{"id":52732,"date":"2025-05-10T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/?page_id=52732"},"modified":"2025-07-14T17:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:44:05","slug":"anniversary-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/en\/anniversary-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeInUp&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#d3d3d3&#8243; el_id=&#8221;titol&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;divsTitol&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"headerBanner\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: normal; display: block;\">KIDF<\/span><b>Anniversary Exhibition<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/marxador_slide.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dreta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/31st-KIDF-2025_Digital-Calendar-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"botoArtisticNote\">Calendar of events<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;fadeInUp&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#f2f2f2&#8243;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621926085761{padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;columna1&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1747294874208{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo_\u0395\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03ae.jpg\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeInUp&#8221; el_class=&#8221;columna3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621924248021{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>Anniversary Exhibition | <em>Kalamata, the city of dance<\/em><\/b><b><i> | 1995\u20132025<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>EXHIBITION OPENING<br \/>\n<strong>18.07 | 21:00<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kalamata Dance Megaron &#8211; Foyer<\/p>\n<p>EXHIBITION DURATION<br \/>\n<strong>18-27.07 | 18:00-23:00<\/strong><br \/>\nKalamata Dance Megaron &#8211; Foyer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Admission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Festival\u2019s run, the Foyer of the Kalamata Dance Megaron will be hosting the anniversary exhibition <em>Kalamata, the City of Dance | 1995-2025<\/em>. This temporary exhibition highlights the thirty-year history of the Festival through selected archival material\u2014posters, programmes, photographs, press clippings, audiovisual documents. At the same time, commissioned by the 31st Festival, the archive becomes a source of inspiration for the creation of two new works from different artistic fields.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reimagine<\/em> is an audiovisual piece by Lila Sotiriou, featuring original music by Stavros Gasparatos and video editing by Maria Athanasopoulou, inspired by the archival material of the Kalamata International Dance Festival. Moments, faces, bodies and movements taken from the archive, featuring artists from Greece and the international dance scene, come together as a tribute to the people who have left their artistic mark on the Festival\u2019s 30-year journey.<\/p>\n<p>Typical Organization draws inspiration from 30 years of Festival posters to create a new visual work in printed form. It offers a retrospective on the diverse graphic languages which, by blending colours, shapes, textures, densities, and text, conversed with the pulse, aesthetic, and themes of each year.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition also includes a new video presentation of the work <em>Monument<\/em>, a tribute by Dimitris Papaioannou, filmed by Takis Chatzopoulos, twenty-eight years after its original commission by the Festival in 1997. A piece dedicated to Nelly\u2019s, the photographer who captured the beginnings of expressionist dance, featuring performer Katerina Papageorgiou. <em>Monument<\/em>, the only solo work Papaioannou has created to date, is being presented anew\u2014a rare return to archival material.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artistic Curation<\/strong>: Tzeni Argyriou<br \/>\n<strong>Visual Curation &amp; Architectural Design<\/strong>: Vassilis Gerodimos<br \/>\n<strong>Video Art<\/strong>: Lila Sotiriou, Maria Athanasopoulou<br \/>\n<strong>Original Music Composition<\/strong>: Stavros Gasparatos<br \/>\n<strong>Archival Research Curation<\/strong>: Val\u00e9rie Petit, Voula Lada<br \/>\n<strong>Lighting Design<\/strong>: Nysos Vassilopoulos<br \/>\n<strong>Installation<\/strong>: Stratos Katsikogiannis<br \/>\n<strong>English Text Editor<\/strong>: Mandy Keegan<br \/>\n<strong>Greek Text Editor<\/strong>: Kostis Zagas<br \/>\n<strong>Exhibition Construction<\/strong>: YY Creative Constructions<br \/>\n<strong>Graphic Design<\/strong>: Typical Organization<br \/>\n<strong>Special Exhibition Collaborator<\/strong>: Aristotelis Karantis<br \/>\n<strong>Technical Support<\/strong>: Tasos Papaioannou, Konstantinos Vaidanis<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Printing<\/strong>: Apopsi \u2013 Argyris Panagiotis<br \/>\n<strong>Audiovisual Digitisation<\/strong>: Videopress S.A.<br \/>\n<strong>Electrical Installation<\/strong>: elemsi<br \/>\n<strong>Production Coordination<\/strong>: Stella Rizou, Dimitris Koutsoumpas<br \/>\n<strong>Production Director<\/strong>: Konstantinos Sakkas<br \/>\n<strong>Production Execution<\/strong>: Delta Pi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>to Maria Gazi, costume designer for Zouzou Nikoloudi\u2019s production of <\/strong><strong>The Birds, for lending costumes from her personal collection.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to Vicky Maragopoulou for her invaluable contribution,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to Giannis Zarganis for granting us access to archival material from <\/strong><strong>his personal collection,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to the General State Archives, G.S.A. Messenia Section,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to the archives of ERT, EuroNews, and Cinetic for providing archival <\/strong><strong>footage,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to the Kalamata Public Central Library for digitising part of the <\/strong><strong>Festival\u2019s archive, as well as to Dimitris Trikas and Giorgos Mitropoulos <\/strong><strong>for their support in archival research,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to the Athens Epidaurus Festival and View Master Events for <\/strong><strong>generously providing technical equipment,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>to the company Nikos G. 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