KIDF KEEP DANCING
Keep Dancing educational programme for school students
The Kalamata International Dance Festival launched the Keep Dancing educational programme in the 2018–2019 season, in collaboration with the Kalamata Municipal Dance School, prioritising the training of dancers from the city and surrounding areas.
Since 2025, with the aim of strengthening dance activities within the local community, the programme has expanded to include workshops for dance enthusiasts and specialised groups of all ages, running throughout the year. From 2026, Keep Dancing extends geographically to the wider Messinia region, with the support of the Captain Vassilis and Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation.
These workshops aim to provide new stimuli for the city’s dance students as well as for social groups—including citizens aged 65+, parents, children and teens, people with disabilities, educators, and others—from Kalamata and the surrounding region. Through this programme, and in collaboration with established and specialised dance teachers, we seek to open new spaces for inspiration, learning, and creativity.
Keep Dancing @ Methoni and Keep Dancing @ Filiatra are realised with the generous support of the Captain Vassilis and Carmen Constantakopoulos Foundation.
KEEP DANCING @ Kalamata
14–15 FEBRUARY 2026
Emy Korfia / Ballet and the mechanics of the body
Workshop for children, teens, and advanced adults
7–8 MARCH 2026
Plotinos Eliades / Speed the Spiral
Workshop for children, teens, and advanced adults
28-29 MARCH 2026
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou / Movement workshop
Workshop for children, teens, and advanced adults
4–5 APRIL 2026
Dimitra Mertzani / Movement workshop for adults
Improvisation and movement workshop for adults
23–24 MAY 2026
Lia Chamilothori / Contemporary dance and acrobatics workshop
Workshop for children, teens, and advanced adults
KEEP DANCING @ Methoni
14 FEBRUARY & 14 MARCH 2026
Vasiliki Tsagkari / Play-dance
Movement workshop for primary school children aged 6–12
KEEP DANCING @ Filiatra
29 APRIL 2026
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou / Dancing Memories
Movement workshop for adults
15 & 16 February 2025
Emilia Korfia / Body Mechanics in Ballet
Ballet seminar for kids and teenagers
Ermira Goro / Meetings
Movement Improvisation Workshop for Adults
22 & 23 March 2025
Ioanna Apostolou / Contemporary dance class – Fine Moves
Contemporary dance workshop for kids and teenagers
17 & 18 May 2025
Maria Manioti / Dancing Stories
Workshop for parents and children from 4 to 7 years old
Evangelia Rantou / The Poetics of Body Expression
Contemporary dance workshop for kids
27-28 January 2024
Penelope Morout / Sculpting Body Images & Fighting Monkey 50+
24-25 February 2024
Sotiria Koutsopetrou / A Gravity Play
30-31 March 2024
Christos Xyrafakis / A Dance Class
20-21 April 2024
Plotinos Iliadis / Speed the Spiral
25-26 May 2024
Nikolas Xatzivasileiadis / Fast Yet Soft X Slow Yet Sharp
19-20 October 2024
Iro Konti / Remapping the Body
23-24 November 2024
Lamprini Gkolia / Body Instrument
Venue
Kalamata Dance Megaron
21-22 January 2023
Xyrafakis Christos / A dance class
18-19 February 2023
Eirini Apostolatou / Articulated Dynamics
18-19 March 2023
Plotinos Iliadis / Speed the Spiral
29-30 April 2023
Emi Korfia / Ballet and the possibilities of body dynamics
21-22 October 2023
Barbara Bardaka / KYS Improvisation
4-5 November 2023
Ioulia Zacharaki / Reset
16-17 December 2023
Maria Fountouli / Contemporary Dance Class
Venue
Kalamata Dance Megaron
26-27 February 2022
Iro Konti / Remapping the body
19-20 March 2022
Barbara Bardaka / KYS Improvisation: Practice into Performance
16-17 April 2022
Plotinos Iliadis / Speed the Spiral
28-29 May 2022
Vitoria Kotsalou / Workshop for parents & children
18-19 June 2022
Penelope Morout / Movement workshop 50+ for adults
5-6 November 2022
Nikolas Chatzivasileiadis / Fast yet Soft x Slow yet Sharp
19-20 November 2022
Barbara Bardaka / KYS Improvisation: Practice into Performance
10-11 December 2022
Penelope Morout / SCULPTING BODY-IMAGES Inspire by Fighting Monkey Kids
Movement Workshop Inspire by Fighting Monkey 50+
Venue
Kalamata Dance Megaron
18-19 January 2020
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou / Modern dance and movement dynamics
15-16 February 2020
Athanasia Kanellopoulou / The poetics of the body & The body as a vehicle for internal transformation
Venue
Kalamata Dance Megaron – Black Box
23-24 October 2021
Emmy Korfia / Ballet as a natural movement of the body
20-21 November 2021
Penelope Morout / Sculpting body-images
11-12 December 2021
Ioulia Zacharaki / Back to basics
Venue
Kalamata Dance Megaron
Kalamata Dance Megaron
26-27 January 2019
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou / Modern dance and movement dynamics
23-24 February 2019
Emi Korfia / Ballet and the possibilities of body dynamics
2-3 March 2019
Plotinos Iliadis / Speed the Spiral
18-19 May 2019
Andi Xhuma / Contemporary dance and rhythm
1-2 June 2019
Antonis Strouzas / Contemporary dance class
9-10 Νοεμβρίου 2019
Antonis Strouzas / Contemporary dance class & Movement workshop for adults 50+
7-8 November 2019
Emi Korfia / Ballet and the possibilities of body dynamics
3-4 November 2018
Plotinos Iliadis / Speed the Spiral
24-25 November 2018
Antonis Strouzas / Contemporary dance class
15-16 December 2018
Athanasia Kanellopoulou / The poetics of the body