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29th Kalamata Dance Festival 2023

14-23 July 2023

Artistic Director: Linda Kapetanea

Artistic note

In light of our ongoing search for the role of art in contemporary society, we find ourselves reflecting on how we live and what we will leave behind for future generations. We are compelled to return to the basics.

We decided to name this year’s programme (Re)Τurn to the Body.

We want to discuss what it means to be alive and mortal. Our focus is not on the body as a biological entity or as a cipher for abstract concepts, but rather as a representation of life itself, along with the awe, mystery, and respect that it inspires.

The works of the artists invited to this year’s Festival encourage us to view the human body as knowledge gained through first-hand experience, as a poetic place of individual and collective experience and as a manifestation of life itself.

We welcome you to the 29th Kalamata Dance Festival, where you can enjoy a wide array of performances that cater to all age groups and special audiences. The festival invigorates the city’s public spaces and features world-renowned artists from around the globe, ranging from China to Canada, celebrating the human body as the very essence of life.

 

Linda Kapetanea

Artistic Director Kalamata Dance Festival

Main program

PERFORMANCES

  • TAO DANCE THEATER
    11
  • ANTON LACHKY COMPANY
    THE OTHERS
  • OUT INNERSPACE DANCE THEATRE
    BYGONES
  • MARCO DA SILVA FERREIRA
    CARCAÇA
  • CHRISTIAN RIZZO
    EN SON LIEU
  • VASSO GIANNAKOPOULOU
    FLUTTER
  • ILIAS CHATZIGEORGIOU
    A BOUNCE 4 MEN
  • IOANNA PARASKEVOPOULOU
    MOS

KALAMATA MAIN SQUARE PERFORMANCES

  • DANAE & DIONYSIOS
    FÁRISA
  • ANDONIS FONIADAKIS
    BOLERO
  • DANAE & DIONYSIOS
    NAPI, THE GIRL AND THE BUBBLE
  • LAMPRINI GKOLIA
    LALOBA
  • EIRINI APOSTOLATOU
    ANAVRA
  • SITA OSTHEIMER COMPANY
    TWO, part I & part II
  • GREEK NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DANCE /
    EVA GEORGITSOPOULOU
    REMEMBERING BODIES
  • MARIANA TZOUDA
    AN UNUSUAL EYE
  • ELIANA STRAGAPEDE & BORNA BABIĆ
    AMAE

WORKSHOPS

  • ANTON LACHKY
    PUZZLE WORK
  • JOZEF FRUČEK & LINDA KAPETANEA
    FIGHTING MONKEY PRACTICE – PARTNERING
  • HORACIO MACUACUA
    SPARKLING IMAGINATION – IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP
  • SITA OSTHEIMER
    COMPLEX SIMPLICITY

OTHER WORKSHOPS

KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON

  • VITORIA KOTSALOU
    RUNNING WATER
    Intensive dance workshop for children and young people
  • PENELOPE MOROUT
    FIGHTING MONKEY PRACTICE 50+
    Movement workshop for adults
  • VITORIA KOTSALOU
    WITHIN US
    Dance workshop for parents and children
  • MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART & KALAMATA DANCE FESTIVAL
    THE HUMAN BEING AT THE CENTER
    Kids’ art workshop in collaboration with the Museum of Cycladic Art

HOUSE OF EVENTS / COSMOS 1, NAVARINO DUNES, COSTA NAVARINO

  • DANAE & DIONYSIOS
    SPIRIT OF THE FOREST
    Dance and theatre workshop for parents and children

KALAMATA MUNICIPAL CULTURAL CENTRE

  • VENETSIANA KALAMPALIKI & IRINI KOUROUVANI
    Dance workshop for people with disabilities

SIDE EVENTS

KALAMATA MUNICIPAL STADIUM

  • ALMALIBRE.CO
    DANCEATHON / Dance marathon 

NAVARINO AGORA, NAVARINO WATERFRONT, COSTA NAVARINO

  • DANAE & DIONYSIOS
    NAPI, THE GIRL AND THE BUBBLE
  • MARIANA TZOUDA
    AN UNUSUAL EYE

DANCE IN CITIES OF THE REGION OF PELOPONNESE

SPARTA, TRIPOLI, NAFPLIO

  • ANDONIS FONIADAKIS
    BOLERO
  • MARIANA TZOUDA
    AN UNUSUAL EYE

KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON

  • ANTONELLO GHEZZI
    SHOOTING STARS
    Lighting installation

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART & KALAMATA DANCE FESTIVAL

  • THE HUMAN BEING AT THE CENTER 
    Kids’ art exhibition in collaboration with the Museum of Cycladic Art

KALAMATA MUNICIPAL STADIUM & MAIN SQUARE

  • ART WITHIN ONE
    Festival artists and students improvise on stage

Media

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