SUSANNA ODEVAINE

Dancer. Graduate of the Institut de Formation Professionnelle pour l'Enseignement  de la Danse Contemporaine directed by Françoise  Dupuy (R.I.D.C. Paris 1983-1987 ).    Studied rhythm and solfeggio according to the Jaques-Dalcroze method and anatomy and kinesiology applied to dance with Odile Rouquet, graduating in 1986 and winning a grant. Annual course of Laban Movement Analysis with Debra Mc Call.
1988: returns to Italy and works as a dancer with the theatrical company of Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, the Compagnia Teatrodanza di Giuditta Cambieri,  the  Compagnia Efesto,  the Compagnia  Entracte directed by Paola Rampone, the Compagnia of Enrica Palmieri  and in the theatrical productions of Sandro Sequi  and Marco Lucchesi. Choreographs theatrical productions: In Ultima Analisi and Alto Mare of Giorgio Serafini, Aminta and Fiat Lux of Alessandro Fabrizi, Un Profeta per l'Africa  of Massimiliano Troiani. Composes and interprets Duni, selected at the III International Competition of Choreography of Cagliari , and Arie, second prize winner in the video review Il Coreografo Elettronico.
1990: teaches Danza Contemporanea based on the method of Françoise and Dominique Dupuy. Certified as a Danzeducatore by the Ente Mousiké, accredited by the MIUR for the formation of school personnel.
2003: teaches dance in public schools, holds courses in artistic pedagogy for dancers and educators. Docent at the Università delle Scienze Motorie (IUSM) for the project “L’Insegnamento della Danza nella Scuola”.
October 2006: docent in the formation course for operatives “Primi passi” promoted by UISP of Rome. Holds Creative Movement courses for deaf-mute children at the State Institute I.S.I.S.S. President of the Associazione Choronde Progetto Educativo, and member of the board of directors of the Associazione Nazionale Danza Educazione Scuola. Author of several articles as well as speaker at dance education conventions.

DANCE – Principles of an artistic education

Languages: Italian, French, English

The course aims to be an open space for corporeity, a moment of study, a confrontation and analysis of the relationship between technique and creativity in the education of movement. The terrain for reflection during this seminar will be the practical experience acquired from some learning paths that have already been experimented with children in public schools. What characterizes the proposed methodological approach is a sense of continuity in the passage from technique to creative exploration, from improvisation to composition.  The thematic units of movement will be simple, coherent and always recognizable.  Some basic notions will be dealt with such as the perception of one’s weight, the organization of supports in the dynamic relationship of body-space-time, balance-unbalance-suspension, the beginning and end of the danced phrase.  Participants will be able to find their own personal way of adding to their experiences and a diversified didactic application with the students.
Non-conventional didactic materials will be utilized.