Art Workshops

Theatrical Improvisation WorkshopPercussion WorkshopIntroduction into the theaterprocedure with the improvisationtechnique for the pupilsof the French-HellenicSchool Eugène Delacroix.The general themes of theimprovised sketches werebased on the paintings of SalvadorDali.Elika CompanyThe founder members ofElika Company, Elise Apostolouand Karine Papin,met in Marseille thanks totheir common passion.The theatrical improvisation,which they export all aroundthe world.Production assistance givento the pupils involved in theFestival in order to improvetheir own productions showedduring the Festival either atthe Culture Center “Melina”or at the Michael CacoyannisFoundation.The aim of this workshopwas to initiate the teens intothe brazilian percussion inorder to train them for theparticipation to the big carnivalparade of the Festival inthe center of Athens.17 teenagers, who discoveredfor the first time the brazilianpercussions, have participatedduring two sessions of3 hours by accomplishing thefollowing necessary steps:• Get familiar with therhythm and then express therhythm first by using the appropriatebody language.• Discover the traditionalinstruments: sourdo, agogo,caixa, tambourin, rocar.• Learn to combine the playof the instrument and thebody language• Work on the specific partitionsfor the festival parade:« Coco » and « Iparho », whoare based on simple sambavariations.Stefanos Korakas has studiedsocial anthropology and worksactually in a specialized unitfor Addiction (18 Άνω) of theMental Clinic of Attiki.In 1999, he first started withpercussions as a hobby. Gainingin experience, he incorporatedpercussions in his workingfield as a mean of therapyfor expressing emotions andfeelings. Finally he decidedalso to develop it in a moreprofessional level and foundedwith some fellows the Quilombo,the house for cultural andartistic events.