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Description
The role of dramatic expression in Orff-Schulwerk is significant. Starting from sensory play, dramatic expression, unfolds concurrently with music, movement, and speech. Leading to the creative and liberating actions of the child. In this workshop, we will explore the paths of Orff-Schulwerk through strategies that follow the experiential action approach, utilizing the arts (music, movement, speech, and dramatic expression) to highlight the role of Orff-Schulwerk in ecological awareness. Using a story as a starting point, the relationship between humans and the surrounding nature will be presented.
CV
Irini Katsimpri
is a Music Educator and Sociologist. She holds a Master’s degree in "Applied Clinical Sociology and Art" from the Department of Sociology at the University of the Aegean and the Department of Applied and Fine Arts of Florina in Greece. Her research focused on creating a cross-cultural orchestra of refugee children, while her field of study includes social integration through Orff-Schulwerk. She holds a piano degree and has completed a three-year postgraduate program in Orff-Schulwerk at Moraitis School, where she has been a member of the teaching staff in recent years. Irini teaches piano and music, dance and Orff-Schulwerk to adults and children in schools, music schools, drama schools, and cultural associations.
Filianou Maria:
Music Educator, PhD nominee of Special Pedagogic and Psychology. She has been working as a music teacher in Primary Education with hearing impaired children, children with learning disabilities and pervasive developmental disorders and visually impaired children. She holds a classical guitar degree and attended a Two-year Professional Orff- Schulwerk Course in Athens. She has a degree from the Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Athens and a master’s degree in special education. She teaches on the Three-Year Postgraduate Orff-Schulwerk Course in Athens and on the Life-Long Learning Programs the module of Special Music Education.
