The GNO Learning & Participation Department relaunches the music, dance and movement workshop cycle in detention centres that strives to promote the importance of artistic education and contact with the arts in penitentiaries, in order to facilitate real communication among prisoners as well as their smooth reintegration into society. The workshops, which will be held on a weekly basis, are aimed at the Female Penitentiary of Eleonas (Thebes), the male wing of Korydallos Penitentiary, and the Special Youth Detention Center in Avlonas. Each of them will come complete with the presentation of the artistic result of the whole creative process.

Dance and Movement Workshops at the Female Penitentiary of Eleonas (Thebes)

Using dance as a means of training and deep non-verbal communication, the participants of the dance and movement workshops will be urged to develop their creativity, acquire basic skills, and experiment. The goal is to set expression free through the group dance process and get acquainted with alternative types of dance (street dance, traditional dances of different countries, intercultural dances, jazz etc.). The workshop will come complete with the presentation of a single dance theatre performance that will put together the original choreographies that will be created by the participants through guided exercises by experienced dancers.

Music Workshops At The Male Wing Of Korydallos Penitentiary

A new series of music workshops will bring creativity and free expression once again to the male wing of Korydallos penitentiary. Through improvisation, participants will experiment with sound and music, will develop performance skills and will co-create new compositions. The workshop will come complete with a concert, in which participants will perform their own music works themselves. The workshop’s main goal is to cultivate creativity, team spirit, and free expression.

Planning/Implementation: Margarita Trikka (dancer, choreographer), Katerina Spyropoulou (dancer, choreographer)

Final performance date: T.B.A.

Music And Dance Workshops At The Special Youth Detention Center In Avlonas

Participants in the music and dance workshops are called upon to take part in a “double” dance and music workshop forming two groups, which will be working at the same time, while also collaborating with each other. Through experimentation and the guidance of experienced dancers and musicians, participants will acquire basic dance, music and performance skills. The workshop will come complete with a music and dance performance, in which the dance group participants will perform their works, dancing to the rhythm of the pieces produced by the music group. The workshop’s main goal is to cultivate creativity, encourage collaborative culture and essential communication among the prisoners, and promote the free expression that comes through the process of dancing and making music.

Planning/Implementation: Ilias Hadjigeorgiou (dancer, choreographer)