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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The available places in each Workshop are limited.
Reserving a place in a WORKSHOP will take place after the general Conference Registration via a personal email.
Priority will be given based on the order of the date of Conference Registration.
After you have completed the Registration process, you will receive a personal email. This email will be sent based on the priority of your registration date and will allow you to choose the workshop you wish to attend.
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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

 

 

 

The acceptance of self through the affirmation of others

The acceptance of self through the affirmation of others

Athens, 21/03/2025, conference workshop, Lambros Arapakos, Giouli Douvou

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

 

The acceptance of self through the affirmation of others

 

Lambros Arapakos, social worker, Greece

Giouli Douvou, theatre pedagogue, Greece
 

 

WORKSHOP

Athens Conference “Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education”
21 March 2025

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

Language: Greek

Limited number of participants

 

The workshop is addressed to teachers of all levels and specialties as well as to animators of youth groups with little or no experience in theatre pedagogical techniques.

 

Short description of the seminar: The aim of the workshop is to strengthen identity through inclusive education and the development of authentic and solidarity mindfulness.

 

The workshop draws inspiration from the works of Edouard Louis, which address issues such as inequality, stereotypes, oppression and social injustice. Through experiential and creative processes, participants will have the opportunity to recognize the impact of these concepts on their lives, to understand how social stereotypes affect the formation of their identity, to explore how society's imposed expectations and the need for acceptance – often expressed through overeffort and sacrifice of personal desires – lead to the constant search for the "thumbs up" of others and consequently to Exclusion. At the same time, we will examine how this cycle of exclusion and affirmation can give way to an authentic life path that responds to the real needs and personal meaning of life of the individual. In addition, the value of social cohesion and the development of relationships based on mutual respect and cooperation, away from stereotypical and restrictive perceptions, will be stressed. The workshop combines self-awareness with creative expression, offering tools for a more authentic, solidarity and conscious life.

 

Note: The workshop is experiential, participatory, includes exercises, games, improvisations, role plays and creative writing with physical contact and movement in space and on the ground. For this reason, it is necessary for participants to:

  1. wear comfortable clothes and shoes for movement exercises in the space

  2. attend the seminar in its entirety

  3. to bring with them... fun and appetite for experimentation!

 

 

Lambros Arapakos is a social worker and has specialized in Cognitive Analytical Psychotherapy. He has completed with honors postgraduate studies in Mental Health (TEI of Thessaly) and Social Work in Education (Democritus University of Thrace). He is a graduate of the Higher School of Dramatic Art "Embros Theatro Ergastirion". Currently, he is working on his PhD thesis at the Department of Education Sciences and Social Work of the University of Patras Greece, on Mental Health Counseling and Grief. He has been trained in Child Counseling, Adolescents and Families in Serious Illness and Bereavement from Merimna (Society for the Care of Children and Families in Illness and Death), as well as in the Therapeutic Management of Addictions (Rehabilitation Unit 18 ANO). He is a graduate of the Specialization Programs in Counseling and Guidance, as well as of the Pedagogical Training of the Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE). He has worked designing and implementing support and social inclusion interventions for unaccompanied minor refugees and migrants (PRAKSIS), as well as for people with mental health problems (Association for Mental Health – SOPSY of Patras). For the last 8 years he has been working as a social worker in Primary and Secondary Schools, he animates skills cultivation groups for children, adolescents and adults, while he has worked as an instructor at the Public Experimental IEK of Patras and the IEK of Keratsini. At the same time, he teaches laboratory courses in the postgraduate program "Mental Health of Children and Adolescents, Addictions and New Technologies", implemented by the Department of Education Sciences and Social Work of the University of Patras. His work has been published in scientific journals and has been presented in conferences and workshops. He maintains a private counseling and psychotherapy office in Patras. He has participated in performances in Athens and Patras, as well as in forum performances of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr).

 

Giouli Douvou was born and lives in Patras Greece. Theatrologist of the University of Patras with pedagogical training. PhD Candidate at the University of Patras, Department of Education and Social Work, on antiracist psychoeducation. Graduate of the Postgraduate Department of the University of Peloponnese School of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre Studies (MA in Drama and Performing Arts in Education and Lifelong Learning). Head of the Theatrical Laboratory of the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras since 2011. Theatre animator in Primary, Secondary and Post-secondary Education for 20 years. She has facilitated theatrical workshops for teacher training representing the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Thessaloniki, Patras, the Athens & Epidaurus International Festival (Educating the audience in Ancient Drama), the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr), the University of Patras etc. She has animated vulnerable social groups (unaccompanied adolescent refugees, mentally ill, prisoners, Roma) and has created many theater educational programs. She has participated and organized seminars on acting, directing, group animation, teaching theater, dramaturgy, dramatherapy and master-classes. She has directed and collaborated in many theatrical performances. In 2024 she directed and wrote the text of the theatrical play "The games of others" in collaboration with the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) and the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Patras. She dreams of an inclusive and creative world!


 

 
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: 5407 (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: 313 (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: 5407 (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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