Isadora Duck

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.