Dancing to Connect 2020

Sometimes, the only thing you need in order to communicate or eliminate prejudice, bullying, and fear, is a simple choreography.

Ten junior and senior highschools from Athens and Kalamata allow the power of contemporary dance to invade the school’s classrooms, gyms, corridors, and yards. Professional dancers visit these schools, share their knowledge and guide the students to create a dance performance, which they will present at the Main Stage of the Onassis Stegi.

After seven successful years, we are well aware that dance brings people together. This is why the Onassis Stegi, still drawing inspiration from the brainchild of New York's Battery Dance Company and with the perennial support of the U.S. Embassy in Athens, will keep “Dancing to Connect” – the same way 45 countries in the world do, in the framework of the titular program.

Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

How many students are needed to shake the Main Stage of Onassis Stegi?

Credits

Dancers Who Participate this Year
Nikoleta Karmiri, Candy Karra, Androniki Marathaki, Dimitris Mitilineos, Martha Passakopoulou, Avgoustinos Potsios, Demokritos Sifakis, Antonis Strouzas, Alex Tsiamoglu, Maria Fountouli
With members of the group of dancers who have participated over the past years
Ioanna Apostolou, Nontas Damopoulos, Nikoleta Karmiri, Candy Karra, Alexander Laskaratos, Androniki Marathaki, Yiannis Nikolaidis, Aris Papadopoulos, Martha Pasakopoulou, Dimokritos Sifakis, Elena Stavropoulou, Antonis Strouzas, Maria Fountouli, Ilias Hatzigeorgiou

In collaboration with the Municipality of Kalamata, Municipality of Kalamata's Public Utility Company "Faris", Kalamata International Dance Festival, and Messinia's Regional Directorate of Secondary Education.