Yoga Through Dance in Primary Schools: From Unsung Heroes to Asana

Ivana Brigliadori has been working with theater, dance, yoga and martial arts since 1980. She received a master level diploma in Trasformational Hatha Yoga and Yoga Alliance International certification in 2010. She has also completed a masters in Educational Yoga for children with Sarva Yoga International . She graduated in the theater school of ＂Alessandra Galante Garrone＂ and ＂Colli＂ in Bologna, and ＂Dancethatre＂ in Rome with Carolyn Carlson.She has been actively involved with ＂Spazio danza＂company. She had her own thatre-dance company. Presently she is teaching at the teacher’s traning Children’s Yoga TTC for International Yoga Alliance (India ) and developing theater and dance courses for adults and children. She takes part at the international project to introduce yoga at international schools as a official subject She has also taught theater dance to incarcerated minors. Having graduated in languages and foreign literature, she has taught at the University of Aberdeen (U K ) and in the high schools of Modena & Bologna in Italy for 25 years. She wrote two scenario ＂letras de tango＂ and ＂The Mpther＂. She has published various books including: ＂Yoga in Primary Schools through Dance＂ (lo yoga nelle scuole primarie attraverso la danza) ＂Magri da morire＂ ＂ letras de tango＂. She collaborates with primary schools, with the Serendipity Art project and the School of theater and dance in Bologna, as well as writing a weekly column in the local journal ＂Buone Notizie Bologna＂.