GRRcalendar - Apr 2012
Events: April 6100 Years of a Living Art - history of the Greek costume Greek national costumes are exhibited in the Museum on 7, Dimokritou Street in the metropolitan district of Kolonaki. It is organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Lyceum of Greek Women. The exhibition presents a small part of the collection of the Lyceum, which includes over 25,000 items. The Museum of the history of Greek costume is open from Monday to Friday between 10 am and 2 pm. The exhibition will continue until December 2012. Athens, 7, Dimokritou Street |
Modern Ballet Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) 5-8 April 2012 The Nederland dance modern ballet group will present for the first time to the Greek audience in Athens two new choreographies by Paul Lightfoot & Sol León (2009 & 2010). «Sehnsucht» (Passion) Choreography: Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (selections) * Sets - Costumes: Sol Leon & Paul Lightfoot Lights: Tom Bevoort * Piano Concerto № 3 and 4 and Symphony № 5. Recording with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: H. von Karajan (Symphony № 5) and C. Abad (piano concertos). Piano soloist M. Pollini. - «Schmetterling» (Butterfly) Choreography: Sol Leon, Paul Lightfoot Music: The Magnetic Fields (selections from the album 69 Love Songs) Max Richter (selections from the album Memoryhouse & Blue Notebooks) Design: Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon Costumes: Joke Visser & Hermein HollanderLights: Tom Bevoort Artistic Director: Paul Lightfoot Tickets: from 12 to 65 euro depending on the seats, Alexandra Trianti Hall, Megara Mousikis - Athens. Pre-sale from 14 March 2012. Athens, Vassilis Sofias Avenue and Kokalis Street |
Photographic Exhibition Expulsion and Exchange of Populations 5 April 2012 - 6 May 2012 The exhibition presents 50 photographs of the external facades of buildings that housed the refugees from the Asia Minor Disaster and 50 colour photographs of the interiors of their homes and the people still living there. Benaki Museum, 138, Piraeus Avenue, Athens. Athens, 138, Piraeus Avenue |
Exhibition "The Antikythera Shipwreck: the ship - the treasures - the Mechanism" 6 April 2012 – 28 April 2013The temporary exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens is dedicated to the mysterious discovery in the region of the tiny island of Antikythera.On 17 May 1902, Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovered a part of the Antikythera Mechanism, which is considered to be an ancient mechanical calculator. A second expedition was held in the 1980s involving the Greek Archaeological Institute and with the assistance of Jacques Cousteau, the rest of the remains of the ancient machine was found.The Antikythera Mechanism is considered to be a mechanical calculator developed in Antiquity or in other words, a computer from antiquity. It served to calculate the position of stars and the movement of astronomical bodies. Almost all findings are presented to the public for the first time.Venue: National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Patission Street 44 Athens, 44, Patission Street |
Events: April 7100 Years of a Living Art - history of the Greek costume Greek national costumes are exhibited in the Museum on 7, Dimokritou Street in the metropolitan district of Kolonaki. It is organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Lyceum of Greek Women. The exhibition presents a small part of the collection of the Lyceum, which includes over 25,000 items. The Museum of the history of Greek costume is open from Monday to Friday between 10 am and 2 pm. The exhibition will continue until December 2012. Athens, 7, Dimokritou Street |
Modern Ballet Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) 5-8 April 2012 The Nederland dance modern ballet group will present for the first time to the Greek audience in Athens two new choreographies by Paul Lightfoot & Sol León (2009 & 2010). «Sehnsucht» (Passion) Choreography: Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (selections) * Sets - Costumes: Sol Leon & Paul Lightfoot Lights: Tom Bevoort * Piano Concerto № 3 and 4 and Symphony № 5. Recording with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: H. von Karajan (Symphony № 5) and C. Abad (piano concertos). Piano soloist M. Pollini. - «Schmetterling» (Butterfly) Choreography: Sol Leon, Paul Lightfoot Music: The Magnetic Fields (selections from the album 69 Love Songs) Max Richter (selections from the album Memoryhouse & Blue Notebooks) Design: Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon Costumes: Joke Visser & Hermein HollanderLights: Tom Bevoort Artistic Director: Paul Lightfoot Tickets: from 12 to 65 euro depending on the seats, Alexandra Trianti Hall, Megara Mousikis - Athens. Pre-sale from 14 March 2012. Athens, Vassilis Sofias Avenue and Kokalis Street |
Photographic Exhibition Expulsion and Exchange of Populations 5 April 2012 - 6 May 2012 The exhibition presents 50 photographs of the external facades of buildings that housed the refugees from the Asia Minor Disaster and 50 colour photographs of the interiors of their homes and the people still living there. Benaki Museum, 138, Piraeus Avenue, Athens. Athens, 138, Piraeus Avenue |
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