KDF 50+

14.07

Eliopoulos Museum | Filiatra

PENELOPE MOROUT

50+ MOVEMENT WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS

About the workshop

Penelope Morout holds a workshop to introduce adult participants to the basic principles of Fighting Monkey Practice and, most importantly, to the process of intelligent practice and healthy aging. The Fighting Monkey Practice is an applied practice for human development through movement developed by Jozef Fruček and Linda Kapetanea. It explores:

  • The ageing process and ways to maintain the health of our joints and myoskeletal system as a whole so as not to lose mobility in the long run.
  • The development of body elasticity and brain plasticity through specially designed movement games, whose objective is to keep our nervous system in its prime.
  • The development of better coordination and rhythm in our body and its major impact on all levels of human life.
  • The development of better communication with ourselves and others, so as to acquire better learning strategies and develop the ability to create narratives that inspire us and strengthen our vigour.

During the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to play special games that improve memory and coordination, awaken the joints, and revitalise the nervous system.

 

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The workshop is organized as part of the Kalamata Dance Festival’s collaboration with the Captain Vassilis and Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation, which aims to promote Messenia’s cultural heritage and contemporary cultural creation to international visitors. 

About PENELOPE MOROUT

A graduate of the Greek National School of Dance (Athens) and the National Technical University of Athens – School of Architecture, with a Master’s Degree in Theatre Practices from ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL), Penelope Morout is an interdisciplinary dance artist interested in creating hybrid projects through the fusion of various mediums.

She works professionally in the fields of dance and theatre as a performer, choreographer and scenographer, while as a filmmaker, she has participated in international exhibitions and various video dance & dance animation festivals worldwide. As an educator, she has developed the “Sculpting Body-Images” practice, which she shares around the world (PERA GAU School of Performing Arts, Munus Encuentro Mexico, Nunart Guinardó Barcelona, The School of Disobedience Budapest, Points to Play Mulhouse, Le Facteur Paris). In addition, she regularly teaches “Fighting Monkey” – a practice founded by Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Fruček – at the Kalamata International Dance Festival in Greece for participants over the age of 50.

In April 2024, Penelope and her company CROSS IMPACT premiered her new interdisciplinary dance performance called EMOTIONAL DOGS, for which she has received support from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, as well as from the cultural organizations X-Church (UK), El Sortidor (ES) and Murate Art District (ΙΤ).