{"id":13181,"date":"2019-01-17T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T13:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/?page_id=13181"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:26:07","slug":"dancefest-festival-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/en\/dancefest-festival-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDANCEFEST” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”fadeInLeft” el_id=”bookmark-heading-1″][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][vc_column_text text_style=”subtitle” css=”.vc_custom_1674472773066{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Akropoditi<\/a>:
\n<\/strong> on tiptoes, softly, silently, carefully but also boldly, above and beyond the fragility of the limits<\/p>\n

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\nFESTIVALS” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”fadeInLeft” el_id=”bookmark-heading-3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″ tablet_width=”1″ tablet_sm_width=”1″ font_color=”#212121″ el_id=”festival-column-1-2″][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1551514245680{background-color: #5d5d5d !important;}” el_class=”inner-row-heading”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”AKROPODITI DANCEFEST” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css_animation=”fadeInLeft” css=”.vc_custom_1550606923980{padding-top: 15px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_id=”festival-festival”][vc_column_inner tablet_width=”1″ tablet_sm_width=”1″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The \u201cAkropoditi DanceFest\u201d International Dance and Performing Arts Festival has been established since July 2013 by the Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Festival takes place every summer in Syros; and includes:<\/p>\n

– Training workshops and presentations
\n– Dance and Theatre performances
\n– Open Jams
\n– Video projections
\n– Parallel actions throughout the island of Syros<\/p>\n

The Festival hosts artists from Greece and abroad, combining theoretical and practical workshops with diverse content. Depending on their content, the workshops are addressed to amateur or dance and theatre professionals and participants can choose a combination of workshops.<\/p>\n

We look forward to your participation in our next Festival!
\nLet’s walk together along the way and leave your own trace on our island.<\/p>\n

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Artistic Direction and Administration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Athens, in 1973. She holds a degree from the department of French Language and Philology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a master\u2019s degree in Linguistics of the Southeastern Mediterranean from the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean, and a PhD in Arabic Dialectology from the Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of the Aegean. She studied the Arabic language in Greece, Egypt, and Jordan. She also studied acting at the \u201cARCHI\u201d Drama School in Athens. She has attended various theatre and dance classes and seminars in Greece and abroad.
\nIn 2004, she founded the Akropoditi Dancetheatre<\/a> in Hermoupolis, Syros. Since then, she has directed and choreographed all the performances of Akropoditi. In January 2013, she founded Akropoditi Dance and Performing Arts Centre<\/a> in Hermoupolis, Syros.
\nShe has published two poetic compilations and her poems have been translated to English, French, German, Turkish and Arabic. She has translated and published literature and poetry works from French and Arabic.
\nShe lives in Syros, where she has taken over the artistic direction of Akropoditi Dance & Performing Arts Centre. She is a member of the artistic board for the administration and the management of the International Dance & Performing Arts Festival Akropoditi DanceFest.
\nShe works as a choreographer and translator, and is a postdoctoral researcher at the Mediterranean Studies department of the University of the Aegean.<\/p>\n

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Artistic Direction and Administration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Athens, in\u00a01985. She graduated from the Greek State School of Dance in 2012. She is studying at the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering at the University of the Aegean in Syros.
\nAs a dancer – performer she collaborated with: Akropoditi Dancetheatre<\/a>, Octana Dancetheatre\/ Konstantinos Rigos and Iraqi Bodies. In June 2017 she participated in \u201cDay out of Time\u201d project initiated by Vitoria Kotsalou at the Athens & Epidaurus Festival.
\nAs an assistant choreographer she collaborated with Christos Papadopoulos for his production “Ion”.
\nIn autumn 2016 she collaborated with SQx Dance Company and she taught contemporary dance at Canadian schools.
\nIn 2017 she co-choreographed with Natasha Sarantopoulou their first production “Walk Lola Walk”.
\nShe lives in Athens where she teaches contemporary and classical dance.
\nShe is a member of the artistic board for the administration and the management of the International Dance & Performing Arts Festival “Akropoditi DanceFest”.<\/p>\n

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Artistic Direction and Administration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Patras, in 1985. She studied Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has completed postgraduate studies at ILS College (Poona, India) on the subject of “Legal and Human Rights in Mental Health” and she is a member of the Greek Observatory for the Rights in Mental Health and the Greek Network for supporting people who decide to quit psychiatric drugs.
\nShe graduated from the Greek State School of Dance in 2012 and worked as a teacher of classical and contemporary dance at various dance schools in Chalkidiki. She has also worked as a facilitator in camps for disabled people, children’s camps, a clinical guidance centre for children, and she has been engaged in creative home-based work for children with autism.
\nSince 2012 she has been a member of the Akropoditi Dancetheatre<\/a>. As a dancer-performer, she has participated in all the performances of the Akropoditi Dancetheatre since 2012. She also worked with the choreographer Anmar Taha and his company, Iraqi Bodies.
\nShe lives in Syros. Since January 2013 she has been teaching at the Akropoditi Dance & Performing Arts Centre<\/a>, while at the same time being responsible for the artistic management of the Centre. She is a member of the artistic board for the administration and the management of the International Dance & Performing Arts Festival “Akropoditi DanceFest”.
\nIn 2019, she coordinated the action “Madness: Living in”, a body-centered mental health action that was presented in Syros and Naxos.<\/p>\n

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Design, Promotion & Communication\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Athens, in 1988. She graduated from the Department of Products and Systems Design Engineering at the University of the Aegean.
\nShe is a member of the Akropoditi Dancetheatre<\/a> since 2007 and works for Akropoditi Design Team since 2011.
\nShe has been attending dance courses and workshops since 2006. As a dancer-performer she has participated in all the performances of Akropoditi Dancetheatre since 2008. She has also worked with various choreographers as Calero Dur\u00e1n Clara, R\u00f3sa \u00d3marsd\u00f3ttir, Panayiotis Tofi, etc.
\nShe lives in Syros where she works in collaboration with Akropoditi Dance & Performing Arts Centre<\/a> as designer and in parallel she is responsible for the advertising and the visual & web promotion.<\/p>\n

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Financial Administration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Born in Hermoupolis, in 1978. She graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). She has been attending dance courses and seminars since 2004. She is a founding member of the Akropoditi Dancetheatre<\/a>.
\nAs a dancer-performer, she has participated in most of the productions of Akropoditi Dancetheatre since its beginning until today.
\nShe lives in Syros where she works as an office clerk at HEDNO S.A. She is also the financial administrator of Akropoditi Dance & Performing Arts Centre<\/a>, of Akropoditi Dancetheatre and of the International Dance & Performing Arts Festival “Akropoditi DanceFest”.<\/p>\n

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