Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:49

Choir 65+

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“The chorus is for women and men over 65 who want to share the joy of music. For those who have a secret wish to experiment with different songs – known or unknown. For those who want to unite their voices with the voices of other people. For those who need to sing. For those who feel the time has come to be heard.” – Dimitra Papastavrou

CHORUS CONDUCTOR:
Dimitra Papastavrou

PIANO:
Kostas Papathymnios

IMPLEMENTATION DATES: Mondays (16.00 – 18.00)

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Free participation on a first come, first served basis

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:46

GNO Alternative Stage's Intercultural Choir

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In the fourth year since its formation, the GNO Alternative Stage’s Intercultural Choir continues its thrilling multicultural journey into the four corners of the world. Songs of imperishable melodic richness from the traditional music of the countries of origin of its members (it already numbers more than 25 members) make up its repertoire which is constantly enriched with new material. Each meeting is a unique musical experience!

CHOIR CONDUCTOR: Vassula Delli

IMPLEMENTATION DATES: Mondays (18.30 – 20.00)

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Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:41

Music workshop at Korydallos Penitentiary

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The Music Workshop at the male wing of the Korydallos Penitentiary continues with a fifth cycle of meetings. Through experimentation and guidance by experienced musicians, participants will acquire basic music and performing skills.

DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION:
Maria-Christina Harper (musician, music healer), t.b.a.

 

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:39

Dance workshop at the Eleonas Penitentiary in Thebes

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The Dance Workshop at the Eleonas Penitentiary in Thebes continues with a new cycle of meetings aiming at cultivating the free expression stemming from group dance processes. Through guided exercises, female participants create their own original choreographies, which will be presented at the end of the workshop as a dance-theatre performance.

DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION:
Hara Kotsali (dancer, choreographer)
Katerina Spyropoulou (dancer, choreographer)

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:37

Music workshop at the Diavata Penitentiary in Thessaloniki

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For a second year in a row, GNO’s Learning & Participation continue the music workshop at the General Penitentiary of Thessaloniki (Diavata Prison). The workshop’s goal is to acquaint participants with the sound of different musical instruments and rhythm as creative tools of expression and help them compose and perform their own original pieces through a guided group process.

DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION:
Kostas Makrygiannakis (musician)
Michalis Sionas (director, musician)

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:34

Connecting body

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The workshop Connecting body focuses on the development process of kinesthetics and music perception, as participants learn to harmoniously share space and time. A basic instrument for attaining this result is body music, which proposes an experiential way of co-existing and communicating based exclusively on the use of the body for producing music. The workshop is targeted at people of all ages and it can simultaneously include persons with or without sensory disabilities. The result is every time unique and it depends on the group’s special character.

DESIGN: Yiota Peklari
IMPLEMENTATION: Yiota Peklari, Vicky Skordali


IMPLEMENTATION DATES: Mondays (17.00 – 19.00)

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A new music and speech workshop is launched by the GNO’s Learning & Participation, this time at the Nigrita Penitentiary in Serres. The workshop’s basic goal is to cultivate participants’ creativity, team spirit and free expression.


DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION:
Kostas Makrygiannakis (musician)
Michalis Sionas (director, musician)

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:24

Drum Works

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Learning & Participation deepen their collaboration with the explosive Drum Works from East London introducing a series of weekly workshops of music, composition and performance through the use of percussion instruments. Drum Works will once again visit the Greek National Opera for a series of intensive workshops in collaboration with “Atrapos”, Schedia – street magazine and other community groups of Athens. Workshops will climax with a big concert, a percussion marathon, and open workshops for the audience (March 2020).

PLANNING / IMPLEMENTATION:
Drum Works
Myrto Tikof (musician)
Alexis Stavropoulos (musician)
Dimitris Bourzoukos (musician)


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 BRITISH COUNCIL

 

Drum Works

 

Sxedia

 

 

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:07

Co-OPERAtive

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The Co-OPERAtive: An intercultural and collaborative opera hub for young people  project, winner of the 2019 Fedora European Prize for Education, is an opera hub for a mixed group of 60 young Athenians and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers aged 14-18 from across Attica. 

A few words about the project
The Co-OPERAtive project is an opera hub for a mixed group of 60 young Athenians and unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors aged 15-17 from across Attica. The project is inspired by opera, which is a common language for creating the first intercultural youth opera hub in Europe. Co-OPERAtive aims to expand opera’s appeal and make it more known to youth audiences, while bringing out cultural diversity and social cohesion. Foregrounding opera’s cooperative nature, the Co-OPERAtive project places collaboration at the heart of its design and implementation, building strong alliances with three partner-organizations, ARSIS, The HOME Project and Melissa Network.


The project will be implemented from January to June 2020 in the Greek National Opera’s venues at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. Detailed information about the project and the participation process will be announced in September 2019 on the GNO webpage (www. nationalopera.gr).
The Co-OPERAtive project brings out three of opera’s basic disciplines: music, theatre and dance. The music section includes instrumental music composition, vocal and improvisation workshops. The theatre section includes creative writing, acting, and directing workshops, and the dance section ballet, contemporary dance, and choreography classes. Alongside the artistic team, the GNO’s professional personnel will contribute in the areas of lighting design, stage management, sound engineering, etc.


Artistic Team
Director: Themelis Glynatsis
Music supervision/ Conductor: Andys Skordis
Music workshop Leaders: Nikolaos Zaziaris, Ann-Kristin Sofroniou
Theatre workshop Leaders: Panagiotis Exarcheas, Eleni Moleski
Movement coach: Edgen Lame
Dance workshop Leaders: Edgen Lame & Katerina Gevetzi
Sets & Costumes: Christina Spanou

Fedora Platform
The Fedora Platform is a European Organization established to support the revival of opera and ballet. Its network of supporters consists of people and companies in Europe, wishing to support the genre of Opera and expand its audience on a global level through their philanthropic work.

Opera Europe
Opera Europa is the largest network of opera houses and Opera and Ballet professionals in Europe. Its main office is in Brussels. It currently serves over 200 member organizations from 43 different countries across Europe. The GNO is an active member of Opera Europa and participates in all its activities on a yearly basis.


FINAL PERFORMANCES: 13 & 14 June 2020, GNO Alternative Stage
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HOME PROJECT

 MELISSA

 

Thursday, 19 September 2019 19:05

Meet Petipa

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The Greek National Opera invites for a second year children, teenagers, adults and people aged over 65 to get to know the work of Marius Petipa (1818-1910) through a workshop held on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. The Meet Petipa workshop aims at introducing the top choreographer’s work to young audiences through the teaching of excerpts from his original, imaginative choreography for the masterly Swan Lake.

DESIGN / IMPLEMENTATION: T.B.A.
IMPLEMENTATION DATES: 7, 8, 14, 15 December 2019 (15.00 – 17.00)
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