In the context of this year’s Welcome to UP_Fest 2024, the event “Art and Health – Act 1: The role of Theatre and Dance” will take place on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 17.30-20.30, in room I4 of the Conference and Cultural Centre of the University of Patras.

Scientific and artistic supervision

Katia Savrami, Associate Professor at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras, Greece.

Agis Marinis, Associate Professor of the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras and Director of the Laboratory of Stage Acting and Speech.

With the collaboration of

Apostolos Vantarakis, Professor of Hygiene, University of Patras.

Konstantinos Asimakopoulos, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Patras.

Unit Ι

Lectures (15 minutes each).

1. Health and Creative Writing, Yanna Roilou
2. Art as a gift, Antonis Volanakis
3. Dance and Disability, Maria Kolliopoulou

Free Discussion (10 minutes)

Unit ΙΙ

Poetry as Solo performance:«ASCLEPIC: the Mirroring»

Choreography: Katia Savrami

Dance by Theano Vandaraki (duration 7 minutes).

Poetry/performance: Ginger F. Zaimis, Poet, Playwright & Literary Translator

Unit ΙΙΙ

Lecture Demonstration (15 minutes, interaction with the audience).

1. Theatre, illness and health, Maria Fragki
2. Body, movement, wholeness, Nikos Lymperatos

Free Discussion (10 minutes)

Unit IV

Group performance «Spoudi »(video, 10 minutes).

Musical composition by John Adams, title: FEARFUL SYMMETRIES (10 minutes).

Choreography: Tatiana Loverdou. The students of the Higher Professional School of Dance and Arts Center DANSARTE of Tatiana Loverdou.

Summary-Discussion with the audience

K.Savrami, Associate Professor of the Department of Theatre Studies

Κ. Asimakopoulos,Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Patras