{"id":55597,"date":"2026-05-11T21:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=55597"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:58:19","slug":"a-users-manual","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/en\/project\/a-users-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"A USER\u2019S MANUAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>25.07 | 18:30 [40&#8242;]<\/h3>\n<p>KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON &#8211; ALTERNATIVE STAGE[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Tickets&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right-from-square&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.gr%2Falternative-stage-a-users-manual-konstantinos-papanikolaou_sen_2007857.html|title:Tickets|target:_blank|rel:nofollow&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775688961340{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"dt-fancy-separator title-left text-big\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dt-fancy-title\" style=\"color: #0256F6;\"><span class=\"separator-holder separator-left\" style=\"border-color: #0256F6;\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"separator-holder separator-right\" style=\"border-color: #0256F6;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>A User\u2019s Manual<\/em> is a solo lecture-performance that serves as a guide to understanding the often unseen complexities of dance creation. In this piece, the choreographer shares behind-the-scenes insights into the making of a dance performance, revealing how pressures from the market, budget constraints, and tendencies of festival agendas affect the creator. These factors that often remain hidden, significantly influence the artistic process.<\/p>\n<p>What we witness on stage is not solely the result of the artist\u2019s independent creative choices; rather, it is shaped by financial considerations, marketing demands, copyright requirements, public expectations, and academic influences.<\/p>\n<p><em>A User\u2019s Manual<\/em> examines the recent shifts in the labour of artists and invites the audience to reconsider their perceptions and engage with the complexities of artistic practice.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1776260450295{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"dt-fancy-separator title-left text-big\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dt-fancy-title\" style=\"color: #0256F6;\"><span class=\"separator-holder separator-left\" style=\"border-color: #0256F6;\"><\/span>Gallery<span class=\"separator-holder separator-right\" 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As a performer he has collaborated with Gerard &amp; Kelly, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Jenny Argyriou, Patricia Apergi and others and has performed at the Biennale of Munich, Lyon and Birmingham, the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Hellerau (Dresden), The Place (London), Mercat des Flors (Barcelona), etc.<\/p>\n<p>His debut choreographic work, <em>The Diving Horse and Other Mythologies<\/em> was presented at Onassis Dance Days in 2021. Part of his project\u2019s research titled <em>A User\u2019s Manual<\/em> took place at TROIS C-L (Luxembourg) and Le Grand Studio (Brussels), within the framework of the annual support by the Grand Luxe \u039detwork. This was followed in 2023 by his work <em>The Correction<\/em>, with financial support from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and MIRfestival, while his latest work entitled Sufficiently Creative, was presented at the Athens Epidaurus Festival 2025, where it won 2nd place at the audience awards.<\/p>\n<p>He has been awarded by ARTWORKS (2021) and is an Onassis AiR Fellow for 2025\/26 through the Dramaturgy Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Konstantinos Papanikolaou\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ult-overlay-close top-right\" style=\"width:80px;height:80px; \"><div class=\"ult-overlay-close-inside\">Close<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25.07 | 18:30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","dt_portfolio_category":[75],"dt_portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-55597","dt_portfolio","type-dt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","dt_portfolio_category-alternative-stage","dt_portfolio_category-75","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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