Poverty and Theatre in Prison The theatre and dance groups at the 3rd Second Chance School of Thessaloniki

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Published: Nov 20, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/edth.37664
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prison theatre in prison dance in prison poverty migrants refugees cultural capital education
Ioanna Mitsika
Abstract

From 2016 to 2022, five theatre and dance groups were formed at the 3rd Second Chance School of Thessaloniki. This article focuses on the relationship between applied art through the body and the social profile of learners at the Diavata prison in Thessaloniki. Based on the observation of the author, who has been the facilitator of the groups, and the testimonies of inmate learners, some initial conclusions are presented on how participants interacted with this new-for-them "language" of physical expression and communication. The importance of poor social and cultural capital, the inequality in education and access to it, and the lack of a mechanism for decoding art on the part of learners explain the usefulness of the body code and the experiential approach of the workshops, presenting the multiple benefits that emerge for inmates.

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Author Biography
Ioanna Mitsika

Ioanna Mitsika works as a dancer and choreographer
in theatre and dance performances. She is a member of
the Vis Motrix dance group and a collaborator of the Encardia
musical group. She has worked with the National
Theatre of Northern Greece, the Ion Dacian National
Operetta Theatre in Bucharest and private companies.
She has presented her choreographies at the Rencontres
Musicales de Méditerranée festival in Corsica, the Piccolo
Teatro di Milano, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival (Little
Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus) and the Athens and
Thessaloniki Concert Hall. She has been teaching at the
Andreas Voutsinas School of Drama since 2010. In 2021
and 2022 she taught the Movement-Dance for Actors
course at the Theatre Department of the School of Fine
Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a
graduate of the Professional Dance School of the Municipality
of Thessaloniki, she has a degree in law (Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki) and a master's degree in labour
law (Democritus University of Thrace). She is a PhD
candidate at the Department of Social Anthropology and
History of the University of the Aegean in the research
field of art in prison.

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