IDENTIFICATION

Surname:

KAKOUDAKI

Name:GEORGINA

Mr/Ms/Dr/Prof.:

PROF

Position:

THEATRE STUDIES DPT.

Organisation/Institution/University:

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Address:

54 DIKEARHOU STR., 116 36 ATHENS GREECE

Telephone (+ international. code)

00302107018773

Fax (+ international. code)

00302107018773

E-mail Address:

Geo_kakoudaki@hotmail.com

Please indicate the theme of your paper including a short abstract:

Teaching theatre in Greece: a historical and institutional appreciation of the 20^th century.

The history of school theatre in Greece starts from the Jesuit colleges of the Cycladian Islands in the 18^th century. The constitutional changes, though, were established and documented in the beginning of the 20^th century, as a result of educational development of the time. In Greece, thewatre teaching went through several stages which reflected the political claim of the era, and has been used as a good means to enrich the national or nationalistic identity. From the time of the ‘school theatre’ on the national celebrations to the educational changes that have happened since the late ‘90s, the profile of theatre education has had a very interesting history that explains a lot of aesthetic and idealistic tendencies of the adult theatre in Greece as well. The lecture discusses the stages, the goals and the methods of theatre in education for the latest 100 years in Greece.

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