A Theatre Makes Politics (TMP, Erasmus+2002-2025) Multiplier Event

9.15  Arrival

9.30 – 11.30 WORKING GROUPS & WORKSHOPS

WORKING GROUP 7. Room: 410 (wheelchair accessible)
  "Towards an arts-based school: Challenges and experiences for the inclusion of Roma children”
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Katerina Kosti, Greek Language and Literature teacher and Drama teacher, Teaching and Laboratory Staff, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
Guests:
Matina Vavouli, Primary Education Teacher, Director of the 7th Primary School of Aspropyrgos Greece
Anastasia Chatzistefanou-Vafea, Director of Schedia Center for Artistic and Pedagogical Training, Greece
Konstantinos Paiteris, President of the Hellenic Roma Association of Mediators and Associates, Greece
Eleni K. Papadopoulou MA Greek Language-Religion teacher, Head of 3rd Gymnasium Menemenis, Greece
Commentator: Avra Avdi, Greek Language and Literature teacher and Drama teacher, Greece & Popi Kyrdi teacher member of the Board Children's Rights Network Greece
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WORKING GROUP 8. Room: 310 (wheelchair accessible)
 "Theatre Education in prisons: limits, challenges, perspectives"
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Giorgos Moschos, former Children's Ombudsman Greece
Guests:
Alkistis Kontoyanni, Professor Emeritus  University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece
Theodora - Doretta Asteri Counselor for Special and Inclusive Education at Piraeus Primary & Secondary Education Directorates, Greece
Ioanna Mitsika, choreographer, facilitator of the Laboratory for Personal Development for Prison Inmates, Greece
Stathis Grapsas director, facilitator of the Laboratory for Personal Development for Prison Inmates, Greece
Pepi Orfanaki Principal of “Korydallos Prison” Public School of Higher Vocational Training, Greece
Zoi Mastrothanassi Vice-Principal of “Eleonas-Thebes Women's Prison” Primary School, Greece
Commentator: Dora Katsamori, researcher at "Democretus Centre", teacher, Greece
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WORKING GROUP 9. Room:312 (wheelchair accessible) 
 "Performing arts, Education & Disability: challenges for artist, facilitators, teachers"
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
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WORKSHOP. Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)
“Getting into improv theatre”
Frank Hohl, theatre pedagogue, Germany
Language: English

WORKSHOP. Room:132 (no 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

WORKSHOP. Room: 127 (no wheelchair accessible)
“Codes Under the Shadows”
Aglaia Naka, drama-pedagogue, Greece
Christos Rachiotis, actor, animator, teacher, Greece
Language: Greek

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

WORKSHOP. Room:  5204-nykton organon (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

11.30 – 12.00 Break (coffee)

12.00 – 13.30  Plenary session at the main theatre hall (there will be simultaneous interpretation)
Space accessible to wheelchairs.

Lutz Pickardt, Coordinator of "Theatre Makes Politics" project, "Presentation of TMP results" (2022-2025)
Keynote speaker
Kostis Papaioannou, Director of “SIMEIO: for the Study and Confrontation of the Right-Wing Extremists”, Greece
"A World in Total Disarray: Seeking New Ways Against Ideas of Hate"

13.30 – 15.00 Light lunch

15.00 - 17.00 PAPER PRESENTATIONS & FILM SCREENINGS 

SESSION 8. Room:310 (wheelchair accessible)
"Intercultural performing arts practices for inclusive communities"
Language: English
Chair: Myrto Pigou-Repousi, Assistant Professor, Thessaloniki University – Theatre Department

• Cecilia Carponi, Research fellow at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 
  "The Contemporary Puppet Theatre in Italy: Pedagogical and Educational Pathways for Inclusive Societies" 

• Janardan Ghosh, story performer, creative director, education officer, India 
  "Exploration of "Education for Vulnerable Social Groups"  using Intercultural Theatre and Kathābhinaya Practices"

• William Yip, director Ximalaya Drama/Theatre & Education Innovation Institute, China
  "Empowering Education Equity and Well-Being of “Left-behind Children” (and their Teachers) in Rural Village Schools in China through Theatre and Drama Education " 

• Daniel Dilliplane, Independent Scholar-Artist, USA 
  "Promoting Racial Equity with/in the InterPlay Performance Practice"

• Erika Piazzoli Associate Professor in Arts Education at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  "Shades of Belonging: An Arts-Based Inquiry into Drama, Migration and Language"

SESSION 9. Room: 312 (wheelchair accessible)
"Creating an inclusive classroom for all learners through drama education and applied performance techniques"
Language: English
Chair: Adam Cziboly associate professor Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

• Graham Lea, Associate Professor, University of Manitoba Canada 
  "Paramathematics for Creating Pathways to Mathematics Understanding" 

• Nathalie Fratini, Ministère de l' Education Nationale Luxembourg / Vocational Training, Luxembourg
  "Personal development through the use of performative teaching methods in training to become an assistant for disable people"

• Laura Bavalics, Early childhood educator, director of Pendula Preschool and Kindergarten, Budapest, Hungary 
  "Birds don't walk on stairs" 

• Mirona-Horiana Stanescu, senior lecturer Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania 
  Ioana-Letitia Serban, Assistant Professor Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania 
  Andrea Hathazi, associate professor Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania 
  "Theatre as an impactful teaching tool to support inclusion of children with special education needs"

SESSION 10. Room:311 (wheelchair accessible)
"Theatre Education for Inclusion: Curricula and Applications:
Language: Greek
Chair: Takis Tzamargias, theatre director

• Maria Kladaki, Associate Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece 
  Konstantinos Mastrothanasis, Adjunct Professor, Open University of Cyprus 
  Panagiotis Alexopoulos, PhD candidate, University of the Aegean, Greece 
  “An Evaluation of the Inclusivity Dimension in the New Curriculum for Drama Education”

• Emmelia Danai Tsioti, Theatrologist, Greece
  "Developing empathy through theatre games and creative writing in an intercultural context"

• Georgina Kakoudaki, Director, Greece
  Dimitris Mavreas, Theatre teacher, Language teacher, Greece 
  "An Alternative Teaching Approach of Ancient Greek texts Funeral Oration of Pericles and Antigone of Sophocles: Theatre as a means of inclusion in the teaching of a school subject"

• Dimitra Chountala, PhD candidate, Department of Theatre Studies, University of Peloponnese, Greece
  "Approaching diversity with the help of performing arts in high school literature class"

SESSION 11. Room:313 (wheelchair accessible)
"Theatre for children and theatre education for human rights"
Language: Greek
Chair: Maria Kladaki Associate Professor, University of the Aegean, Greece 

• Katerina Kosti, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece 
  “'Pedagogy of discomfort' and educational drama: Towards an inclusive social justice education”

• Aikaterini Dima, Phd Theatre/Drama Pedagogy, Greece 
  Antonis Lenakakis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “The Contribution of Theatre/Drama Pedagogy to the Development of Critical Thinking for the Creation of a Participatory and Inclusive School”

• Panagiotis Barmpagiannis, PhD Candidate, Occupational Therapy Department, University of Western Macedonia, Greece 
  Dr. Aikaterini Katsiana, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, University of Western Macedonia, Greece 
  “Advocacy as a teaching subject for Higher Education Students A Dramatic Playing Training Program”

• Ioanna Mendrinou, PhD in Theatre Studies, Educational Consultant, Directorate of Primary Education, 4th District of Athens, Greece
  "Theatre as a Child's Right and Children's Rights in Theatre for Young Audiences"  

• Ifigenia Georgiadou, Director at the Hellenic Culture Centre, Greece
  Kyriaki Pertsinidou,Coordinator of School Projects and Networks at the Educational Authority of  Eastern Attica, Greece
  "Theatre as a tool for Creativity and Inclusion at the European Teacher Academy"

SESSION 12. Room:410 (wheelchair accessible)
"Theatre pedagogical and theatrical practices for the inclusion of people with disabilities and/or developmental disorders"
Language: Greek
Chair: Antonis Lenakakis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 

• Maria Koltsida, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Early Childhood Education & Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
  “Theatre Education in Special Education: issues of educational policy”

• Athina Avramidi, Philologist, Principal of the General High School of Zacharo, Greece 
  Dimitrios Bantes, Economics Teacher at the General High School of Zacharo, Greece 
  Christina Nanou, Civil Engineer, Greece
   Maria Drossinou-Korea, Assistant Professor at the University of the Peloponnese, Greece 
  “Theatrical Performance as an Intervention for the Inclusion of a Student on the Autism Spectrum in the Context of General High School Education”

• Elisavet-Maria Moraitopoulou, Kindergarten Teacher, Greece 
  Maria Geka, Assistant Professor of Social Psychology in Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  Antonis Lenakakis, Professor of Theater Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  Kyriakoula Rothou, Assistant Professor of Special Education - Learning Disabilities, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “Social Representations of Primary Education Teachers on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the General Education System: The Role of Art Classes”

• Theodora Papaioannou, Doctor & postdoctoral researcher, University of Thessaly, Greece 
  Antonis Lenakakis, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 
  “The contribution of Theatre/Drama Pedagogy practices to the teaching of History for the inclusion of students with disabilities and special educational needs”

• Olga Chamoulia, Philologist, MSc Candidate, Greece,
  Magda Kapnia-Despotopoulou, Philologist, MSc Candidate, Greece
  Vasilis Αrgyropoulos, Associate Professor at the University of Thessaly, Greece
  "Theater as a Means of Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities"

15.00-17.00 SESSION 13. SHORT FILMS SCREENINGS & DISCUSSION. Room:409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)
"Short films, great ideas"
Language: Greek/English
Chair: Maria Leonida, KARPOS – Educational Centre for intercultural communication, Greece

Can short films talk on diversity and racism?
Screenings of short films from several countries that have been developed through collective workshops.
SEE THE FILMS HERE!

17.15 – 17.45 " My world fits in the world" students' event.
Participating students from the 1st & 2nd Primary School of Agios Stefanos, 1st Primary School of Anixi and 4th Primary School of Tavros
Artistic direction: Christina Krithari

17.45-18.30 Plenary session at the main theatre hall  (there will be simultaneous interpretation)
Space accessible to wheelchairs.

Keynote
Sanjoy Ganguly, Founder and Artistic Director at Jana Sanskriti Centre for Theatre of the Oppressed, West Bengal, India
"Theatre as Politics"

18.30 – 19.00 "Our voices"  - vocalist Aggeliki Toubanaki & the String Theory ensemble
We join our voices in a collective farewell singing with the STRING THEORY Ensemble  and students from the Pallini Music School under the direction of vocalist Aggeliki Toubanaki 

19.30 Bus departure