Online Acting Course

Acting_Course_PolymenakosFor whom: Actors who want to refine/polish their craft, Performing Arts Practitioners & Researchers, Drama School Candidates & Students, High School Students exploring their performing potentials, Amateurs into Dramatics, Public Speaking Professionals.

For what: Establishing demonstrable knowledge of acting skills for professional and personal development.

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Courses, short courses and masterclasses are designed and adopted for each individual, small or large group of participants between the ages of 10 and 90+, creating a safe and inspiring environment thriving on respectfully welcoming different backgrounds. Different age and experience groups are created, according to the group needs.

Have a look at past educational projects,or get in touch so we can design your own, bespoke course.

All courses employ the body/word method and are offered in English and Greek collaboration with other international experts whenever required. You can have a look at past collaborating professionals, institutes and individuals in the collaborations/other bodies section.

All courses are offered fully complying with international and local health and safety regulations.

Looking forward to sharing an inspiring experience with you * ~

Unsuspected Time

Anypoptos_Hronos_Kinitiras_PolymenakosPublic Space Dance Performance  

   

“In time unsuspected, enters the unexpected” A public space dance performance by Kinitiras based on my poem, “In Time Unsuspected”. It traveled in different squares in Athens, before it appeared at the central square of Kalamata in the frame of the Kalamata International Dance Festival.

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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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Feedback Lessons I Meet the Artist

FeedBack_FeedForward_PolymenakosLifelong Learning I Feed Forward I Audience Development  

ONE WAY or another

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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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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This is not My Body

This_ is_not_My_Body_Polymenakos_photo_Noel_HefelePerformance Writing Installation

This IS Not My Body Spiral1. ENTER SPACE, This is not My Body, 2. ENTER BODY, 3. ENTER TIME,   Thank You Every Body, 4. ENTER TEXT, 5. ENTER EXIT, this is my body

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G.O.

G.O. CPOLYMENAKOS ANTI Festival Video StillPerformance Writing Performance in Public Space

    Kuopio G.O. CPOLYMENAKOSThree 1 minute Performance Writing interventions to the public space. Three different materials, urban locations, acts of writing, challenging our perception of the power of writing in public space.

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1975

1975 CPOLYMENAKOSPerformance Writing Play in 3 Acts 

Komodo Dragon CPOLYMENAKOS“Pillow Lava”, “The Komodo Dragon”, “Trailer”. Enter body. Enter word. A crazy monologue, a song in English and Greek, a schizo-interview. A dive into the deep waters of identity, its formulating factors and forms. A surprising choice for the short list of the Tassos Papandreou Young Creators’ Competition, bringing together amazing people.

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