13th Dance Festival by the Association of Greek Choreographers

The great event of contemporary Greek Dance, the Dance Festival by the Association of Greek Choreographers, comes into its 13th continuous year of production and this year will be hosted exclusively by the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation from the 9th to the 29th of June.

Greek choreographers battle against the times with hope, zest and a creative attitude, calling upon the friends of dance to celebrate, to enjoy and to become informed about contemporary choreography in Greece.

In total, sixty one artists – members of the Association as well as independent choreographers will be presenting their work, over the course of three weeks, at the central stage, the underground garage and the black box of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation.

This year, during the 13th Festival by the Association of Greek Choreographers, we will have the chance to see a full range of works in contemporary Greek dance. The participating dance groups are: Iasis, Luna Park, Echodrama, Athansia Kanellopoulou, YELP Danceco, Dagipoli, Aktina, Elix-Enniamorfo, Eugenia Sigalou, Trio AA, Mina Ananiadou, Dancevacuum, Indigo Fera, MYIA, Hyper Orion, Altius, Aleajactaest, 7th Vima, Nimis, Aniline Dancetheater, SaLtaTor, Footsteps, Fotoskiasis, On/Off, Iros Angelos/DIPETHE Corfu, Index Animi, Stigma, Inter Se Onus, Soyuz, Creo-Reon (Kolektiva Now is now), Lydia Lithos, Dance Factory, Syn-kinisi, Lathos Kinisi, Resdance, Itravenous, Asomo4, Periigites, Detour, Ki an Peso.

Please note that the ticket prices have been kept extremely low in order for the Festival to be affordable for all those wishing to attend:

8€ regular, 5€ reduced (students – unemployed), 5€ special price (for entry to more than one performance of the same day)

The 13th Dance Festival by the Association of Greek Choreographers will be taking place with the support of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

^{Simultaneously, the Dance Festival by the Association of Greek Choreographers will be hosted in Thessaloniki at the Aneton Theatre and the Kypou Theatre from the 12th to the 29th of June, with a tribute to the choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and in cooperation with the city’s Deputy Mayor’s Office.  The participating dance groups are:  Aniline dancetheatre, Hermanos, B+6, Mina Ananiadou, Sovem-a, Trigono, Melpo Vasilikou, Giannis Margaronis, Driades en plo, Lydia Lithos, Intravenous, creo, pus.par.tu, Iros Anegelos, Yelp Danceco.}

13th Dance Festival /  ATHENS PROGRAM

9th June – Hall: Theatre
Iasis Dance Group:  To pio glyko psomi (a performance for children)
Time: 20:00 – Duration:  65′

10th June – Hall: Theatre
LUNA PARK: Concept (Capture)
Time:  21:00 – Duration 70′

11th June – Hall: Theatre
Echodrama:  Rei
Time:  21:00 – Duration: 60′

12th June – Hall: Theatre
Athanasia Kanellopoulou:  In Lo(e)verland II
Time:  21:00 – Duration:  50′

12th June – Hall: Theatre
YELP danceco.:  Survival guide for hostile and temperate environments
Time:  22:30 – Duration:  40′

13th June – Hall: Theatre
Dagipoli:  PNEI (Exei pnoi)
Time:  21:00 – Duration:  60′

13th June – Hall: Theatre
Dancetheatre AKTINA:  H Fonissa -dolce vita
Time:  22:30 – Duration:  90′

13th, 14th & 15th June – Hall: Black Box
Elix-Enniamorfo and Timos Zechas in cooperation with Present Body, Research centre for motion and expression by Christina Kleisiouni: Physical Oblivion
Time:  21:00 (13 & 15.06) & 22:30 (14.06) – Duration:  60′

14th & 15th June – Hall: Black Box
Eugenia Sigalou: Oneiro One size
Time:  21:00 (14.06) & 22:30 (15.06) – Duration:  20′

14th June – Hall: Theatre
Trio AA:  Anotera Via
Marta Gálvez Moncasi & Mina Ananiadou:  META
Dancevacuum:  Dance Banoptikon
Time:  22:30 – Duration:  90′

14th June – Hall: Theatre
Indigo Fera:  Eremus
Time:  21:00 – Duration: 55′

15th June – Hall: Theatre
MYIA:  Oneiro mesa se oneiro
Time:  21:00 – Duration:  60′

15th June – Hall: Theatre
Hyper Orion:  Bolero
Altius: I feel you
Time:  22:30 – Duration:  35′

15th & 16th June – Hall: Specially Configured Underground Level
Dancetheatre aleajactaest:  Delirium
Time:  22:30 (15.06) & 21:00 (16.06) – Duration:  60′

16th June – Hall: Theatre
7th Vima Dancegroup:  TARANTELLA
Time:  21:00 – Duration 50′

16th June:  Hall: Theatre
Nimis:  Mia pros enan
Aniline Dancetheater:  Bachae
Time:  22:30 – Duration: 75′

17th June – Hall: Theatre
SaLtaTor:  Nature – Orbital (2 solo)
Time:  22:30 – Duration 45′

17th & 18th June – Specially Configured Underground Level
Footsteps:  BOUND
Fotoskiasis: primitive
Time:  21:00 (17.06) & 22:30 (18.06) – Duration:  50′

17th & 18th June – Specially Configured Underground Level
On/Off Dance etc. & Katerina Fanouraki:  Vrosimes Istories / Edible Tales
Time:  22:30 (17.06) & 21:00 (18.06) – Duration:  25′

18th June – Hall: Theatre
Iros Angelos – DIPETHE Corfu:  Romeo + 
Time:  21:00 – Duration:  50′

19th June – Hall: Theatre
Index Animi:  Without a Trace
Stigma:  Oneirokataskeves (Dream-making)
Inter Se Onus:  Sine Signum
Soyuz: O Tiflos (The Blind Man)
Time:  21:00 –   Duration:  65′

20th June – Hall: Theatre
Lydia Lithos:  Chair’s Tragedy
Time:  21:00 – Duration: 30′

20th June – Hall: Theatre
Kolektiva Now is now (Creo & Reon Groups): En ecoute
Time:  22:30 – Duration 50′

20th & 22nd June – Hall: Black Box
Dance Factory:  metamorphosis II
Time:  22:30 (20.06) & 21:00 (22.06) – Duration: 50′

21st June – Theatre of the School of Fine Arts in Athens, Improvised Movement Dance Group “Ki an Pesw; Tha ksanasikotheis” (“If I fall?  You will get up again”)
Buenos Aires – Paris – Athens
Time:  21:00 –   Duration: 45′

22nd June – Hall: Theatre
Lathos Kinisi:  MONO (everything you need for a revolution)
Time:  21:00 – Duration:  55′

22nd June – Hall: Theatre
Resdance:  Boundaries
Time:  22:30 – Duration:  40′

27th June – Hall: Theatre
Intravenous:  Frames
Time:  21:00 – Duration:  60′

27th June – Hall: Theatre
Garage 21:  CHAOS
Carnation:  Indirect Speech
Time:  22:30 – Duration:  40′

27 &29 June – throughout all areas of the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, site-specific performance
Boundlim:  Boundaries
Free Entrance

28th June – Hall: Theatre
Periigites Dance Company: Caramela (a performance for children)
Time:  20:00 – Duration:  55′

28th June – Hall: Theatre
ASOMO4: ysEgo
Time:  22:30 – Duration: 80′

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Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, 206 Piraeus, (level with Chamosternas), Tavros

Information regarding ticket acquisition:
Ticket pre-sale at the Foundation’s box office (206 Piraeus, Tavros), Mon-Fri 11:00 – 14:00 and in the afternoons, one hour before the performance.

For purchases via credit card:  By phone on:  210.341 8579 Mon-Fri 11:00 – 14:00 and on the Foundation’s website www.mfc.gr

Ticket pre-sale also in all PUBLIC stores in Athens:  Weekdays 09:00 – 21:00, Saturdays: 09:00 – 20:00