«Exploring Contemporary Physical Theatre»

«Exploring Contemporary Physical Theatre»

Herakleion Crete 15-16/3/2025 workshop. Sanja Krsmanović Tasić

Event date: 3/15/2025 4:00 PM - 3/16/2025 4:30 PM Export event

Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network  (TENet-Gr)- Helakleion Crete Office
WORKSHOP

«Exploring Contemporary Physical Theatre»
Herakleion Crete 15-16/3/2025

Facilitator: Sanja Krsmanović Tasić
President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association-IDEA,
Chair of the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE),
President of Center for Drama in Education and Art-CEDEUM, Serbia

 A pre-Conference 2025 event

Saturday 15/3/2025 4.00pm–8.00pm & Sunday 16/3/2025 10.00am-4.30pm

Language: English

Short description

The workshop Exploring Contemporary Physical Theatre will focus on developing different techniques and ways the bodies can move and create valuable material that can be used to create a live, interesting and captivating performance.
Based on the techniques of contemporary European physical theatre and theatre laboratory work, skills the workshop leader has practiced for more than 30 years, this approach in the work of drama education develops physical awareness, active bodies and teaches ways to create captivating group scenes that enrich the practitioners as well as the work they are developing.

Dance and movement build visuospatial skills. It literally changes our perception. In physical theater and dance you learn skills that are fundamental in a human being’s life.  The more dance and drama-theatre is included in the curriculum, the more ready the children and youth will become for the future. As screen time is dominant in every culture, we must develop the physicality of every student and human being. They have to be strong but also soft and flexible in their body mind and spirit.

This technique can be used in the classroom or working with children, youth, seniors and people of all ages, or as professional work in theatre and choreography.
The warm up exercises based on the decades of physical work in theatre and dance of the workshop leader, will be beneficial for all, leading to routines that benefit the wellbeing and physical and mental health of the participants. The workshop is based on movement and physicality, but respects the ability of each individual participant.
Different movement scenes or etudes will be created, as well as devised sequence of dance.

 

Sanja Krsmanović Tasić is a drama/theatre education expert, theatre director, actress, choreographer, with extensive experience in creating, producing and curating programs in performance art and art education. Recognised for her activism and artistry, addresses to critical political and social issues. A strong advocate for using art and art education as a tool for transformation and healing. President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association-(IDEA), the current Chair of the Executive Forum of the World Alliance for Arts Education. President of Centre for Drama in Education and Art-(CEDEUM) in Serbia. Artistic director and founder of Hleb Teatar. As an internationally acclaimed expert, she conducts workshops and master classes blending her experience from dance and laboratory theatre into an original approach and methodology of devising applicable for work with children, youth, seniors, as well as professionals.

Info: info@theatroedu.gr / ++2106541600 / Christina Gousi ++ 6951740025 / Helena Fanioudaki ++6971872687

 

 

Conference 2025 Events

At the Conference

Friday 21 March 2025, 9.15pm, at Theatre Hall


"Fine!"
A stand-up by Manal Awad actress, Palestine

"What is it like for a woman to leave Palestine as a refugee and try to settle in Greece? It is a somewhat difficult process, requiring adaptation and honest personal consideration. 

The event fine! is a synthesis of personal narratives concerning everyday stories and events of my current life in Greece, compared to my life in Palestine. Being a female comedian in a male-dominated profession is not an easy task.

The enormous mental and artistic efforts you put in every day are as painful as cleaning the kitchen after dinner your partner cooked." 
 

 

 

 

Saturday 22 March 2025 8.30pm. Music / Dance


Greek popular/folk music by students' & teachers' band from the Music School of Palini
Playing:The "Ano Kato Macedonia" Panos Kolovos students' band
David Gavras (klarino)
Vassilis Georgiou (klarino)
Myrto Kakavoula (ntaouli)
Aris Kalampalis (tambourine)
Spyros Ntakoulas (klarino)
Sotiris Mertzelos (trumpet)
Dimitris Stefanis (klarino)
Michalis Fatouros (Trombone)
Odysseas Frouzakis (Saxophone)

 Sunday 23 March 2025


 " My world fits in the world" 
 a primary school students' event. 
Participating srudents  from 1st  & 2nd Primary School of Agios Stefanos, 1st Primary School of Anixi, 4th Primary School of Tavros
 Artistic direction: Christina Krithari

Sunday 23 March 2025, 6pm at main Theatre Hall

"Our voices" - Aggeliki Toubanaki & StringTheory Ensemble

We join our voices in a collective farewell singing with
Vocalist Aggeliki Toubanaki,
the String Theory Ensemble 
and students from the Pallini Music School 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre/After Conference events (stroll down for details and applications)

HERAKLEIO Crete 15-16 March 2025
«Exploring Contemporary Physical Theatre»
WORKSHOP. Sanja Krsmanović Tasić President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association-IDEA,Chair of the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE),President of Center for Drama in Education and Art-CEDEUM, Serbia

ATHENS 19 March 2025
"35 Meters Above Ground: Theatre in Education as a Powerful Tool for Gaining Perspective."
WORKSHOP. Nancy Franco theater director, Colombia

RHODES ISL  19 March 2025
“A process drama approach to address gender-based violence in classrooms”
WORKSHOP Adam Cziboly associate professor Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

ATHENS 20 March 2025
“Identity & Theatre of the Oppressed: the case of Roma children” 
WORKSHOP. Christoph Leucht, sociologist, co-founder of Kuringa Space for Theatre of the Oppressed, Germany & Franciska Farkas, Romani-Hungarian actress and theatre maker, Hungary

ATHENS 20 March 2025
“One Well, One World: Re-membering our Sacred Connection to Water”
WORKSHOP for students. Philip Valle, Phyllis Wong, Jenna Brock Department of Theatre and Dance, California Polytechnic State University, USA

NAFLION 26 March 2025 7pm
John O’Toole at University of the Peloponnese
Ceremony for the nomination of John O'Toole as an Honorary Doctor of the Department of Theatrical Studies
At  Vouleftiko Nafplio All welcome.

NAFPLION 27-28 March 2025
«Process drama for learning with pleasure, together»
WORKSHOP. John O’ Toole, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia

PATRAS, 29-30 March 2025
"Theatre of the Oppressed with Jana Sanskriti"
WORKSHOP. Sanjoy Ganguly & Sima Ganguly, Jana Sanskriti, India
 

 

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