"Keep it simple - Keep it open"

Athens, 1/7/2023, workshop, ITAP Conference, Margarita Trikka

HELLENIC THEATRE/DRANA & EDUCATION NETWORK (TENet-Gr)

Conference: Sustainable models of Teacher - Artist Partnerships (TAP) in 21st century Education:
communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity
Athens, Greece, Friday 30^th June, Saturday 1^st July and Sunday 2^nd July 2023 (site specific event)

Workshop 

Saturday 1^st July 2023 at Serafio City of Athens
 

“Keep it simple - Keep it open”

Margarita Trikka, choreographer, performer, Greece

The aim of this workshop is the exploration of the endless potentials of the body to express itself using the simplest tools. mDuring the first part, we practice with the – basic for all people – bounce movement and using the rhythm and repetition, we explore the boundaries of our bodies. We discover different qualities of movement and we get familiar with improvise using them.

During the second part we approach composition of simple phrases, add context and together, no matter what our experience or specialism is, we create a narration using our material and simple references such a song or a small text.  We found ourselves dancing as a community and as a unit – part of this community.

Margarita Trikka was born in Greece in 1984. She graduated from the Professional Dance School “Rallou Manou” and the Theatre Studies department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. As movement consultant at theatre, she collaborated with many festivals, directors and companies: National Opera (Alternative Stage), National Theater, Onassis Cultural Center, Megaron Athens, Rafi Music Theater Company, D. Maramis, V.  Koukalani, E. Fanarioti, K. Papakonstantinou, S. Karagianni, Halkida's Theater etc. In 2017 she founded Prolet OCD dance co. and choreographed "Trajectory: a Tragedy of a Victory" (2016) and "Delenda est" (2018) which toured in several festivals in Greece and Europe and "a Punch of Losers" (2019) as a co - production of Greek Ministry of Culture and Onassis Cultural Centre.  As a performer, collaborated with festivals and companies in Greece and Europe: La Fundicion Bilbao, Masdanza International Contemporary Dance Festival, Athens Video Dance Festival, MIR Festival, Dimitria, Bread and Puppet Theater, Chto Delat, Synthesis 347/ Spyros Kouvaras, Aerites Dance Company, Stella Spirou Cie, Artemis Lampiri, Apostolia Papadamaki, Yelp Dance Company, Antigoni Gyra & Kinitiras a.m. She has been teaching since 2005 contemporary dance, improvisation and History of Dance at dance studios, drama schools, and social institutions: Professional Dance School Maro Marmarinou, Duncan Cultural Centre, studio Trajectory, DAN.C.CE, Theatre Of Changes a.m. She run workshops in collaboration with National Opera’s program for women prison at Thiva and Hellenic Theater/Drama & Education Network.