Suggestions for creative lessons in movement, dance improvisation and choreographic composition for professionals and amateurs

By Antigone Gyra

The title of the activity derives from an exercise that Antigone has been doing in her groups from 1994 to the present day, which characterizes her as a person, an artist and a teacher.

With the support of The J. F. Costopoulos Foundation, Antigone Gyra will offer free of charge to professionals and amateurs of the performing arts workshops, lectures and screenings based on the methodology of movement that she has developed through her practice and continuous study and training over the last 30 years.

Starting from the village of Zitsa in Ioannina, where Antigone Gyra comes from, she will organize in July 2025 a training workshop for the local community, which consists of professionals and people of different ages with little experience in the field of performing arts. At the end of the workshop there will be an open presentation at the village theatre.

In September 2025, a four-day series of workshops, screenings, open discussion circles based on the practice of Antigone Gyra will take place at Technourgeio in Athens. There will be an open call for participation to professionals and students of professional schools so that students of performing arts and any other interested persons can get to know the teaching of movement and dance expression proposed by Antigone.

After that, Antigone Gyra will travel to Zurich, Switzerland for a two-day workshop at the Greek-speaking theatre group, Terrasse Ensemble where she will try out in a mixed group many of the proposed practical applications.

Throughout the action, Anna Tsichli, dramaturg and a constant scientific collaborator of Kinitiras, will make a record so that in the end, notes and photographic material of what was heard or taught will be published in electronic form.

Inside out and Outside in aspires to contribute to a direction of performing arts teaching that cultivates the group skills of the people involved, emphasizes the need to frame and support vulnerable groups within the arts, and supports non-violent communication and tenderness between people.

Stay tuned for details and registration!