DANCE

Sleeping Beauty | Thessaloniki | April 7
WHAT'S ON

The Polish National Ballet is bringing its production of “Sleeping Beauty,” with music by by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa’s mesmerizing choreography, to the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (tch.gr) on April 7.


Tangos of Magical Realism | Athens | March 21
WHAT'S ON

Greek composer Jannos Eolou’s internationally acclaimed “Tangos of the Magic Reality” makes its Athens debuts with the ERT Contemporary Music Orchestra at the Athens Conservatoire (17-19 Vasileos Georgiou B) on March 21.

Coppelia | Athens | May 12-19
WHAT'S ON

The Greek National Opera (364 Syngrou Avenue, nationalopera.gr) presents a new take on the classic ballet “Coppelia,” choreographed by acclaimed Slovenian artist Edward Clug.


The Bird Experience | Athens | March 8-10 
WHAT'S ON

The Bird Experience is a cross-European dance project that explores war, migration and loss, in four simultaneous live performances taking place across the participating cities.

Choreographer’s passion for film revealed at Thessaloniki doc fest
CULTURE

There may be nothing connecting Dimitiris Papaionnou to cinema at first glance – it is not, after all, the art his name is associated with – yet the 26th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will be paying tribute to the celebrated Greek choreographer.

Deus Nos Acudi | Athens | February 26-27
WHAT'S ON

The interdisciplinary platform Movement Research Project welcomes the award-winning dancer Pak Ndjamena for the first time in Greece, for two exclusive performances at Theater Nous (34 Trias, theatrenous-creativespace.com).


Tango Greco | Athens | February 24
WHAT'S ON

The City of Athens Choir, the Dionysios Lavragas Mandolinata of Exarchia-Neapolis and the Athens Estudiantina pay tribute to the sensual Argentinian folk dance, the tango.

ODD 24 | Athens | February 23 – March 3
WHAT'S ON

Onassis Dance Days 2024, the 11th edition of the Onassis Stegi contemporary dance festival (107 Syngrou), returns this year, promising an electrifying lineup of choreographers, performers, composers and musicians, accompanied by their bands, delivering stunning live performances on stage.

Rudolf: Leap into Freedom | Athens | February 19-20
WHAT'S ON

“Rudolf: Leap into Freedom” brings the extraordinary life of Soviet-born Rudolf Nureyev, the 20th century’s greatest male ballet dancer, to the Greek stage at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center (hellenic-cosmos.gr).



Bits and Pieces | Athens | January 10
WHAT'S ON

“Bits and Pieces” explores the “internal monologue of an unsettled individual, navigating intangible dreams, imposed conventions and an insatiable thirst for a semblance of liberated freedom.”


Amazing | Athens | November 29 – December 14
WHAT'S ON

The Griffon dance group and choreographer Ioanna Portolou return with the explosive performance “Amazing,” a groundbreaking and highly topical work about the wonderful but also self-destructive nature of human nature, which will be presented at PLYFA Theater (plyfa.space) for six additional performances.

Boulevard Humaine | Athens | November 27-30
WHAT'S ON

The performance “Boulevard Humaine” was inspired by “Okho” (1970), a composition for three percussionists by Greek-French avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis created on the occasion of the bicentenary anniversary of the French Revolution.