Spring Workshop with Mika Inouye

TITLE: STORIES THAT MOVE

DESCRIPTION: 

Learn how to listen to a story with your whole body. Using the Japanese American Confinement during World War II as a case study, experience ways to study, honor, and share stories that are not your own through playful movement, song, and drama improvisations. Learn creative movement strategies to connect people with stories through patterns derived from the text and images of children's literature. Join a dynamic conversation on sharing stories that MOVE us to creativity, curiosity, and compassion. 

BIO:

Mika Inouye is a performing artist and educator in Durango, Colorado. She dances with 20MOONS Dance Theatre and teaches K-6 music and movement for Durango Schools District. Mika is the founding president of Four Corners Orff Chapter, a member of AOSA’s Movement Teacher Education Apprenticeship Panel, and the movement instructor at Los Angeles County Orff Levels Course. She teaches the elementary music course at Fort Lewis College and performs regularly as a pianist and harpsichordist with San Juan Symphony's Beyond the Concert Hall series and Inouye Six Hands. Mika leads Orff-Schulwerk movement workshops nationally and internationally, including AOSA conferences and the 2024 International Orff Schulwerk Forum Salzburg Convention. Mika received her Masters degree in piano performance at University of Montana, Missoula. Treasure State Orff Chapter was her first introduction to Orff Schuwerk, and she completed her first level at Treasure State Orff Levels course in 2002! 

Treasure State Orff is an affiliate of AOSA.  For more information about the American Orff-Schulwerk Association please visit aosa.org

“The American Orff-Schulwerk association strongly encourages members to be positive and discreet when discussing our organization, specific courses and/or teachers, and the Orff movement. The very nature of the Orff Schulwerk philosophy embodies a broad spectrum of expressions exploring different paths to arrive at artistic and educational goals. Members are encouraged to recognize and remain open to varied approaches and to celebrate both our differences and our similarities.”