Dancing to Connect 2014-15
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A contemporary dance performance by school children which confirms in the most creative way possible that dance connects...
Dancing to Connect was the brainchild of the Battery Dance Company from New York, and has been hosted in more than 30 countries around the world. Last year, the program proved a great success in the Greek provinces, too, with children from schools in Patras as well as Athens taking part with their own choreographies.
The Onassis Stegi has turned to the provinces once again, this year giving school children from Herakleion, Crete, the opportunity to communicate through dance, while continuing its collaboration with Athens schools. The fruits of this year’s program will once again be staged on the Onassis Stegi’s Main Stage in a special performance featuring all ten of the original choreographies created by teenagers from Athens and Herakleion.The choreographies will be as interesting and different as they are numerous, but they will all be the fruit of collective work and of improvisation. As such, they will spotlight dance’s powers to connect, which is the core aim of the program.
Dates of the program:
For schools of Ioannina : 2-9 March 2015
For schools of Athens: 12-20 March 2015
Dates of the performances:
Performance of the students of the participating schools from Ioannina on 10 March 2015.
Performance of the students of the participating schools from Ioannina and Athens on Sunday 22 March 2015, at the Onassis Stegi Main Stage.
“Dancing to Connect” will be led by members of the dance group which has participated over the past two years: Nikoleta Karmiri, Candy Karra, Androniki Marathaki, Yiannis Nikolaidis, Aris Papadopoulos, Martha Pasakopoulou, Dimokritos Sifakis, Elena Stavropoulou, Antonis Strouzas, Maria Fountouli and Ilias Hatzigeorgiou.
The program will also feature dancers from the Battery Dance Company of New York.
