Isadora Duck is not a random duck. The protagonist of Stella Michailidou’s children’s book is a  petit duck who dreams of becoming a ballerina. Although she is last is in her class, her name is evocative of  the top modern dancer Isadora Duncan. The true story of the priestess of modern dance through a book that talks in a direct way about each person’s uniqueness, the acceptance of  diversity, artistic expression and the right to dream. That’s also exactly the goal of the successful programme Isadora Duck, which for a second year in a row turns the GNO’s Studio B into a…swan lake, with little students (1^st, 2^nd, 3d & 4^th graders) identifying themselves with the adventures of this special duck and releasing their expressiveness. In this programme, which is based on educational drama techniques and musico-pedagogical methods, students dance to the music of Tchaikovsky, sing in unison, exchange creative roles, experiment with their voices and cooperate by playing fun games. In three words: encouragement, awareness, acceptance.

In October 2019, Manuel de Falla’s masterly puppet opera El retablo de maese Pedro (1922) will continue its journey to the municipal and regional theatres of Northern Greece, from the 1st to the 12th of October. Uniting the magical world of opera with puppet theatre, this one-act opera tells the story of one of the most exciting and humorous episodes of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic book, Don Quixote.

In January 2020, the opera will return to the venues of the Greek National Opera at the SNFCC for selected performances for schools aiming to induct small viewers into the world of lyric theatre.

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ADVANCE-BOOKING for SCHOOLS: To be announced through an open call in October 2019