Summer Theatre Immersion in Greece: Open Call

Summer Theatre Immersion in Greece
Theatre Connections 4, Fabrica Athens’ summer theatrical immersion returns to Methoni, Messinia and invites artists from all over the world.

We warmly invite you to participate in Theatre Connections 4, a theater workshop held August 1st through August 12th in the beautiful seaside village of Methoni, Peloponnese, Greece. Theatre Connections is a 12-day theatre immersion facilitated by Fanis Katehos and Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti of the Multi-active Group of Art – Fabrica Athens.

A group of Greek and international participants will coalesce and embark on a shared journey of interaction with the environment and its people through theatrical training. Participants inspired by the place will devise a performance to be shared with local residents and visitors in Methoni.

Video Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_m1oa1AEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGo8ysAEqg&t=118s

This 12-day theatre experince includes:
The Theater Workshop – Methods & Goals

The structure of Theater Connections is designed to support participants in connecting with Methoni and its people through the exploration of theater, their own inner worlds, and nature. This workshop is open to interested individuals of all levels of experience. The theater training entailed full engagement of body and soul. We seek participants with a willingness and a desire to enjoy themselves by challenging their own unique limits.

The Theater of Research is the theatrical practice developed by Fabrica Athens which serves as the foundational base for the workshop. It has been in evolution since 2012, and uses original techniques that draw upon the methods of Jerzy Grotowski, Konstantin Stanislavski, Eugenio Barba, Giles Foreman, Suzan Batson, Augusto Boal, Kitt Johnson and Tadashi Suzuki. The practice is used for the training of actors and performers, and also as a tool of Applied Theater in penitentiaries, youth exchange programs, immigrant camps, and more. It adapts its techniques to every group in order to achieve a liberating and transformative experience each time.

Cultural Week

As teammates, participants will also take on artist, facilitator, and audience roles in a festive week of free cultural activities in Methoni curated by Fabrica Athens. Activities such as yoga, fire shows, circus workshops, and screenings are part of this organized cultural week. All of these activities connect participants to the landscape and the people of Methoni, and give participants experience in known and unknown realms.

Tours, Excursions & Special moments

In addition to the training and the cultural events, participants can enjoy morning swims after yoga at the sea’s edge (or even a night swim if they would like to close their days this way as well). They will also have the opportunities to travel to beautiful islands off the coast of Methoni, to visit the medieval Methoni castle (which is surrounded by water on three sides) and to learn about one of the first schools of mutual education in Greece. They will hear from local teachers and communities about Methoni’s history and will enjoy delicious summer meals together. They may even find themselves sharing coffee and stories with a neighbor. Methoni is known to enchant and delight its visitors.

Accommodation

Participants camp together at the organized campsite of Camping Methoni. The campsite is equipped with bathrooms, showers, washing machines, and kitchens. Participants are welcome to bring their own tent. Tents can be provided for participants coming from abroad. Participants may request a single or double occupancy tent.

Food

Participants may choose a payment tier which includes one meal (either lunch or dinner) per day in the seaside restaurant of the campsite. In addition to this meal, participants may enjoy the high-quality restaurants and taverns within walking distance, with great options for those with dietary lifestyles and restrictions of all kinds. Participants may also choose to cook some of their meals in the shared kitchens. There are grocery stores and small markets with fresh produce available daily.

International Workshop
  • Firstly, our call to participation is open to applicants from anywhere in the world.
  • Secondly, this year, Theater Connections will occur parallel to Inside OUT, a cultural, creative exchange and collaboration between young artists from Greek and German. Inside OUT and Theatre Connections participants will come together during activities and will work together to create a final public performance.
How to apply

Applications accepted until Sunday June 10th via email: schoolofmixedperformingarts@gmail.com
Theme: Theatre Connections
Information: (+30) 6949409474

Participation Fees

Interested individuals can choose one of the following packages for their participation:

  • 220 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions)
  • 300 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions) and accommodation at Camping Methoni in a shared tent
  • 420 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions) and accommodation at Camping Methoni in a shared tent and one meal per day (either lunch or dinner)
  • 560 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions) and accommodation at Camping Methoni in a single tent and one meal per day (either lunch or dinner)

[Social Activities]: All Hands on Stage – Creative Europe

All Hands on Stage

All Hands On Stage (ΑHOS) is a project co-funded by Creative Europe of which Teatro dei Venti is the lead partner, involving six partners from five countries: Italy, Germany, Serbia, Poland and Greece. The project aims to develop and test a training and accompaniment pathway for the professionalisation of inmates in the field of theatre (technique, scenography, costume design, lighting…); to strengthen and enhance the skills of professional operators who already perform theatre activities in prison, through a comparison at European level; and to raise the awareness of the theatre audience and key stakeholders on the importance of this new professional pathway not only for the individual inmate, but for society as a whole.

Brief Description of the Project

AHOS project puts a sensitive and not widely-known issue in the focus of attention, the one dealing with the social utility that Theatre inside prisons can create, as a real rehabilitative act for the people involved. AHOS wants to build and apply good practices in the prison environment for vocational training and job placement in the theatrical field, i.e. to create training paths for actors, technicians, costume designers, stagehands, etc. for the benefit of inmates and to support their reintegration into civil society.

The project was created to address the situation in which most inmates find themselves once their sentence is over, i.e. the difficulty in applying the knowledge they learnt in prison and in finding work. The lack of tools to reintegrate into society, and thus to build stability, is a very fertile ground for recidivism. We want to act on this fragility, supporting the delicate transition from inside to outside.

This project is not about therapeutic methods. It has nothing in common with the pietistic approach to which Prison Theatre activities are often compared, that unfairly sees creative and social action as opponents. This project brings together professional artists who approach human beings inside prisons in a professional way. This project aims to rebuild dignity through learning a job. It is based on the assumption that everyone has the right to have a job, one that dignifies them and for which they can be responsible. It is about seeing theatre as an opportunity to learn, act and apply truly useful knowledge.

AHOS link the worlds of theatre and prison, establishing a profoundly collaborative connection between their directions, both working towards making prisons an increasingly re-educational institution.

Objectives of AHOS
The overall objective of the AHOS project is to:
  • develop and pilot a training and support path for the professionalization of inmates in the theatrical field (technical, scenography, costume, lighting);
  • strengthen and enhance the skills of professional operators who already carry out theatrical activities in prison, through a comparison at European level;
  • develop and pilot a training course for cultural operators who intend to work in prison, aimed at spreading and increasing the good practices of prison theatre throughout the country;
  • raise awareness among the theatre audience and main stakeholders on the importance of this new career path not only for the individual prisoner, but for society as a whole.
To general objective will be obtained by addressing the following specific objectives:
  • To develop a transnational training path to further strengthen the capacity and professionalize cultural operators working in prison with theatre, building on the past experience of the FREEWAY Creative Europe project.
  • To jointly develop a support scheme for facilitating prisoners’ path towards rehabilitation through training, professionalizing and facilitating their job placement in theatre professions (acting, directing, scenographer, lights technician, sound technician, etc.).
  • To pilot the support scheme in n. 5 Countries, both in theatre acting and technical professions.
  • To pilot awareness raising actions in n. 5 Countries, targeted at the theatre audience but also to key stakeholders (policy makers), promoting the key messages of the project and making prisoners supported the protagonists.

Our project consortium is composed by six organisations from 5 Countries, four from the European Union (Italy, Germany, Poland and Greece) and one from the Western Balkans (Serbia). We involved both partners with past experience in prison theatre and partners that are programming to start this activity

PARTNERS

aufBruch – Berlin (Germany)

Kolektyw Kobietostan – Wroclaw (Poland)

CRI – Institut za performativne umetnosti i socijalni rad – Belgrade (Serbia)

Sommerblut Kulturfestival e.V. – Cologne (Germany)

Fabrica Athens – Athens (Greece)

[International Collaborations]: Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley in Athens

Eugenio Barba and Julia Varley in Athens

The multi-active group Fabrica Athens in relation to theater research implemented by the group and in association with Odin Teatret and Fondazione Barba Varley, has the honor of hosting, for the second time, the worldly acclaimed playman and director Eugenio Barba, along with the great actress, Julia Varley in a series of activities with the theme Difference| Art| Uprising that will take place in Athens, in September 2023.

Eugenio Barba is the founder of Odin Teatret, with which Fabrica Athens has been collaborating since 2018, and since 2022 and onwards functions as itinerant center for the newly-founded Fondazione Barba Varley.

The activities of the event Difference| Art| Uprising are kindly supported by the Italian Institute of Culture Athens (Istituto Italiano di Cultura Atene) with honorary guests and include a complete educational three-day workshop with Eugenio Barba, a unique masterclass with Julia Varley and a play titled Ave Maria by the famous director.

The event’s activities that will take place are a part of the 11th Handmade & Recycled Theater Festival, a festival-cornerstone for Fabrica Athens group that has being organized for 11 years in Kerameikos aiming to promote and inspire the meaning of handmade creation, also known as DIY, self-organizing, recycling of existing materials (both tangible and intangible) and low or zero budget solutions in performing and visual arts and in culture in general.

The activities that will take place in the event are listed below:

Three-day Educational Workshop with Eugenio Barba: Difference, Art, Uprising – My lives in Third Theater

The event is addressed to actors, dancers, directors, as well as to theorists, teachers, academics and scholars in Performing Arts.

  • Wednesday 20/9/2023

60 years of theater – Talk and Q&A with Eugenio Barba

  • Thursday 21/9/2023

Documentary movie screening named “Who is Eugenio Barba” by Magdalene Remoundou and Q&A with movie’s contributors

  • Friday 22/9/2023

Presentation of Eugenio Barba’s new book titled “My lives in Third Theater – Difference, Art, Uprising” translated by Evangelos and Kostas Vantzos from KAPA Publishing.

Learn more an book your spot here: https://www.more.com/cinema/ekpaideutiki-diimerida-me-ton-eugenio-barba-diafora-texni-ekpaideusi/

The Echo of Silence: Masterclass on vocal dramaturgy for actors and singers

The masterclass is addressed to actors and singers, performing arts theorists, members of the academic community etc. who wish to join as spectators.

Tuesday 19/9/2023
Learn more an book your spot here: https://www.viva.gr/tickets/conference/echo-of-silence/ 

Ave Maria: Theater performance in memory of María Cánepa with Julia Varley directed by Eugenio Barba

20,21,22 of September 2023
Learn more an book your spot here: https://www.viva.gr/tickets/theater/avemariabyeugeniobarba/ 

Participation prices

Three-day educational workshop with Eugenio Barba: 40 Euros

The Echo of Silence – masterclass on vocal dramaturgy with Julia Varley:
Early Bird prices from 05/07/2023 until 18/08/2023
Participants: 60 Euros
Spectators: 30 Euros
Prices from 19/08/2023 until 18/09/2023
Participants: 80 Euros
Spectators: 40 Euros

Ave Maria – Theater performance with Julia Varley directed by Eugenio Barba: 15 euros

Organizing – Production: Multi-active Group of Art – Fabrica Athens

Project Coordinator: Kostas Vantzos

With the kind support of: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Atene (Italian Institute of Culture Athens)

[Crowdfunding]: Burglary of REKTIΦIE – Center for Mixed Performing Arts

[Crowdfunding]: Burglary of REKTIΦIE – Center for Mixed Performing Arts

After the touching response of the crowd to the announcement of the burglary of our new space, REKTIΦIE – Center for Mixed Performing Arts, and on the occasion of the start of this new venture, we created a crowdfunding option, available until the 15th of September 2023.

What is REKTIΦIE?

Fabrica Athens since its inception (2008) promotes the concepts of handmade and recyclable and DIY culture in culture and art. Our vision is to create a “house of culture” in which all performing and visual arts will meet and interact with each other, with the communities and the environment, with the aim of rectifying and redefining the relationship between them towards a more organic, sustainable, green, inclusive way of life and creation. This will be done through the culture of handmade and recyclable art, circular economy and participatory culture which are reflected in the group’s educational, social, research, artistic and cultural activities, and which are addressed to all people and groups, regardless of gender, age, social/economic/cultural background, etc.

What does Monday’s burglary mean for REKTIΦIE?

The wound after the break-in at REKTIΦIE on Monday night (July 17, 2023) is enormous for our team. The damage currently exceeds 8,000 euros and every day we discover new losses. All our tools, electrical systems and furniture that we prepared with personal labor, own contribution and help from friends were stolen. The remodeling of a space that operated for 60 years as a machine shop, into a place of culture is a lot of work. It is also anxiety, especially when the is no rent pause and you already working long hours and daily for over 3 months. It took, and still takes, a lot of energy, time and money to get REKTIΦIE ready, and the burglary is holding us back from making it happen in time for the 11th edition of the annual HRTFest, on September.

Stolen!

We invite you to contribute to the realisation of the vision of REKTIΦIE, by depositing any amount you wish to the following account:

EUROBANK

Fabrica Athens

IBAN: GR 9802 6025 90000 1602 0176 0102

SWIFT / BIC code: ERBKGRAA

Reason: “DONATION – your name”

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your support!

Natassa Arabatzi

Born in 1985 in Komotini, Greece. First started as a junior in classical ballet classes in 1991. Bachelor degree in dance by the Superior Academy of Dance of the municipality of Thessaloniki 2006 and Bachelor degree in Greek Literature and Linguistics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Apprenticed by and performed with Vis Motrix dance company in Thessaloniki during 2006-2009. Founding member of Aniline Dancetheatre Company as a choreographer and dancer since 2009, giving performances and taking part in numerous dance festivals in Greece. She has attended Contact Impro and Partnering classes and workshops with Daelik & Delia Brett, Kirstie Simson & Christian Burns, Eckhard Muller & Daniela Schwarz; Contemporary Dance classes and workshops with David Zambrano, Ann Cooper Albright, Yiannis Karounis, Edgen Lame, Hermes Malokotsis, Jorge Crecis, Tasos Karachalios, Tobiah Booth- Remmers, Cristina Sougioultzi, Diego De la Rosa, Horacio Macuacua, Yuya Fujinami, Julyen Hamilton, Anton Lachky; Acrobatic dance and Aerial classes with Christina Sougioultzi, Camilo Bentancor, Antigoni Linardou; Butoh workshops with Gregor Webber; Stilt-walking classes and shows with Fanis Katehos. She performed and was awarded as an actress in “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” by Martin McDonough, directed by Spiros Athinaiou (2017). 1st Award in Athens Handmade and Recycled Performance Festival for the dance duet “XXXY” (choreographed and performed with Alexandros Gkountinakis, 2017). Active member of the “Fabrica Athens Theatre Group” Art Team.

Open Call to Theater Exchange Programs Young people In and Out

Fabrica Athens is pleased to announce the autumn youth exchange that it will implement for the 7th year in collaboration with the German organization Mostar Friedensprojekt.

In September, the FabricaAthens Multi-Active Art Group invites young men and women from all over Greece to participate in the theater exchange program of young artists with the aim of enjoying moments of creation and acquaintance in Berlin and Athens. The In and Out program is implemented for the 7th year with the kind support of the Greek-German Youth Foundation – EGIN.

The exchange program of young Greek and German artists is based on the theatrical path of the Theater of Research, which has been created by Fanis Katechos.

Following this, the participants will work, among other things, on the following:

-Synthesis of unbreakable bonds between the individuals of a set

-Expanding the limits of physical and mental endurance

-Expanding physical awareness (body, sound, musicality) and two-way concentration,

redefining the relationship with the environment and its objects.

-Energy management in various physical actions

-Knowledge of the relation of breathing to the sound produced by the body and the use of speech.

-Structured research and creation of material towards the artistic / theatrical composition

– Finding the personal role within a team, taking responsibility and completing the corresponding actions

-Practical and theoretical research and experimentation, which lead to decision-making and the creation of original projects – actions

Workshop presenters will be members of Fabrica Athens and trusted participants of previous programs.

When & Where:
12.09.2022 – 20.09.2022, Berlin
22.09.2022 – 30.09.2022, Athens
Participation fee:
40 euros

It is addressed :

To young men and women from 18 to 30 years old, with an interest in the performing arts and with the desire and willingness to give themselves to a creative process, to challenge their own unique limits (physical and spiritual) through the group art of theater and to create an ensemble performance.
Practical information:
Accommodation, food, transportation costs to and from Germany, as well as attendance at theater workshops and participation in activities are covered by the program. Participants themselves are solely responsible for adequate insurance cover in the event of risk such as accident, illness, civil liability and claims for compensation.

Furter Information from past programs here

Applications (until August 30, 2022) Email researchtheater@gmail.com by filling/sending all the following details:

– Topic: In and Out

– Curriculum vitae

– Reason you wish to participate in the program

– Photo Portrait

– Contact Information: phone, email address

* Only timely applications, which include all necessary information for participation, will be considered

Theater Connections III – Seaside Theater Workshop

Theater Connections III – Seaside Theater Workshop
The Summer Theater Workshop of Fabrica Athens “Theater Connections ΙΙΙ” returns in the seaside village of Methoni in Greece for the 3rd consecutive year.

We warmly invite you to participate in Theater Connections III, a theater workshop held August 4th through August 12th in the beautiful seaside village of Methoni, Peloponnese, Greece. Theater Connections is a 9-day theater immersion facilitated by Fanis Katehos and Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti of the Multi-active Group of Art – Fabrica Athens.

A group of Greek and international participants will coalesce and embark on a shared journey of interaction with the environment and its people through theatrical training. Participants inspired by the place will devise a performance to be shared with local residents and visitors in Methoni.

The Theater Workshop – Methods & Goals

The structure of Theater Connections is designed to support participants in connecting with Methoni and its people through the exploration of theater, their own inner worlds, and nature. This workshop is open to interested individuals of all levels of experience. The theater training entailed invites full engagement of body and soul. We seek participants with a willingness and a desire to enjoy themselves by challenging their own unique limits.

The Theater of Research is the theatrical practice developed by Fabrica Athens which serves as the foundational base for the workshop. It has been in evolution since 2012, and uses original techniques that draw upon the methods of Jerzy Grotowski, Konstantin Stanislavski, Eugenio Barba, Giles Foreman, Suzan Batson, Augusto Boal, Kitt Johnson and Tadashi Suzuki. The practice is used for the training of actors and performers, and also as a tool of Applied Theater in penitentiaries, youth exchange programs, immigrant camps, and more. It adapts its techniques to every group in order to achieve a liberating and transformative experience each time.

Cultural Week

As teammates, participants will also take on artist, facilitator, and audience roles in a festive week of free cultural activities in Methoni curated by Fabrica Athens. Activities such as yoga, fire shows, circus workshops, and screenings are part of this organized cultural week. All of these activities connect participants to the landscape and the people of Methoni, and give participants experience in known and unknown realms.

Tours, Excursions & Special moments

In addition to the training and the cultural events, participants can enjoy morning swims after yoga at the sea’s edge (or even a night swim if they would like to close their days this way as well). They will also have the opportunities to travel to beautiful islands off the coast of Methoni, to visit the medieval Methoni castle (which is surrounded by water on three sides) and to learn about one of the first schools of mutual education in Greece. They will hear from local teachers and communities about Methoni’s history and will enjoy delicious summer meals together. They may even find themselves sharing coffee and stories with a neighbor. Methoni is known to enchant and delight its visitors.

Accommodation

Participants camp together at the organized campsite of Camping Methoni. The campsite is equipped with bathrooms, showers, washing machines, and kitchens. Participants are welcome to bring their own tent. Tents can be provided for participants coming from abroad. Participants may request a single or double occupancy tent.

Food

Participants may choose a payment tier which includes one meal (either lunch or dinner) per day in the seaside restaurant of the campsite. In addition to this meal, participants may enjoy the high-quality restaurants and taverns within walking distance, with great options for those with dietary lifestyles and restrictions of all kinds. Participants may also choose to cook some of their meals in the shared kitchens. There are grocery stores and small markets with fresh produce available daily.

This year marks the third iteration of Theater Connections, and we are excited to expand this creative portal into one of international exchange. There are two aspects which comprise this transition:

  • Firstly, our call to participation is open to applicants from anywhere in the world.
  • Secondly, this year, Theater Connections will occur parallel to In and Out, a cultural, creative exchange and collaboration between young artists from Greek and German. The Greek-German In and Out participants will join the Theater Connections group in Methoni on August 5th, after spending the prior week training and devising together in Germany. In and Out and Theater Connections participants will come together during various activities everyday and will also work together to create a final public performance.

We warmly thank the local community of Methoni and specifically Dionysios Psallidas (President of the Cultural Association of Methoni, Director of the Primary School of Methoni – Georgakopouleio) and Antonis Tsirigos (President of the Association of Friends of Methoni Castle) for their support and contributions.

Information
Workshop: Theater Connections ΙΙΙ – Seaside Theater Workshop
Instructors: Fanis Katechos, Giovanna Michaliadi Sarti
When: August 4-12, 2022
Where: Methoni, South Peloponnese (Greece)
Participations ǀ Inquiries: +141 599 499 57 (WhatsApp), tal.y.mor@gmail.com (Email Theme: Theater Connections ΙΙΙ)
Participation Fees:
Interested individuals can choose one of the following packages for their participation:
  • 220 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions)
  • 300 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions) and accommodation at Camping Methoni in a shared tent
  • 420 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions) and accommodation at Camping Methoni in a shared tent and one meal per day (either lunch or dinner)
  • 560 euros – Includes participation in the seminar and its related activities (cultural week, guided tours, excursions) and accommodation at Camping Methoni in a single tent and one meal per day (either lunch or dinner)

[17/09/2015]: Theater Workshop in Our Festival

Theater Workshop in Our Festival
The multiactive art group Fabrica Athens invites you to a theatrical seminar open to those who have and those who have not previous experience in the theater.

Research theater- Research theater

Trainer- Fanis Katechos

Target

Through this cycle of meetings, research from different theatrical techniques and methods will be carried out from the beginning in order to give birth to a new code of theatrical behavior and action. With references to Stanislavski, Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, Peter Brook, Suzuki, as well as acrobatic and street theater techniques, we will come in contact with a new way of creating.

The team will be trained in body plasticity, in dynamic acrobatics, will come in contact with the art of stilts, embodied speech, exploring the horizon of imagination and constructing new theatrical exercises that will be created through it.

Curriculum vitae

Graduate of the drama school of Iakovos Kampanellis. He continued his studies in England with Giles Foreman at the Center for Acting (2009) and at the Grotowski Institute in Poland (2010). He also trains with the Astragali Teatro (2012) and attends a series of seminars at the Moscow Territorium in Russia (2013). It is taught by Raul Iaiza (2012, 2015) at the Regula Contra Regulam Theater and by Roberta Carreri (2015) at the Odin Teatre. As a teacher he collaborates with the theater academy Nazim Hitmek Academy in Istanbul (2013), with the architecture department of the University of Alicante (2013) and the theatrical Laboratory of the Fabrica Artspace (2014,2015). He has starred and directed several plays. He is a founding member of the Fabrica Athens group and the inspirer of the Handmade and Recycled Theater Festival. He deals with the art of stilts and street theater. Since 2013 he has been teaching theatrical methods and continues to be taught.

[16/09/2015]: “Villa Utopia” in Our Festival

“Villa Utopia” in Our Festival
The Panic Theater and Fabrica Athens present the theatrical performance VILLA UTOPIA directed and installed by Lysandros Spetsieris and written by Vivi Piniotis at Our Festival

Four hands are always better than two, eight better than four, sixteen better than eight … and because that could go on forever, take a walk down the ravine to see up close what we mean.

Press release

“The dream becomes as fast as the nightmare the dream. Surely you will have seen in your dream that you fall from somewhere high and just before you reach the ground you discover that you can fly … » The new surreal, theatrical text of  Vivi Piniotis, the spiritual utopia of Andreas Empirikou through the ” no Brasilia ma Octana ” and the myth of Noah, the divine catastrophe for a new beginning, are presented in Villa Utopia as three different forms of the search for the ideal Three chapters dedicated to utopia, compose the show Villa Utopia. Made with the unrelated logic of the dream, they leave the construction of the myth at the disposal of the viewer.

Factors

Composition & Direction: Lysandros Spetsieris

Writing theatrical text villa Utopia (chapter b): Vivi Pinioti

Construction of 3D digital world: Nikos Papadopoulos

Installation: Lysandros Spetsieris

Sound design and music investment: Vangelis Hirbilidis

Costumes: Vasiliki Tzouti

Choreography / Movement Teaching: Iakovos Molimbakis

Assistant Directors: Maria Makri, Artemis Michaki

Photos: Antonis Tatsis, Alexis Sakelaropoulos

Graphic Design: Ioanna Kyritsi

With our common madness of collectivity and our common joy of solidarity, we meet 45 artists in a celebration of free expression, where all together, but also each one alone, put his “hand” to take place.

“Our Festival” takes place as part of the ravine festival, “Voices of Freedom”. Organization: “We – a group of collective culture”.

Wednesday, September 16, at 7:30 pm at the Euripides Theater of Rematia · Athens free entrance with optional contribution

https://www.facebook.com/events/863793040340870/

Babis Loukopoulos

Babis Loukopoulos

Qualifications

1996 Degree in cinematography-director of photography at the Lykourgos Stavrakos School of Cinema and Television – TEI Equivalence
2008 Graduate of the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ag. Barbara – Iakovos Kampanellis

Theater

2019 Participation and representation of Greece in collaboration with young actors from Romania and Hungary in the performance ‘Cultural Barter in Mera’ under directed by Odin Theater Denmark teachers Donald Kitt and Kai Bredholt in Cluj, Romania 2019 Starring role in the play by Niki Rapti “The Terrace” directed by Niki Rapti

2018 Direction of the performance ‘Race for tolerance’ with a group of young people from 9 different European countries, under the Erasmus program 1st place in Bremen, Germany in August and 2nd in Newcastle, UK in November.

2017 Participation in the performance ‘Faith’ directed by Vikis Kyriakoulakou

2016-2017 Participation and dramatization of texts in the corporal theater performance ‘7 deadly sins’ directed by Fani Katechou

2016 Participation in the theatrical project arsMars 1΄΄, directed by George Stylianopoulos

2014 Participation, text translation and theatrical performance in the play “Madame de la Carliere” devised theater project, with the Lahban method, directed by Dr. Kiki Selioni

2014 Participation in “Shakespeare on the move” devised theater project, based on the method of Lahban, directed by Dr. Kiki Selioni

2014 Starring role, translation and theatrical performance of a text in “Pulp fiction 2014” directed by Fenia Proveleggiou

2014 Participation in “Becket on the mix” devised performance, based on the method of Lahban, directed by Dr. Kiki Selioni

2013 Participation in Aeschylus’ “Eumenides” directed by Konstantinos Markellos

2012 Participation, direction and theatrical performance in the poetic work “Two beautiful, fragrant, pink letters” 2011 Starring role in the play “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” directed by Eleni Danube

2011 Participation, translation and theatrical performance in the play “Shoppin and fuckin” theatrical project, directed by the group Fabrica Arte

2010 Starring role in the dance theater performance “Three sisters on the move” directed and choreographed by Akis Sideris

2009 Direction, translation and theatrical performance in the play “Deathproof” 2008 Participation in the play “The diamond and the whale” directed by Vassilis Aslanidis

2008 Participation in Aeschylus’ “Hoifores” directed by Loukas Thanos 2007 Participation, co-direction and theatrical adaptation in the project “Around the dollhouse” directed by Roulas Pateraki

Cinema & Television

2019 Participation as an auxiliary actor in the films: “Born to be murdered” directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, “Adults in the room” directed by Costa Gavra, “Moon 66 Questions” directed by Jacqueline Lenzou

2019 Participation as an supporting actor in 2 episodes of the TV series “Red River” directed by Manousos Manousakis

2018 Participation in a commercial “OPAP – Scratch” directed by Deni Iliadis

2017 Participation in 11 episodes of the TV series “Tattoo” directed by Andreas Georgiou

2016 Participation in the short film “-1”, directed by Natassa Xydi

2015 Leading role in the commercial “11888 – OTE”, directed by Panos Koronis

2008 Screenplay, direction, music investment and participation in the short photostory film “Do not leave”

2007 Leading role in the commercial of “Hellas on line”, directed by George Lanthimos

2007 Screenplay, direction and participation in the short film “The greek junkie”

1996 Participation in the short film “A plan and I save it”, directed by Panagiotis Kalogeropoulos

1995 Participation in the short film “Muchodrigo is a baker”, directed by Haris Argyris

Radio

2017 – 2020 Radio Producer of the show “NIGHT DRIVE radioshow” every Wednesday night at the online radio station Voicewebradio

Seminars

2019 Performance seminar with Donald Kitt of Odin Teatret (Hostelbro Danmark)

2017-2018 “Chorpus Orchestra” Music and Body Seminar and music theory in teaching: Evangelia Velli – Kosma 2016 Seminar on the ancient drama on the subject of “Oresteia” by Aeschylus, speaker Loukas Thanos

2015-2016 Seminar and teaching introduction to contemporary dance (contemporary dance) teaching: Giannis Mantsis, Natassa Papamichael

2015-2016 Seminar-training of physical theater based on the methods of Grotowski, Eugenio Barba, Suzuki, speaker Fanis Katechos

2013-2014 Seminar-training ballet exercises for actors and introduction to Graham dance method, lecturer Dr. Kiki Selioni 

2013-2014 Seminar on the Lahban method, lecturer Dr. Kiki Selioni

2011-2012 Acting and addressing seminar, speaker Roula Pateraki

2011 Seminar-training on the method of physical theater Grotowsky, speaker Fanis Katechos

2011 Acting and actor coaching seminar, lecturer Giles Foreman

2009 Acting seminar with the method of Roula Pateraki, speaker herself

2006-2008 Musical movement and singing seminar, presented by Sia Koskina

2006 Seminar-teaching in classical song, lecturer Maria Dimitriadi

Other interests

English Proficiency

Spanish and Italian (entry level, speaking / reading)

Professional song, guitar (member of the band PLTK for 12 years)

Football, volleyball, track and field