Cavafy Goes to School 2018-2019

Let’s explore Cavafy’s poetry, through technology, through our movement and our pencils.

Dates

01-11-2018 —31-05-2019

Prices

Free admission

Location

Athens

Information

Cost

Free admission

Schools in the region of Attica and regional schools have to apply at education@onassis.org

What are your feelings when you read a poem? To taste classical literature in a different way, we fill our hands with color, release our body and play with technology.

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Who says we can’t read Cavafy differently?

To get closer to his work, we turn the music up, and perform Ithaca as a choreography. We write our own verses, and draw the Laestrygones and the Cyclops; actually, we may meet them in the schoolyard, on the interactive map we just set up. Through three creative workshops, poetry and other arts blend in and we learn how to express ourselves unrestrainedly.

In the workshop "A poem, a picture, an edition", we create our own handmade illustrated editions. Cavafy used to do the same: he would go to the printer’s, lay out his own single-pages, and distribute them to people. In the workshop "Verses and movement” we build a strong group and make a collective choreography. And in the workshop "Electrified Poetry", we prove how contemporary Cavafy can be: we perform him with video, image and digital installation.

Αddressed to:
Secondary school students

Dates:
November 2018 – May 2019

Description:
Cavafy goes to school is a one-week programme, completed in five three-hour sessions. The workshops will be taking place after the regular school day.

Application and Evaluation:
Attica
Schools in the region of Attica have to apply at: education@onassis.org till the 12th of October 2018. Indication: “Cavafy Goes to School (Athens)”.
Applications must include the workshop title, the number of students, and the school website. Replies expected by the 25th of October 2018. An interview with the persons running the programme at each school, is necessary for the evaluation. Each school may host only one workshop. Applications will be processed on a first come first served basis.

Other regions
Regional schools have to apply at education@onassis.org till the 26th of October 2018. Indication ‘Cavafy Goes to School (regional)”. Applications have to be submitted by the region’s Secondary Education Departments (SED), and must include the number of schools in the region, the number of students and school websites. Replies expected by the 2nd of November 2018. Only one region will be selected to host the programme. The SED of the selected region, as well as the local school representatives, will have to decide which regional schools are going to host the workshops. Applications will be processed on a first come first served basis.

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