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2025
Cops and Robbers | choreographic research
Manolis Saridakis & Medie Megas
September 23 – January 20
Dramaturgy for In DANCE performanceA collaboration with Exis Inclusice Dance Company.
Dates & times
April 27 13:00 (Pinakothiki of Athens Municipality)
April 28 17:00 (Kypseli Municipality Market)
April 29 10:00 (5th secondary school, Athens)
May 2 20:30 (Kotzia Square, This is Athens – City Festival)
Workshop #2: Public Space | Site Specific Performance | Politics of space
2024
November-December
Workshop #1: Voice | Text | Contemporary Performance with Medie Megas at ISON Followed by 2 related residencies | Press here for more information October Publication of Dance Reader in Greek Σώματα Παρόντα: μια εισαγωγή στη θεωρία του χορού (Present Bodies: an introduction to dance theory), by University Studio Press. September Presentation of choreographies that came out of the Making & Unmaking Dance #2 workshop. Press here for the program of the presentation and here for a selection of photos. June Completion of Making and Unmaking Dances#2 workshop | June 2024 and 2023 Making and Unmaking Dances#2 | an advanced and inclusive choreography workshop at ISON Dance and Theater | October 2023 – May 2024 | more information Performance Do Robots have Emotions? | choreography Manolis Saridakis, dramaturgy Medie Megas | Theotokos Foundation 12/12/23 Teaching “Choreography and Improvisation” module at Choros Professional Dance School. Translation, editing of academic texts for Dance Reader Σώματα Παρόντα: μια εισαγωγή στη θεωρία του χορού and writing of introductions to all texts. 2022 September-December Cyprus performances of “Do Robots Have Emotions?” by choreographer Manolis Saridakis, dramaturgy by Medie Megas | Nikosia November | more information soon Serbia performances of “Do Robots Have Emotions?” by choreographer Manolis Saridakis, dramaturgy by Medie Megas | Novi Sad 10-11 October | more information soon Choreography workshop “Making and Unmaking Dance” | ISON Dance and Theater | 19 October – 21 December | more information Performance Do Robots Have Emotions? by choreographer Manolis Saridakis, dramaturgy by Medie Megas | 1st September, ΟUR.FESTIVAL Rematia Theater, Chalandri | more information One-week dance improvisation workshop at Choros Professional Dance School | 5-9 September | more information March – June Speaker at 2-day conference “Public University for Dance / Act 1” | A.S.K.T 18,19 June | more information Performance “Do Robots Have Emotions?” by choreographer Manolis Saridakis, dramaturgy by Medie Megas | 11-13 March, Onasis Stegi | more information January – February “ACAMEDIA DANCE PROJECT, If not through the Academy, then how?” | Internal Workshops | Link soon available Lecture for CID UNESCO (TINOS SECTION) seminar entitled ‘Isadora Duncan and Greece’ | 20 February | more information 2021 December Work-in-progress presentation of Europe Beyond Access New Commission Program | Onassis Cultural Centre | for more information scroll down on this webpage September-October Launching of “ACAMEDIA DANCE PROJECT , If not through the Academy, then how?” (website available at end of Febuary) Mentoring and research phase of Europe Beyond Access New Commission Program | Onassis Cultural Centre | for more information scroll down on this webpage July WORKSHOP ‘Autonomous Moves’ | Akropoditi Dance Festival, Syros | 12-16 July | May Lecture Elpida Rikou 2020 November Moderator for Europe Beyond Access Novi Sad retreat (carried out online) | 23-27 November Interview with Tanja Erhart and subsequently audience development workshop | 18,19,20 November May Tour of work Water is Attracted to Water | canceled due to Covid19 February and March Europe Beyond Access audience development workshop on Enter Achilles performance by DV8 | Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens | 21,28 February and 6 March | more information Rehearsals for Water is Attracted to Water for scheduled tour of the work 2019 November – December Europe Beyond Access audience development workshop on Elenit peformance by Euripedes Lascarides | Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens | 29 November, 6 and 13 December | more information and on Facebook October Water is Attracted to Water work in progress | New Adelphi Theatre, Salford | 23 October | more information and on Facebook Salford University residency for the development of Kate Adam’s work Water is Attracted to Water |19-22 October | Lecture on artistic research | TWIXTlab, Athens | 5 October | more information and on Facebook September Water is Attracted to Water rehearsal period | Choros Professional Dance School, Athens | 13-16 September | more information July WORKSHOP ‘Autonomous Moves’ | Akropoditi Dance Festival, Syros | 8-12 July | more information April RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ‘Water is Attracted to Water’ | Thessaloniki | 3-10 April | more information and on Facebook March RESIDENCY ‘Water is Attracted to Water’ | ARC Stockton Arts Centre | 11-15 March | more information and on facebook November (2018) – Febuary WORKSHOP ‘Choreographic Experiments’ within the iDance program |Onassis Arts Centre | more information 2018 May ‘Trapped’ performance produced by the Onassis Arts Centre in co-production with the National Theatre | Ziller building of National Theatre , Ballroom | 10-13 May | more information November-May 2017-18 TOUR: ‘Dribbles and Triplets’ a youth dance performance produced by the Onasis Arts Centre | School or municipal basketball courts in all of Greece | 6th November – 22 May | more information 2017 September-November REHEARSAL PERIOD for ‘Dribbles and Triplets’ a youth dance performance produced by the Onasis Arts Centre | Onasis Cultural Centre | more information July AUDITION for ‘Dribbles and Triplets’ a youth dance performance produced by the Onasis Arts Centre | Onasis Cultural Centre | 7th July | more information 2016 December ‘Dance isn’t just Dance’ : TEDx speech by Medie Megas | TEDx independent event ‘On Accessibility’ organised by TEDxAThens | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre | 18th December October iDance workshop : dance and disability | 27 October -28 January | Onasis Cultural Center | more information September Company residency at the Duncan Dance Research Centre for upcoming production under temporary title ‘Trapped’ Spring / April ‘Choreographing love’ lecture (part of the EnterART workshop ‘On Love’ by Elpida Rikou) | April 5th | TwixtLAB | more information ‘Performance exercises’ workshop | Wednesdays 2nd March-1rst June | TwixtLAB | more information ‘Transforming Me’ performances | venue to be confirmed | more information soon February Dance as a vehicle for philosophical thinking , a discussion with Dr. Steriani Tsintziloni on ‘Transforming Me, a bilingual solo’ | 5. 12. 2015, Athens | TwixtLAB | more information, on facebook 2015 November ‘Transforming Me’ performance | 7. 11. 2015, Milan Italy | Danae Festival | more information ‘Transformation’ workshop with Kate Adams | 6.11.2015, Milan Italy | Dancehaus | more information ‘Unlimited access’ workshop | 19. 11. 2015 – 18. 2. 2016, Athens | at Onasis Arts Centre | more information October ‘Domino’ workshop and performance | 8. 10. 2015 – 1. 11. 2015, Athens | at Kinitiras Studio organised by ‘Syndesmos Chorou’ | more information
