Improvisation for people with and without disabilities – Anna Vekiari

Living Statue
Improvisation workshop for people with and without disabilities

This year’s workshop inspired by the art of tableau vivant will focus on the creation of static and moving images. The use of negative space and contact will be our most important tools throughout the workshop. At the end of the workshop there will be an open presentation in an outdoor space. For the smooth running of the workshop, attendance is required on all days.

OPEN PRESENTATION
We invite you to the open presentation of the workshop “Living Statue” by Anna Vekiari on Sunday 20/07 at 19:30 at the 4th Elementary School.
(Free entrance)

Ages: All
Levels: Disabled and non-disabled people who have movement experience (professional dancers, actors, special education professionals, group facilitators, etc.)

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Anna Vekiari

Artistic Director of EXIS, Dance Instructor, Dancer, Dance Therapist
Anna Vekiari was born and raised in Athens. She is the founder and artistic director of the professional inclusive contemporary dance company EXIS and co-owner of ISON Theatre – Dance, the first workshop for inclusive education (disabled and non-disabled) for theatre and dance in Athens. She graduated from the Anna Petrova Higher Professional School of Dance in 2010. She is a senior dance therapist at the Greek Dance Therapists Association and a Polestar Pilates instructor. She has attended seminars and dance classes in Greece and abroad. She has worked as a choreographer and assistant director in theatrical performances and has attended the theatrical lighting design workshop with Katerina Maragoudaki. In the summer of 2012 she attended the DanceAbility Teacher Training with Alito Alessi, improvisation/contact improvisation method for inclusive groups, in Vienna and since then she has been working as a dance teacher in an inclusive context with children and adults. She has collaborated with various associations MDA (Association for the Care of People with Neuromuscular Diseases), SamSkP (Association of People with Multiple Sclerosis), PEGKAP – NY (Panhellenic Association of Parents and Guardians of Mentally Retarded Children), Prototype Center of Haidari etc. and with special and general education schools. In the academic year 2020-2021 she collaborated with KEA-AMEA (Centre for Vocational Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities) as a choreographer in the framework of the action “Performing Arts Workshops for Social Inclusion” for the promotion of universal accessibility for people with disabilities in culture, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. She has worked with groups and inclusive organisations in Greece and abroad. In February 2023 she was accepted to the Alleyne Dance Mentorship Programme for young choreographers. In 2015 she created the professional inclusive contemporary dance group EXIS in which she choreographs and organizes seminars (Akropoditi Dance Festival, Lyric Stage, Mill of Performing Arts, Cumana Dance, Forward Theatre etc.). Currently she has been participating in European projects and collaborating with inclusive dance groups and inclusive institutions from abroad.