Mesimvrines | Choreography: Polina Kremasta

GNO Learning & Participation Department

Mesimvrines
Dance performance

Choreography: Polina Kremasta

Tuesday 30 May 2023
Starts at: 20.30

GNO Alternative Stage - SNFCC

Choreography: Polina Kremasta

Assistant to the choreographer: Thenia Antoniadou

Admission is free upon priority vouchers that will be distributed from Thursday 25 May 2023 at 12.00, exclusively via ticketservices

The Intercultural Dance Group of the GNO Learning & Participation Department presents the performance Mesimvrines on Tuesday 30 May at 20.30 on the GNO Alternative Stage at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Admission will be free to the public.

The performance, which is the fruit of the creative trajectory of this season's workshop, is an ode to Dance. Fourteen dancers of different dance identities converse with contemporary creation and find common ground through movement dance, music and the body. In Mesimvrines the dance act emerges as a transformative element that can empower the sense of belonging and acceptance.

Admission is free upon priority vouchers that will be distributed from Thursday 25 May 2023 at 12.00, exclusively via ticketservices.

A few words about the workshop:

During the period November 2022 to May 2023, the Intercultural Dance Group aimed at bringing out the particularities and aesthetic of different dance traditions while focusing on the fundamental characteristics of the dance phenomenon. Fourteen dancers of different ages and dance identities studied the traditions of Greek folk dances, African, Indonesian and Afro-American dances, hip-hop, flamenco, jazz, boogie, as well as modern dance techniques. The workshop leaders guided them through this creative path by proposing their own methodological and movement quests that have emerged through their research on the relationship between traditional and modern techniques, known as "Apogios".

Mesimvrines
Dance performance
Tuesday 30 May 2023
Starts at: 20.30
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage - SNFCC

Choreography: Polina Kremasta

Assistant to the choreographer: Thenia Antoniadou

Performers: Ioanna Emmanouil, Seda Karayilan, Aphroditi Katsigianni, Martha Liveri Dalaveri, Theis Misiou, Tamara Mladenovic, Anna Mouratidou, Zoi Bogea, Konstantina Ntinapogia, Elpida Papapanagiotou, Ariadni Papapanagiotou, Vicky Skordali, Zoi Tsouni

Music: Seita-ta (Cappadokian dirge), How It Started (G. Angelopoulos, F. Siotas), Return from the city (G. Angelopoulos, F. Siotas), Parkaki (G. Dousos), Alibekio (G. Dousos), Florentina (G. Dousos), Axe (Κ. Pantelis, F. Siotas), Astrali (G. Papaioannou), Sandia (traditional tune from Western Africa adapted by Α. Papadopoulos), Djelidon- Sandia (African dance song)

Admission is free upon priority vouchers that will be distributed from Thursday 25 May 2023 at 12.00, exclusively via ticketservices.

GNO Learning and Participation major donor

Stavros Niarchos Foundation