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“BONES” at PLYFA: Tetis Nikolopoulou’s choreographic work explores the relationship between structure, support, and fracture through the human body

The choreographic work BONES, presented at PLYFA from May 2 to May 10, explores the relationship between structure, support, and fracture through the human body. The body appears as a living system, constantly adapting to pressure, reshaping itself in order to endure. The creative process began with observing the body as a dynamic anatomical structure. Throughout this exploration, trauma emerged as a material for creation, with memory approached not as something to be overcome, but as something that returns and

ACHOS FEST at PLYFA: An Open-Air Music & Dance Celebration Comes to Athens

On Sunday, May 17, in the outdoor space of PLYFA, four distinctive acts from the contemporary scene—creatively engaging with traditional music-come together: Sourloulou Band, Kideria, Laska, and Banda Entopica join forces for a musical journey where dance, celebration, and the shared memories of the Eastern Mediterranean reclaim their place in the present. ACHOS is an invitation and a call to participate in a festival experience where instruments, voices, and bodies meet in a collective celebration. We approach musical tradition beyond

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Sophie Lies and Nefeli Walking Undercover unite their sonic worlds for an evening at St. Paul’s Anglican Church

Sophie Lies and Nefeli Walking Undercover bring together their sonic universes in an evening of tender pop-folk chamber music and idiosyncratic storytelling. Through dreamlike keyboard textures, narrative-driven guitars, and earthy violins, the two singer-songwriters will present a shared set featuring moments from their discographies, alongside unreleased compositions and new musical settings. With the human voice as their primary vehicle, they will unfold stories of light and darkness, identity in its many expressions, solitude and melancholy, but also the small, glimmering

Sébastien Tellier comes to Release Athens x SNF Nostos 2026

Release Athens x SNF Nostos 2026, presented by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, welcomes Sébastien Tellier on Monday, June 22, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. One of the most recognizable and idiosyncratic figures of the contemporary European scene, the timeless dandy of French pop returns to Greece to join Jean-Michel Jarre for a remarkable evening that promises an audiovisual journey into the universe of electronic music. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation collaborates with Release Athens on the occasion of its
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