Odette Amaranta Velez Valcarcel
Diploma of Advanced Studies at the Ph.D. Program Education and Democracy, Theory and History of Education, Faculty of Pedagogy, Sciences of Education Division, Universidad de Barcelona. Diploma in University Teaching, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Practitioner of Bach Flowers and Instructor Training Program Course, Bach Centre and Bach International Education Program, England. Bachelor in Educational Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú.
Teacher at TAE Peru institute and at the European Graduate School. She has taught at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas and Universidad del Pacifico. Her work focuses on accompanying, through the Expressive Arts, therapeutic, educational and poetry writing processes. Member of the board of directors of TAE Peru. Member of APDARE, Peruvian Association of Expressive Arts. The topic of her doctoral research is poetic sensitivity. The courses she teaches are: Poetry, Ritual as Poiesis, Philosophy of the Expressive Arts, Principles and practice of the Expressive Arts, and Ethos: from the individual to the community in Peru. She has had the privilege of learning firsthand from Indigenous teachers, and this experience has had a significant impact on her Expressive Arts practice.
She is poet and writer. Author of poetry books: “Arbol sin nombre”, “Urdimbre”, “Exodo vital”, “Lalala. Jugando a la poesía”; editor and co-author of the books: “Dolor y belleza. Imágenes desde las artes expresivas en el Perú”, “El poder de educar: una mirada al vínculo pedagógico”, “La educación desde el psicoanálisis”, “Ética y ciudadanía. Los límites de la convivencia”, “La exigente incomodidad: ética y profesiones”, “Ética y política. El arte de vivir y convivir”, among others books. She has published some articles in the Poiesis Journal. She has received training in performing arts, dance, and ancestral sounds. She has been practicing contemporary dance for thirty years. She has participated in several theater and dance creations.
Poetic sensitivity and Expressive Arts, Towards an encounter with mystery