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Greek Language for Young Students I Online Course I “M.”

Greek Language Online Course for Young Students. Start yours anytime, from any part of the world.

Alphabet Image for Greek Language Online Courses test imageM. is a young Greek-Cypriot girl with loads of imagination and a flair for languages. Having attended solely English speaking schools around the world, currently residing in Saudi Arabia, her parents were looking for an online Greek language course that M. would enjoy.

 

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“Performance Writing as practiced in Dartington College of Arts and the body/word method: interdisciplinary approaches to writing as tools for research, creation and education. A starting point.»

CPOLYMENAKOS KEY NOTE PRESENTATION PATRAS test ImageKeynote Presentation on body/word and Performance Writing – March 2018

body/word CPOLYMENAKOSSo, what is this multimodal approach to writing, called body/word and how has it been useful in research, creation and education since 2009? An overview of it’s history and relation to DCA’s Performance Writing.

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PERFORMANCE WRITING -2nd Congress Performing Arts in Education, University of Patras, Archaelogical Museum of Patras, Funded by the University of Patras, Research Committee.

Performance_Writing_body_word_Polymenakos_Patras PW Patras test imageA panel dedicated to Performance Writing as practiced in Dartington College of Arts – March 2018

A unique combination of Performance Writing Academics and Practitioners share their take on Performance Writing and it’s applications in contemporary education. In the frame of 2nd Congress Performing Arts in Education, University of Patras, Archaelogical Museum of Patras, Funded by the University of Patras, Research Committee, for the 1st time in Greece.

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Do you Speak Dance? Masterclass on Verbal Communication of Choreographic Research and Creation

Christos-Polymenakos-Education-SliderA  Christos Polymenakos Masterclass employing his body/word method 

Can one translate movement into word? How can I communicate my choreographic research or creation to the audience, my collaborators, my sponsors? How can I use words towards the development of my creative identity in choreography? How does dance “open up” to people from different fields and backgrounds? Continue reading “Do you Speak Dance? Masterclass on Verbal Communication of Choreographic Research and Creation”

Feedback Lessons I Meet the Artist

FeedBack_FeedForward_PolymenakosLifelong Learning I Feed Forward I Audience Development  

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The process of feedback is ideally a gentle – if sometimes passionate- exchange of gifts. It needs to be focused, yet open, acknowledging subjectivity in order to be constructive for all parties involved. When it works like that, it is a core component of qualitative and quantitative audience development and very liberating for the artists and curators/programmers.  It then becomes Feed Forward.

 

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Horizons, Reflections And More Lies * ~

Horizons_Reflections_And_More_Lies_CPolymenakosSite(s) Specific Performance Writing Installation in Virtual and Physical Space

What constitutes a horizon? Why do some promises have decisive importance, even when we know from the outset that they will (probably) go down in history as unfulfilled? Do limitations divide or unite, do they hinder or do they incite meetings? Randomness, study, passion, art and responsibility, dreams and sea.

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body/word & Performance Writing As Visual Art And Curatorial Dramaturgy

Online_Projects_Christos_PolymenakosA body/word Course originally designed for MFA Students 

How may body/word offer a contemporary way into curatorial practice? What does dramaturgy mean in the context of Visual Arts? Do you need to write with words? How does Performance Writing allow personal practices and updated theories to blend  in a unique methodology?

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Improvisation I 1st Year Veaki Drama School

Veaki Drama School LabelImprovisation 101 for Drama Students employing the body/word method

What is improvisation for you? How can the body inform your tools for perception, expression? How can you forge a unique, updated improvisation methodology? Last, but not least, how can your training make the most of multimodality?

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Public Speaking Course I A. G.

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Public Speaking in Class AGConcentration, self-control, relaxed focus, succinct articulation are essential components of professional efficiency in every language and every working environment. Public speaking is the way to convey these in your work. body/word is the way to secure you excel.

 

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