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22nd Kalamata International Dance Festival
June
The Program for the 22nd Kalamata International Dance Festival
With a new artistic director Katerina Kasioumi, which undertook the risky venture of organizing an International Dance Festival in just 2-3 months, after the sudden resignation of Vicky Marangopoulos in January 2016, the Kalamata International Dance Festival will again this year be the dignified continuation of an organization that is recognized in all respects.
Let us not forget that over the past 21 years, the Kalamata Dance Festival has hosted top international names and contemporary dance groups, young Greek artists have emerged, great foreign dance theorists have taught, and most importantly, the Festival, having been recognized by the international dance community, has deservedly been added to the international map of dance.
In this year's 22nd Kalamata International Dance Festival which will be held July 15 to 26,We will see eight international and Greek contemporary dance groups, there will be two seminars, one workshop and ten parallel events.
The 22nd edition focuses on two main themes: a) the rediscovery of the principles of contemporary dance, in the sense of feeding contemporary art with fundamental ideas, philosophies and practices, and b) dance for all, with an emphasis on highlighting the "diversity" of the idioms, ages and identities of artists, as well as the simultaneous presence in dance activities of artists with and without disabilities.
The series of parallel events that have been planned are opening up in the city and aspire to highlight another side of the organization, which supports synergies and collaborations with many different institutions and combines dance with music evenings, film screenings, lectures and discussions.
The 22nd Kalamata International Dance Festival is expanding its collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Messinia, in Kalamata, where the Exhibition “Mythical Dances of Messinia” continues, which will also be accompanied by a dance performance. It collaborates with the Onassis Foundation Stegi and in particular with the Festival of Young Choreographers, as well as with the Ballet of the Greek National Opera. Finally, CineDoc enriches its parallel events with the screening of an award-winning documentary about dance.
The program
- Friday 15 & Saturday 16.7 | time 22:00 | Dance Hall-Main Hall
Links, Greek National Opera Ballet, choreography by Antonis Foniadakis
- Saturday 16.7 | time 19:00 | Dance Hall-Studio
10,000 Liters and Me on Top | NEW CHOREOGRAPHERS: Evangelia Kolyra, Artemis Lampiri [Collaboration with the Onassis Foundation]
- Sunday 17 & Monday 18.7 | time 20:00 | Dance Hall-Studio
Opus, Lion and Wolf, choreography Christos Papadopoulos
- Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20.7 | time 20:00 | Dance Hall-Studio
At the edge of the pier – Amalgam, Maria Gorgia
- Tuesday 19.7 | time 22:00 | Municipal Railway Park, Free Admission
Drops of Peace, Dk-Bel – Sophie Bulbulyan, Pelma – Lia Haraki, Quasi Stellar – Apostolia Papadamaki
- Friday 22 & Saturday 23.7 | time 20:00 | Dance Hall-Main Hall
Beheld & Notturnino, Candoco Dance Company – Alexander Whitley & Thomas Hauert
- Sunday 24.7 | time 22:00 | Dance Hall-Main Hall
Europium, RootlessRoot – Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Fruček
Parallel Events
- Sunday 17 & Monday 18.7 | time 22:00 | Dance Hall-Veranda
First Position (screening), Bess Kargman. Co-organized by CineDoc-Supported by the U.S. Embassy in Athens
- Tuesday 19.7, time 18:00 & Sunday 24.7, 12:00 | Archaeological Museum of Messinia
Mythical dances of Messinia (exhibition) & Choreography by Barbara Kane | Co-organization with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Messinia,
- Wednesday 20.7 | time 12:30 | Dance Hall-Studio
Drops of Breath (screening), Dk-Bel – Sophie Bulbulyan, Quasi Stellar – Apostolia Papadamaki
- Wednesday 20.7 | time 22:00 | Municipal Cultural Center
Cello in my Life, Indira Rahmatulla (cello recital and dance improvisations by St. Gonou, N. Peppa-Triantaris, N. Grammatikopoulou, V. Anagnostopoulou)
- Thursday 21 & Friday 22.7 | time 22:00 | Dance Hall-Veranda
All This Can Happen (viewing), Siobhan Davies & David Hinton
- Thursday 21, Friday 22 & Saturday 23.7 | hours 13:00-22:00 | Dance Hall-Studio
The Running Tongue (installation / film), Siobhan Davies & David Hinton
- Friday 22.7 | time 18:00 | Dance Hall-Studio
Screendance: David Hinton's Speech – Discussion
- Sunday 24.7 | time 20:00
Seminar presentation by Barbara Kane | Dance Hall-Studio
- Monday 25.7 | time 20:00
Pat Catterson Seminar Presentation | Dance Hall-Studio
- Tuesday 26.7 | time 22:00 | Dance Hall-Main Hall
Opera Gala – Dimitris Platanias, Yannis Christopoulos, Athens State Orchestra, Miltos Logiadis
Educational activities
- 15-25.7 | hours 10:00-12:00 | Dance seminar with Barbara Kane | Zoumboulio Mansion
- 15-25.7 | hours 10:00-12:00 | Dance seminar with Pat Catterson
- 21.7 | hours 12:00-14:00 | Workshop with Candoco Dance Company | Kalamata Municipal Stadium
For detailed information about the Educational Programs, click here.
information: Kalamata International Dance Center, Pan. Kaisari 6, Kalamata, tel. 27210 83086, 27210 90886 | Ticket prices: performances at the Kalamata Dance Hall-Main Hall.
15€ & 12€ (student / reduced). Performances at the Kalamata Dance Hall-Studio 12€ (General admission). Special price for participants in the Festival Seminars: 10€. Admission to all parallel events and the performance Drops of Peace is free. The issuance of reduced tickets, as well as entry with them to the performances, is done by showing the corresponding special card (Student card / Culture card / Unemployment card / Greek Choreographers Association card / Dance Industry Workers Association card / Disabled person card). Pre-sale: information tel.: 27210 83088 & 27210 98025. Electronically: www.kalamatadancefestival.gr
Information source: dancepress.gr
