LECTURE – PRESENTATION: Contemporary Dance and third Age – Antigone Gyra
Contemporary Dance and third Age: A Study Case on the work KinitirasOmega company (65+)
“You are never too young to lead, and never too old to learn.” Kofi Annan
Antigone Gyra will share the results of her study regarding the benefits of contemporary dance and dance-theatre to people of mature age. She will discuss the physical, psychological and social benefits of dance to the community of elder people. This study was made with the aim to inspire other dance professionals in Greece to start creating similar groups as Kinitiras Omega company in order for community dance work to develop in our country.
It is a study that was made during the quarantine period and was informed by the work of seven other performance professionals from Greece and Europe who have experience in the same field. (Patricia Apergi, Stella Howard, Emily Jenkins, Panagiota Kallimani, Georgia Mavragani, Nοnne Mai Svalholm, Lisa Thomas.)
During the lecture there are going to be moments of sharing from the workshop “Continuous Interruptions” instructed by Antigone Gyra and Aliki Avdelopoulou in the 9th International Dance and Performing Arts Festival Akropoditi DanceFest 2022.
Have a small taste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTruL4R45o
Duration: 60 min (the lecture will be in Greek)
Antigone Gyra
Antigone Gyra studied dance theatre at Laban Centre in London. She is the founder and artistic director of Kinitiras Network for Performing Arts (www.kinitiras.com). With Kinitiras she founded and directed the first residency centre for performing arts in Greece, from 2008 until 2019, Kinitiras Studio. Her works with Kinitiras have been commissioned many times from the Ministry of culture and other public and private organizations and have been performed in Greece and abroad. She is also designing and running community based, dance in education and elderly people programs. As a freelancer choreographer, she is working at the theatre with many directors in National and free theatre and she is teaching movement and choreography in professional drama and dance schools.