International Body Music Festival (IBMF) Minifest
at PLAYGROUND for the arts, Voutsara str. 4-6, Votanikos, +30 210 85 44 836
10- 13 October 2019

About IBMF Minifest 2019

The International Body Music Festival (IBMF) Minifest is coming to Athens for the second time by the production team of PLAYGROUND for the arts. This year’s theme is ‘Teacher Training’ and it includes 4 days of workshops, panels, and screenings, which focus on experiential and embodied education.

Pioneer and versatile artists who have introduced Body Music in education (school, music, dance, vulnerable groups and more) will gather in Athens October 10th – 13th 2019 and will share their expertise and approaches on the moving body as a musical instrument and an educational tool for all types and levels of learning.

Here is a list of the artists participating:

Keith Terry, Bryan Dyer, Thanos Daskalopoulos, Yiota Peklari, Natasha Martin, Simone Mongelli and more! For information and registrations please visit this link.

WHAT IS IBMF?
The International Body Music Festival (IBMF) was founded in 2008 by Keith Terry and is a project of the international non-profit company Crosspulse. Based in San Francisco, Crosspulse aims to present, record and educate in rhythmic arts from around the world, and to organize miniFests that include concerts, seminars, lectures and educational programs for adults and children.

From Indonesia’s Kecak, Zapateado and Palmas, to Flamenco, to afro American hampone, stepping and many more, the body is the preliminary medium of music making and dance expression. Today, meeting all of these art forms with a modern artistic approach, creates a new kind of art that uses the body exclusively to create music and dance.

What is the IBMF MiniFest in Athens?

International Body Music MiniFest Athens is part of an IBMF Global Action that takes place in a number of countries with specific themes.

In 2017 IBMF MiniFest in Athens took place at: PLAYGROUND for the arts, Porta Theater, “Tha se kano Vasilissa” and “Mikros Horos Tehnis” and offered five days full of body percussion, polyphonic singing, traditional dances, rhythm, improvisation, beatbox, circle singing, gumboot, etc.

This year’s [10-13 / 10/19] festival is entitled ‘Teacher Training’ and aims to share the richness of Body Music with professionals and teachers in theater / music / dance / schools / special ed. and social work. It is an unprecedented training on the body as a musical instrument and an educational tool for all kinds and levels of learning with an emphasis on experiential and embodied education. The trainers will be from the USA, and Greece.

Participation Cost
Early-bird packages until Sunday, June 23rd.
FULL / Includes 14 classes & all themed talks-screenings / 285€
HALF / Includes 7 classes & all themed talks-screenings / 185€

Post-early-bird pricing:
1. FULL package – 330€
2. HALF package – 200€
3. Per class:
1 class : 25€
2 classes : 45€
3 classes : 65€
4 classes & more : 20€ per class

Communication Data: thanos@playgroundforthearts.com