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Research Theater – Fanis Katechos / Weekly Courses

Fabrica Athens Theater Group and Fabrica Artspace invite you to the 6th consecutive year of the weekly courses “Theater of Research”.

Fanis Katechos, founding member of the theatrical group, inspirer and main presenter of the modern theatrical method “Theater of Research”, intensively shares for another year the findings of his personal theatrical research, through techniques he has developed and methods he follows such as Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Suzuki and Suzan Batson.

The “Theater of Research” is an idea based on practice, which takes place in the here and now. Activating the body, exploring and expanding its boundaries, relaxing the mind, but also exploring the authentic sound landscapes it produces. The goal is the recognition and release of the visible and invisible masks of the human – actor, the extraction of the diamonds that are hidden in each one and the creation of personal (physical – spiritual) and group unity.

Also important is the implantation of the seed of the actor’s autonomy, through the effort to create his personal method, while the overall training through the courses – meetings aims to shape people – artists “plasticine” who are “multi-tools” , “Transparent” who will let others see through them the hidden truth and “anxious” who will manage their roles as tightrope walkers.

The workshops for the artistic period 2018 – 2019 will take place on the following days and hours each week:

– Wednesday, 12:00 – 14:00

– Friday, 17:00 – 19:00

The sections are formed at the beginning of the artistic period. However, for those who are interested in participating in the courses and wish to know the method, they can contact the instructors of Fabrica Athens in the following email for more information and further consultation for their inclusion in the departments: researchtheater@gmail.com (Subject: Weekly Courses )

Completion of the Theatrical Youth Exchange “Roots and Wings”

The multiactive Art Group Fabrica Athens and the German Non-Profit Organization Mostar Friedensprojekt collaborated for the 3rd consecutive year and carried out the 4th in a row Youth Exchange Program between Greece and Germany, with the theme “Roots and Wings”, supported by Hellenic-German Youth Foundation.

The theater and more specifically the theatrical method used by the instructors of Fabrica Athens “Theater of Research” was a tool to approach the theme of the Youth Exchange. Fanis Katechos, Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti and Pavlos Melikidis were next to the young participants, who for 16 days accompanied and guided a theatrical exploration in Athens and Berlin. The workshops that the young people attended were intensive, daily from 09:00 to 15:00, while in their free time, in addition to the personal and group work – improvisations that they were asked to create, they had the opportunity to get to know the city that hosted, to socialize with its inhabitants and to discover its artistic life and action. It is important to note that the project was free and fully covered financially the participation of young people in theatrical workshops, accommodation, food and transportation costs.

The workshops attended by the 20 young artists took part in the Fabrica Artspace and the Theaterhaus Berlin. The program, after its evaluation, was for them an unprecedented theatrical experience, although all of them had either professional or amateur contact with the theater. This experience included intense physical practice, in order to acquire physical consciousness, group connection and communication, but also unity or otherwise coordination of action / body and idea / mind. The trainers maneuvered between various theatrical methods and not only, but also techniques that they have developed themselves.

Important is the emphasis given by the people of Fabrica Athens to the anthropological part of art, turning art and theater into a tool for life and vice versa, life into a field of inspiration for art. This is a small but crucial detail, as young people participating in exchange programs discover new qualities in life and in the theater, in an artistic journey, which turns into a journey of self-knowledge by being an active member of a group. Therefore, the exchange programs carried out by the Fabrica team are not only a theatrical experience, but a life experience.

The 2 weeks that the 10 Greeks and the 10 Germans spent together, ended in a performance entitled “Roots and Wings”, which was presented at the Schauspielschule Charlottenburg. The performance was a synthesis of the material created by the participants during the program under the direction of Fabrica Athens.

The theatrical organization of Fabrica Athens and Mostar Friedendensproject will conduct in 2019 a variety of new youth exchange programs, as well as European ERASMUS + programs, which will move around the artistic and theatrical axis.

You can be informed about our actions in the field of education in the following electronic links:

https://www.fabricaathens.gr/teamwork/fabrica-athens-our-team/

https://www.facebook.com/researchtheater/

[2018] Xanthi – Theatrical Performance

The Multiactive Art Group Fabrica Athens presents its first theatrical production for 2018 “Xanthi”.

From reality to myth. Where does reality end and where does the Myth begin? Where is the beginning of Fallacy and where is the Truth? Light gives life to the shadow of a hard Dream and its reflection is reflected in a fluid world Am I awake or dreaming? And when I dream how do I know I’m not awake? I do not want to understand, I want to feel. What is the difference between Life, Dream and Myth? Or rather where do they come together?

The play is a modern, theatrical research, based on the life of Xanthi, but also a testimony – a proposal in the “political” theater. Her goal is for the actor’s body and objects to disappear and what will be left is the vibrations.

Contributors:

Directed by: Katechos Fanis

Assistant Director: Melekidis Pavlos

Cast: Michaliadi Sarti Giovanna

Lighting Installation and Lighting Design: Lolos Stefanos

Production: Fabrica Athens Theater Group

As part of the 6th Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival // 20-30 Sept 2018 the group will make a small presentation of its new production, which is an experimental approach and connection of the art of theater and circus, and the science of bubbleology.

Information:

When: 26/09 at 21:15 & 29/09 at 21:15

Venue: Fabrica Artspace – Theater Stage, 125 Megalou Alexandrou & Evrymedontos, Kerameikos

Reservation is required at 2103411651 (17: 00-21:00).

Note: Please be present in the foyer of the Artspace Fabrica theater at least 20 minutes in advance and pick up your booking tickets directly. The reservation is valid until 10 ‘before the start of the show.

Admission with Free Contribution

Fabrica Athens seminars at the 6th Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival

The multiactive Art Group Fabrica Athens organizes for the 6th consecutive year the Festival of Handmade and Recyclable Theater.

Fabrica artspace, its handmade theatrical stage Fabrica Stage, but also the spaces collaborating with the Festival (Pyroliki and Rythm Hoppers) will host a number of arts, which will be represented by renowned, but also young artists. In this celebration, Fabrica Athens and its trainers will hold 4 different seminars, open to the public, so that it can get to know better its theatrical team, the methods it uses, its actions and the Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival that it organizes. . The workshops that will take part in the Festival are:

Theater of Research – Theater of Research // Fanis Katechos (180 ′)

September 21, 17:00 // September 22, 16:30 // September 23, 14:00

A modern, theatrical method focusing on man and his research nature.

THE IDEA
Research theater is an idea. And what ideas are meant to be is done. It is the truth that we close within ourselves and that we desperately try to find in order to be free. The truth that only through one method can we touch. But through what method will we be able to overcome the obstacles to fly as artists, people and society? Research theater is a way for those looking to get in touch with the art of theater through themselves and the team. It is a continuous exploration of the already existing theatrical methods towards the acquisition of maneuvering and global knowledge and the shaping of the personal, but also group method that will free the human artist from the visible and invisible masks of everyday life. Finding the method that will make him capable to be present in the here and now on stage, but also in life.

THE ACT
This idea was spontaneous. Taking into account the personal need of each individual and the need of each team creates a redemptive cycle of exercises to discover the luggage and tools we have. Exercises that have as a starting point the action, which will bring the result and that free us from the brain function, bringing to the surface forgotten functions that move our limits, while increasing consciousness. Through this wandering we gradually strengthen our body, we watch the memory it has, while walking in its paths we find our true voice, as it comes out as it is through emotional vibrations.
We break down our selfish tendencies and listen to others. We work and act for them. Observing others and rubbing against them is the only way we can exorcise our buried diamonds and serve something higher than ourselves.

THE TARGET
This process aims to give participants the supplies to transform into plasticine people, who will have the ability to adapt to all kinds of conditions. Transformation into multi-tools that have the physical, mental and spiritual power to create an entire universe with whatever weapons, more or less, they have. In addition, the goal is to train actors who will handle their roles as acrobats on a tightrope, depriving themselves of security and without reassurance, but maintaining their personal peace. “Transparent” actors in debt, instead of projecting themselves, show the audience the light.

Roots and Wings – Greek-German Youth Exchange Program Listening / Youth Exchange // Fanis Katechos, Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti

25/09 – 02/10, 09:00 – 15:00

A youth exchange program focusing on the Theater of Research, by Fabrica Athens and Mostar Friedensprojekt.

Where do I come from and where do I go? How deep can I dive to the ground and how high can I fly? I take a step back and take three steps forward. I go back to my roots, discover where my existence comes from and create a foothold in the here and now to spread wings in the endless sky.

The multiactive Art Group “Fabrica Athens” and the German Non-Profit Organization “Mostar Friedensprojekt” collaborate for the 3rd consecutive year and carry out the 4th in a row Youth Exchange Program between Greece and Germany entitled “Roots and Wings”, supported by the Greek-German Youth Foundation. In the projects co-organized by the two organizations, the art of Theater is used as an educational and social tool, and more specifically the theatrical method “Theater of Research” used by Fabrica Athens and the presenter of the method Fanis Katechos.

During the 6th Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival, the public will have the opportunity to attend the workshops that will take place within the Youth Exchange. The open invitation to attend the workshops aims to introduce the institution of European Youth Exchange Programs, the role of Theater as an educational – social – expressive tool for young people and the contribution of the “Theater of Research” in the artistic and social field.

Stiltwalking // Fanis Katechos (120 ′)

September 23, 5:30 p.m.

A workshop for a first contact with the spectacular art of Stilts.

Stilt Art is coming to the 6th Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival. A workshop for those who want to get in touch with the art of Stiltwalking and want to enrich their skills.

The workshop is open and free to the public, while it requires good mood and determination. Participants are invited to bring with them comfortable, sneakers, as well as long tracksuits or leggings.

Yoga and Sound // Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti (90 ′)

September 24 – 28, 17:00

An invitation to the world of motion and vibration.

Activation of the body, through Yoga for training the mind. Investigation – observation of the sound landscapes and the music that the body produces, as well as the silence that occurs.

Goal: the acquisition of consciousness of the act, the relaxation of the thought and the enjoyment of the self in the moment.
Movement – Pause – Observation – Relaxation
Body – Look – Voice – Mind

To learn more about Fabrica Athens trainers visit https://www.fabricaathens.gr/teamwork/fabrica-athens-our-team/
To learn more about the program and details about this year’s Handmade And Recycled Theater Festival
http://www.fabricaathens.gr/festival/category/

Interview for Youth Exchange – Race for Tolerance

A Struggle for Tolerance – Tolerace

The Multicultural Art Group Fabrica Athens co-organized with the German Organization “Mostar Friendensproject”, the 7th in a row Youth Exchange Program – Race for Tolerance. The European program took place in Germany, in the city of Bremen from 6 to 15 August 2018, with the support of “Erasmus + Youth in Action”. The countries participating in the program were Greece, Germany, Albania, Armenia, Turkey, Estonia, Ukraine and Great Britain. Greece was represented by the Fabrica Athens Organization, which not only uses the Theater and Theatrical Methods it has developed as an educational – social – humanitarian – research tool, but also trains people in its Theatrical Techniques, training a new generation of trainers. In this program, Fabrica Athens sent its new instructor Babis Loukopoulos, who was responsible for the artistic activities, the theatrical education of the participants, as well as the creation – directing of a theatrical presentation – performance with the theme “Tolerance”.A protest march was staged and staged by the Youth Exchange participants themselves in the center of Bremen, followed by a poetic performance entitled “Tolerace”.

The participants of the Greek delegation were selected by the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the Municipality of Agia Varvara “Iakovos Kampanellis” with which the theatrical organization of Fabrica Athens collaborates. The students of the school and young artists who attended the European project were Giannis Tyrovolas, Nikos Chortarias, Athanasia Papazikou, Dimitra Mazi, Zoe Bithava and Evangelia Christiana.After their experience in the Youth Exchange Program, they gathered at the Fabrica Artspace and shared with the Fabrica Athens Team their experience in the world of Tolerance, Theater and Erasmus+.

The program was for the participants of the Greek mission a special trip to 7 European countries at the same time. Despite the differences, they discovered in common the commonalities with the other cultures, the characteristics that unite them and found ways to communicate and coexist harmoniously in the facilities of the host organization, which hosted them.In addition to the artistic and educational activities they attended, the participants were responsible for the maintenance and cleanliness of the facilities. The occupation with their place of residence captured the acquaintance and the flourishing of a mutual respect between the participants, but also of the space that hosted them. Important for the understanding of the different cultures and social – political – economic structures of the countries, were the free time of the participants, but also the international evenings they organized. At international nights each country was responsible for presenting one of the other participating countries, gathering information from the participants of that country, but also from their personal research.

Asking the Greek participants if the theater functions as a social tool and how, they stated the following: The theater contributed to the greatest extent to the acquaintance, understanding and acceptance among the participants. Knowing others through movement and gesture, a deeper relationship was created.The physical action and friction required by the theatrical process, led to a personal physical, but mainly mental and spiritual opening of each participant. Somatized Theater Techniques created an atmosphere of internal and group concentration and took on the role of catalyst to create an unbroken bond between team members. In addition, the exhibition process enabled the participants to “crumple” into the protected environment of the group, resulting in “softening” like people and opening their minds. They saw people through theatrical activities change the way of thinking, but also the perception of the world. Although the theoretical sessions on Tolerance were important, theater was a practical, fun, meaningful and concise way to feel and experience the meaning of Tolerance and how they can solve it.

To learn more about the youth exchange programs co-organized and participated by Fabrica Athens: http://www.fabricaathens.gr/home/
For the Hellenic-German Youth Foundation: https://agorayouth.com/
For the organizing organization: http://www.mostar-friedensprojekt.de/
For the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the Municipality of Agia Varvara “Iakovos Kampanellis”: https://dramaschool.gr/

Participation in the Erasmus+ Youth Exchange: Race for Tolerance

A Race for Tolerance by using theater methods and techniques!

As part of the Erasmus+ Youth in Action, Fabrica Athens Theater Group participates in the Youth Exchange Program “Race For Tolerance”, from the 6^th -15^th August 2018. The program will take place in the premises used by the N.G.O. “Mostar Friedensprojekt” at Potsdam – Germany, in the region of Osterholz – Sharmbeck, 25km away from the city of Bremen.

Fabrica Athens and its representative member Babis Loukopoulos are going to be responsible of the theatre workshops and training of the participants. Main theme and point of reference in the theatrical encounters will be “How to organize a demonstration – TOLERACE”. The project will be completed with a demonstration in the center of Bremen, which will include a poetic performance directed by Fabrica Athens Theater Group, too.

The N.G.O. groups that will be participating in the program are listed below:

-Mostar Friedensprojekt-Potsdam, Germany
-Youth Activities – Durres, Albania (not N.G.O.)
-Federation of Youth Clubs – Erewan, Armenia
-Seiklejate Vennaskond, Estonia
-Fabrica Athens, Greece
-Silver Fox North East-Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
-Stella-Kharkiv, Ukraine
-Anatolia Genclik Cankiri, Turkey

For more information about the Greek-German Youth exchanges and the Greek-German Institute of Youth visit https://agorayouth.com/
To learn more about the coordinator organisation: http://www.mostar-friedensprojekt.de/

Invitation to Participate in the Theatrical Youth Exchange Program “Roots and Wings”

Where do I come from and where do I go?

How deep can I dive to the ground and how high can I fly?

I take a step back and take three steps forward. I go back to my roots, discover where my existence comes from and create a foothold in the here and now to spread wings in the endless sky.

The multiactive Art Group “Fabrica Athens” and the German Non-Profit Organization “Mostar Friedensprojekt” collaborate for the 3rd consecutive year and carry out the 4th in a row Youth Exchange Program between Greece and Germany entitled “Roots and Wings”, supported by the Greek-German Youth Foundation.

In the projects co-organized by the two organizations, the art of Theater is used as an educational and social tool, and more specifically the theatrical method “Theater of Research” used by Fabrica Athens and the presenter of the method Fanis Katechos.

In this year’s Youth Exchange theme “Roots and Wings”, participants are invited to a personal journey of self-knowledge and identification of their roots. They put themselves under the microscope and find the ingredients from which they come and are made, either biologically or spiritually. Ingredients that will mix them to create their own tree that will bloom. Along with the personal search of each one, the people who will make up the team will meet in a deep field, where they will support each other by submitting their stories, finding the components that unite them.

In this experience will be next to them the instructors of Fabrica Athens, Fanis Katechos and Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti, who will help the participants to transform the story into a theatrical act and human virtues. Through the “Theater of Research” and the use of elements from the theatrical methods of Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Suzan Batson, but also from the art of the Circus and the practice of Yoga, an inseparable group spirit is created among young people. , discover their physical and spiritual boundaries, overcome obstacles and become eyewitnesses of an internal and group transformation.

The stories that the young artists will bring and the practices that they will practice, will be the material of the trainers, for the composition of the homonymous with the performance program.

The Greek-German Youth Exchange Program “Roots and Wings” will last 15 days from September 25 to October 10.

The first part of the project (September 25 – October 2) will be held in Athens (Fabrica Athens artspace, Kerameikos) and the second part (October 3 – October 10) in Berlin (Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Berlin.) The play created by the young people and directed by Fabrica Athens, will be presented on a theatrical stage in Berlin on October 9. The hours of the Program will be 09:00 to 15:00 throughout the ten days. The participants in the Program need to be present every day of the project and to be 10 minutes earlier in the places where the workshops will take place.

Young people up to 30 years old can register at the Youth Exchange. Participants are invited to collect the following material, inspired by the theme “Roots and Wings”. The material will be presented on the first day of the workshops of the Program. Those participants who play a musical instrument and wish to use it can bring it. Please be consistent in your work before and during the project.

Material:

– 1 Text – personal text, poem, play, essay etc. (10 – 20 series)

– 1 Song or Musical composition

– 1 Picture – photo, painting, collage etc.

Those interested in the Greek-German Youth Exchange Program “Roots and Wings” are invited to send their CV, a recent photo and the reason they wish to participate in the project to researchtheater@gmail.com on “Application – Roots and Wings”. For any question you can contact the Fabrica Athens team at the above email address. Registrations until September 2, 24:00.

Find out more about the Greek-German Youth Foundation: https://agorayouth.com/

To learn more about the actions of Fabrica Athens and the trainers of the program visit: http://www.fabricaathens.gr/home/

For more information about the official organizer organization: http://www.mostar-friedensprojekt.de/

Theater: A Tool for Tolerance in the European Erasmus + Programs

Tolerance Over Fear – Refugees You Are Welcome! Erasmus +

Hande Demir and the organization “Limit Gökyüzünde”, organizer of the European program Erasmus + “Tolerance over Fear – Refugees You Are Welcome!” explains the goals of the program to SonDakika.com: “The aim of the project is to understand and reduce Islamophobia in Europe, exploring various aspects of Islam. At the same time, through artistic and other methods, such as theater, role play and yoga, a different view of the refugee issue is cultivated and the participants’ empathy is developed. “

Indeed, the project “Tolerance over Fear – Refugees You Are Welcome!” offered participants from Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Italy, Greece and Turkey a life experience. The young people with their active participation were concerned and brought to the surface new concerns, while their research spirit led them to their in-depth awareness on issues concerning diversity, the group and the individual. The catalyst for the above was the focus of the program’s activities on creative and substantive expression.

Fabrica Athens contributed to the European Erasmus + program by conducting “Research Theater” workshops.

Through the theatrical method developed by Fanis Katechos, which focuses on the human being, and by activating the body in direct action and response, multifaceted goals were achieved: building bonds and relationships between participants, individual expression, expression of ideas and emotions, to the individual and the team, creating a team and team spirit, maintaining the personality within the team, sharing and mixing cultural characteristics, expanding the imagination, creating a group code of communication, overcoming personal obstacles, expanding physical and mental boundaries.

In addition, the Fabrica team held Yoga workshops with Giovanna Michaliadi – Sarti. The practice was used separately and in combination with the theatrical training of the participants and reinforced the purpose of the program.

More specifically: it activated the body and the element of respiration, connected body and mind, brought the person closer to his being, created new balances and relationships between bodies, sharpened the ability to observe without critical mood, while aiming at the recognition of personal thoughts and feelings , in understanding and accepting the present self and the environment, in liberation from thoughts and feelings and in concentration and relaxation in the moment.

This ten-day meeting ended with an interactive performance under the direction of Fabrica Athens. The show was a synthesis of material, ideas and improvisations created by the young people, but also techniques that they practiced with the trainers throughout the project.

This participatory performance was attended by refugees, immigrants, as well as individuals from the Non-Profit Organization ASAM. Participants, organizers and audience, after the show had the opportunity to get to know each other better, but also to enjoy a small circus – spectacle by the Fabrica team.

Visit the following links for more information:

Interview with Hande Demir and Jose Antonio Alvarez: https://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-erasmus-ogrencisi-34-genc-beypazari-nda-10786478/

Non-Profit Organization “ASAM”: http://en.sgdd.info/

Tolerance over fear: Refugees you are welcome- Invitation for Participants

Fabrica Athens participates in the European youth exchange program “Tolerance over fear: Refugees you are welcome” which will take place in Ankara, Turkey from April 20 to 30, 2018.

A different theatrical experience aimed at combating Islamophobia, but also a better understanding of different cultures and different thoughts.

Those interested in participating in the program can contact us at researchtheater@gmail.com, sending their CV and a text that will describe the reasons / motives for their participation.

It is important to understand what is happening around us and take action to address situations such as the refugee and immigration crisis. Phenomena due to both wars and natural disasters as well as aversion to the different. Phenomena that take place all over the Earth, affect us all and in all seasons. We hope, therefore, to learn more about our history and the period when we were also active immigrants, to remember our forgotten past, which will be repeated in the future.

6 different countries, 6 different immigration stories (Greece, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Estonia, Turkey)

After 2 youth exchanges focusing on Islamophobia (A call for Tolerance October 2016) and immigration (Express it: EU + Immigration + Refugees March 2017) we expect to understand in depth the refugee and immigration issue through visits to refugee camps in Ankara, to get in touch and talk with historians, but also with real people, families and friends who have experienced immigration.

There is concern that Islamophobia is on the rise, while the immigration and refugee crisis has created phobias against Islamic peoples. This has set in motion a new dialogue in Europe on how best to integrate these people into society, to understand their culture and religion, and to prevent violence and censorship against them. Are European measures responding? Do we respect human rights? How do these measures work in our countries? What is the immigration and refugee policy in our country?

That is why 28 young people will meet in Ankara, Turkey to better understand Islam and the different European cultures, the refugee and immigration movement, to develop tolerance and acceptance of the different for a peaceful coexistence and the fight against fear. between people, religions and cultures.

The approach will be done through artistic methods:

Theater of the oppressed, painting, meditation, dating games, brainstorming, teamwork and discussions.

The following will be investigated:

European plans for the migration crisis.

-Turkey’s agreement with the European Union.

-Visit to an immigration camp in Ankara.

-Historical investigation by LG and Inter.

General Objective: To understand in depth the Islamic and European culture and their differences, the refugee and immigration movement, in order to develop tolerance and acceptance of the different with the aim of a peaceful coexistence and the fight against fear between people, religions and cultures.

All Inclusive- Youth Exnchange Program (Bosnia)

Content and aim Mostar Friedensprojekt implemented together with its partners from Greece, Serbia and Bosnia two youth exchanges under the title “All inclusive – Applying Artistic Theater Methods in Youth Work with Handicapped or Disadvanteged Youth” taking place in Bosnia.

The project intended to deliver a model for future school-focused activities. Participating teamers of the youth exchanges were taught to design own workshops. In subsequent two Youth Exchanges in Bosnia and Herzegovina they learned to implement their knowledge as facilitators under the guidance of trainers from Fabrica Athens Theater Group and their collaborators and put two theater plays on stage with a group of international youth groups that are consisting of impaired and non-impaired youth.

Participating youth learned body oriented and artistic theater methods, while also finding new ways of expressing themselves, becoming more self-confident and comfortable in their bodies. Main objective were for the participating youth to discover a new level of cooperation and mutual understanding of disadvantaged and non-impaired youth and new forms of communication in a joint activity.

The project approached also the inclusion of non-foreign-language speakers. Participating organizations on the other side will plan to promote this model of theater techniques to implement further project of inclusive theater play in cooperation with other institutions in their countries.