Mika Inouye

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Learn how to listen to a story with your whole body. Using the Japanese American Confinement during WWII as a case study, experience ways to study, honor, and share stories that are not your own through guided musical-somatic improvisations. Learn playful strategies for connecting people with stories through patterns derived from the text and visual art of children's literature. Join a dynamic conversation on sharing stories that move us to compassion and creativity. Visit the West Music pop-up shop before and after the workshop for related materials and supplies for the beginning of the school year.

Bio:

Mika Inouye is a performing artist and educator based in Durango, Colorado. As an Orff Schulwerk clinician, Mika presents workshops nationally and internationally, training music and movement teachers in the Orff Schulwerk approach. As founding president of the Four Corners Orff Chapter, she brings specialized professional development to public school music teachers…