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Athens Festival

Great summer festival in the ancient city.

Where: Athény, Řecko

When: July 5th - August 31st
repeats every year but different time

Category: Culture (61)

Tags: festival, summe

Created by: Katy


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What is the Athens Festival? A great celebration that has lasted 52 summers, and that has hosted some of the leading lights of theatre, music and dance. From Mitropoulos and Callas to Rostropovich, Pavarotti, Leonidas Kavakos and Dimitris Sgouros.

From Theodorakis and Hadjidakis to Savvopoulos, Protopsalti, Dalaras and Marinella. From Rondiris and Koun to Streller, Peter Hall, Noh theatre, Bunraku puppet theatre, and the Peking Opera. From Balanchine to Pina Bausch, and from Nureyev and Fonteyn to Martha Graham and Alicia Alonso. Above all, however, it is a venture with an eventful past often clouded by events in Greece’s recent history. A venture that, over the last two years, has taken on a youthful vitality, and openness. But how did we come to this point?

Edited by: Katy, Lukas

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