Performing Arts, Education and Disability
Challenges for artists, facilitators, teachers
WORKING GROUP / DISCUSSION PANEL
Athens International Conference “Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education”
Athens 23 March 2025
Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Language: Greek
Coordinator:
Maria Koltsida, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
Guests:
Maria Ioannidou, Psychologist/psychotherapist, disabled dancer, Greece
Vassilis Economou, disabled actor-director, Greece
Konstantina Georgiou, community artist, creative mentor, Greece
Eri Kehra, Theatre Educator, teacher in Special Education, Greece
Elli Merkouri, PhD candidate Theater Department A.U.TH - Head of Theatrical Group of Deaf "Crazy Colors" Greece
Olga Dalekou - Deaf actress - Graduate student of the Department of Theater Studies N.K.U.A Greece
Commentators:
Antonis Lenakakis, Prof. Thessaloniki University - Department of Early Childhood Education Greece
Vera Lardi, Psychodramatist, Adult Educator, Performer Greece
The thematic table "Performing Arts, Education and Disability" focuses on exploring the relationship between performing arts, education and disability, examining theoretical, experiential and practical dimensions. Through the speakers' presentations, issues of co-education in theatre between disabled and non-disabled participants, experiential experiences of disabled artists in the performing arts and challenges related to the education of disabled people in the arts in Greece will be discussed. At the same time, issues of accessibility, both in artistic and educational programs, the need for inclusive design of educational and artistic projects, as well as the access of disabled people to the arts in the context of formal education will be examined.
| Action Category | - Seminars - Workshops
- Conferences
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| Facilitators | - Λάρδη Βέρα
- Lenakakis Antonis
- Κολτσίδα Μαρία
- Ιωαννίδου Μαρία
- Οικονόμου Βασίλης
- Γεωργίου Κωνσταντίνα
- Κέχρα Έρη
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