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What would happen if we approached teaching as choreography? The extended notion of choreography proposes an expanded practice defined as organization, structure and protocol that can appear with many contents. This approach brings the embodied dimension of all these forms to the foreground, leaving the possibility for artistic practices to enrich the educational practice in general. The experience of working with dance companies which use improvisation, highlighted the importance of deepening in these practices and the possibility of extracting pedagogical principles and methods. This proposal suggests that such a direction particularly develops the interconnection with the environment (animate and inanimate), which contributes to the cultivation of empathy and soft skills. Both are necessary for the development of social skills, the formation of active citizens and the cultivation of critical thinking on a planet in danger.
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Steriani Tsintziloni is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Theatre Studies (UOA). Coming from dance, she holds a PhD from Roehampton University in Dance Studies. She combines academic research with curation, and artistic projects. She has taught at the University of Patras, the Hellenic Open University, the Dance School of the Greek National Opera and the State School of Dance. She was Curator for Dance at the Athens Festival (2016-2019). In 2020-2021 she was selected for the Visiting Artists Program at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University (CHS Washington). Her monograph Under the shadow of the Parthenon. Dance in the Athens Festival of the Cold War (1955-1966) was published by Kapa Publishing and was short-listed for the 2023 State Award.
