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! 

Past Presenters:

Charissa Duncanson (Fall 2025)

Aaron Williams (Spring 2025)

David Rowe (Fall 2024)

Allison Kroskey (Spring 2024)

Matthew Stensrud (Fall 2023)

Erica J. Knapp (Spring 2023)