planning insights from feedback garnered from teachers’ experiences of adapting the lessons for children aged 5-12.

 

Theoretical backdrop: Embodied and experiential learning are at the heart of this workshop which introduces challenging themes in an age-appropriate manner to children. A sense of ‘self’ and ‘other’ can be extended through role-taking in drama, whereby participants are protected ‘into’ emotion (Bolton, 1984). Such protection is made possible in drama through the use of a fictional narrative through which difficult issues can be gradually introduced (Ó Breacháin and Fagan, 2021).

Through the communal experience of drama, the poetic imagination can gain us access to the ‘social fabric’ of ‘the other’, thus extending our human experience (Stokes, 2006). Such a social imagining has been described as ‘the essence of compassion’ (Neelands, 2002, p.318). Becoming part of Gie Gie’s everyday lived experience of travelling to collect water invites participants into daily family life in an imagined depiction of the arid surrounds of Burkina Faso. NGO and Global Citizenship Education academics served as critical support in the development of an associated arts education teaching resource, contributing a photo pack, a map and fact file of the context. Authentic images of the given context and the integration of language were essential to support an informed artistic exploration of a landscape, both physically and metaphorically far from home.

 

Expected learning outcomes are to:

  • Connect through drama to imagined lived experiences of girls and women in Burkina Faso

  • Respond imaginatively through movement to stimuli such as words, images, stories and music

  • Cooperate and communicate in and out of role in making drama and creating dance

  • Co-create dance phrases through the use of different body parts and travelling in space

  • Experience artistically the relationship between story, theme and life experience.

 

Target group and conditions: this workshop will be facilitated in English.

It will suit those teaching or facilitating drama or dance with children aged 5 upwards.

However, no prior experience of dance or drama education is required, and an inclusive approach to movement will be incorporated.

Comfortable clothing and non-slip socks/ footwear or bare feet.

Workshop includes exercises with possible physical contact.

 

 

References:

Bolton, G.M. (1984). Drama as Education: An argument for placing drama at the heart of the curriculum. Essex, UK: Longman Group.

Neelands, J. (2002). ‘11/09- The space in our hearts’: Theatre in Education: Art form and learning tool, in Govas, N. (ed.): Proceedings on the 2nd Athens International Theatre/Drama & Education Conference, Keynote Address, Athens: Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network.

Ó Breacháin, A. and Fagan, C. (2021). Drama, social justice and education for sustainable development: Theory in action, in Kavanagh, A.M, Waldron, F. and Mallon, B. (2021) Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development across the Primary Curriculum, London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. 124-138.

Stokes, T. (2006). Exploring “Irishness”; examining the relationship between Celtic mythology, drama and cultural identity, in Govas, N. (ed.) Creating New Roles for the 21st Century: Proceedings on the 5th Athens International Theatre/Drama & Education Conference, Athens: Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network, 129-136.

Stokes, T. (2019). Water, Come to Me! Dublin, Ireland: GOAL. Retrieved 6 September, 2024. www.goalglobal.ord/stories

 

 

Dr Tríona Stokes lectures in Drama Education at Maynooth University, Ireland. A former primary teacher of children aged 3-13, her doctoral study examined children’s agency in school-based pretend play. She prioritises engaged research, collaborative engagement with community to develop arts facilitation with young children as a matter of public and societal interest. Her research focuses on developing play and creativity through arts facilitation with children. She has written several drama teaching resources in Global Citizenship Education. On behalf of the Irish government, she devised principles for arts facilitation to promote play and creativity in early childhood education. She has reported on the extent to which a publicly funded theatre use reciprocal and dialogic means in partnering with children to devise theatre.


 


 


 

 

 
FRIDAY 21/3/2025, 16.30-19.00

"The Raft Game"
Georgia Antoniou, teacher at 5th High School Corfu Greece
Angeliki Kladi teacher at 5th High School Corfu Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 5405 (wheelchair accessible)

The acceptance of self through the affirmation of others
Lambros Arapakos, social worker, Greece
Giouli Douvou, theatre pedagogue, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 131 (no wheelchair accessible

"we all can…supporting diversity through enhancing the general self-confidence of adolescents in secondary education"
Aikaterini Asimidou, teacher, Music School of Piraeus, Greece
Antonios Lenakakis, Professor of Theatre Arts and Education, Department of Preschool Education Sciences, Faculty of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Angelos Souliotis, music teacher,  Music School of Piraeus, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)

"Biography Based Language Teaching Through Creative Drama"
Ferah Burgul-Adıgüzel Assoc. Prof. Gazi University Gazi Faculty of Education, Turkey
Language: English
Room: 132 (no wheelchair accessible)

"The theatrical educational model through the neurological approach of acting"
Annita Capousizi, Instructor of the inclusive performing arts, Artistic director of the theatre group ARTimeleia, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 5404 (wheelchair accessible)

"Oficina Manta plus democracy and modern slavery"
Hugo Miguel Coelho, ExQuorum, Portugal
Language: English
Room: 127 (no wheelchair accessible)

"I am Malala - a process drama approach to address gender-based violence in classrooms"
Adam Cziboly, associate professor Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Language: English
Room: 310 (wheelchair accessible)

“The Navel of the Earth- A workshop on inclusion” 
Maria Frangi, University of Patras Department of Theatre Studies, Greece 
Language: Greek
Room: 5406 (wheelchair accessible)

"Lotus Project yoga meets poetry"
Bruno Freyssinet artistic director of Transplanisphere France
Foteini Dimitriou Yoga Family Violet Alignment school, Greece
Language: English/Greek/French
Room: 311 (wheelchair accessible)

"Who Was My Granny"
Sunčica Milosavljević, theatre director, drama pedagogue, Serbia
Nataša Milojević, drama and dance pedagogue, Serbia
Mladen Brekić, Youth Drama Club POKUS, Serbia
Sara Prodanović, Youth Drama Club POKUS, Serbia
Language: English
Room: 5204-nykton organon (wheelchair accessible)

"POWER! - Exploring and blocking racism within and around us” 
George Moschos, Director of Youth Engagement Scheme YES, CAMHI, Greece 
Olga Orfanidou, primary school teacher, Greece 
Language: Greek
Room: 410 (wheelchair accessible)

"A Thousand Languages of Dance: Dance as a Tool for Inclusion"
Maria Papadopoulou, Movement Teacher / Trainer, InDancEdu, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: Estiatorio (wheelchair accessible with some difficulty)

"Journey to the Water"
Tríona Stokes, Drama Lecturer, Maynooth University, Ireland
Language: English
Room: 312 (wheelchair accessible)

"Devised Theatre - new meanings and new narratives"
Sofia Vgenopoulou, child psychiatrist, director, theatre educator-group animator, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)

 

 

SATURDAY 22/3/2025, 09.30-12.00

"The things couldn't fit in my suitcase"
Ömer Adıgüzel, Prof. University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Turkey
Zeki Özen, Assoc. Prof.  Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Turkey
Language: English
Room: 131 (no wheelchair accessible)

"Uninstall the installs: deconstructing the roots of fascism"
Katerina Alexiadi,  educator, drama teacher Greece
Vasilis Klissiaris educator, drama teacher Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 5405 (wheelchair accessible)

"Theatre as an Awareness Practice: 1955 - 2024, a Bus Ride"
Maria Olga Athinaiou, Theatre Practitioner, Processworker, Greece
Language: English
Room: 5404 (wheelchair accessible)

"Oratio Mix, intercultural dialog at school"
Noémie Besace, artist, pedagogue, France
Bruno Freyssinet, artistic director Transplanisphère, France
Language: English/French
Room: 132 (wheelchair accessible)

Theatre with singing as a vehicle
Aris Biniaris, Director, actor, Greece 
Language: Greek
Room: Estiatorio (wheelchair accessible with some difficulty)

"Embodied Storytelling: Exploring Kathabhinaya for Empowering Vulnerable Social Groups"
Janardan Ghosh, story performer, creative director, education officer, India
Language: English
Room: 409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)

"Everyday stories through trace, movement, and sound” 
An inclusive approach inspired by local pedagogy, kinesiology, and the work of Trisha Brown.
Vagelis Kolotsios, educator, Greece
Elina Vafeiadi, educator, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 127 (no wheelchair accessible)

"The prince and the prince"
George Konstantinidis, Child Psychologist, Actor, Volunteer at the Rainbow School, Greece
Elena Skarpidou, Sexual Education Trainer, Head of Education Department at the Rainbow School, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 5406 (wheelchair accessible)

"Devising as a Process of Inclusion and Developing Group Harmony" 
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, choreographer, dance-theatre practitioner, Serbia 
Language: English
Room: 5204-nykton organon (wheelchair accessible)

"The Red Lantern Festival, or How the Emperor’s Maidservant changed his Mind and Saved the People"
John O’ Toole, Professor University of Melbourn, Australia
Language: English
Room: 410 (wheelchair accessible)

‘Truth or Lie’ - simple responses to a complex world
Lutz Pickardt, director, theatre pedagogue, BuT, Germany
Language: English
Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)

"Elements of applied theater and technique by Ivana Chubbuk 12 Tools in drama pedagogy on examples of scenes from plays by A.P. Chekhov"
Arma Tanovic-Brankovic Professor on Academy of Performing Arts, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language: English
Room: 311 (wheelchair accessible)

"One Well, One World: Activating Water Justice in the Global Textile Industry"
Philip Valle Lecturer - Department of Theatre and Dance, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Phyllis Wong Lecturer - Department of Theatre and Dance, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Jenna Brock Student, Research and Teaching Assistant - California Polytechnic State University, USA
Sara Sjoblom Student and Research Assistant - California Polytechnic State University USA
Language: English
Room: 312 (wheelchair accessible)

“Me, You, Together!” 
Eirini Zoi, philologist, drama teacher, Greece 
Foteini Papacharalampous, psychologist, psychotherapist, Greece 
Melina Hadjigeorgiou, drama teacher, educator, Greece 
Language: Greek
Room: 310 (wheelchair accessible)

 

SUNDAY 23/3/2025, 09.30-11.30

“Getting into improv theatre”
Frank Hohl, theatre pedagogue, Germany
Language: English
Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)

“Where is mum? - Applying Drama for Gender Equality Education” 
Martha Katsaridou, Assistant Professor of Drama/Theatre Education at the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Greece 
Koldo Vio, Drama Educator, Theatre director, Greece/Spain 
Language: English /Spanish/Greek
Room: 132 (no wheelchair accessible):

“Codes Under the Shadows”
Aglaia Naka, drama-pedagogue, Greece
Christos Rachiotis, actor, animator, teacher, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 127 (wheelchair accessible)

"Play Jam"
Eleni Papaioannou, Movement Educator, Choreographer, Performer, Greece
Language: English
Room: 131 (no wheelchair accessible)

“Talking about the ideas of hate in the classroom” 
Kostis Papaioannou, director of “SIMEIO: for the Study and Confrontation of the Right-Wing Extremists”, Greece 
Aspasia Kalisora, teacher, member of “SIMEIO: for the Study and Confrontation of the Right-Wing Extremists”, Greece 
Language: Greek
Room: 5204-nykton organon (wheelchair accessible)

 

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