Traditional dance workshops with expert folklorist from Greece to be held in Melbourne

The Zeibekiko Festival Australia is bringing successful radical from Greece arsenic portion of its solemnisation of the galore types of zeibekiko dancing, among which will see an adept teacher successful Dr Christos Theologos.

Dr Theologos, on with his subordinate Stefanos Kyriazakos, will pb traditional creation and zeibekiko workshops and lectures arsenic portion of the 2025 Zeibekiko Festival Australia (organised by Ventouris Productions) which will tally from 3-12 October.

Dr Theologos, who has a PhD successful Folklore with his main probe being successful Asia Minor folklore studies, has lectured astatine the University of the Aegean and is Principal of the Music School of Rhodes, will pb galore creation seminars alongside Kyriazakos while successful Australia.

The duo will archetypal pb two afloat days of seminars successful Melbourne connected 4 and 5 October astatine St Eleftherios Church Hall successful Brunswick.

The archetypal time will see seminars teaching dances from Coastal Asia Minor (11am), traditional zeibekiko dances – aivali, smyrni, pergamo (1pm), dances from Rhodes – pb by Kyriazakos who was calved and raised connected the land (2.30pm), and Aptalika and Karsilamathes (4pm).

The 2nd time will diagnostic workshops connected dances from Chios – which Dr Theologos is highly proficient having been calved and raised connected the land (11am), Constantinople dances (1pm), and Cappadokia (2.30pm).

The aforesaid workshops will beryllium held successful Sydney connected 11 and 12 October successful Bexley astatine Sydney Technical High School.

Dr Theologos will besides present two lectures arsenic portion of the Festival’s program, the archetypal being astatine St Nicholas Church successful Marrickville connected 6 October titled ‘Church/Religion successful the bosom of tradition’.

The 2nd will take spot the pursuing time connected 7 October astatine the Greek Community Club and will woody with the topic ‘Zeibekiko: from taste representation to pegadagogical act. The interpretational representation of the creation for the exile experience’.

The Festival will besides beryllium headlined by Areti Ketime, who will execute two concerts successful Australia alongside her maestro violinist Dimitri Stefopoulos.

The archetypal will beryllium held successful Melbourne connected 5 October astatine Ivanhoe Girls Performance Art Centre, while her 2nd performance will take spot connected 10 October astatine Sydney’s Hurlstone Park RSL.

More accusation connected the Festival tin beryllium sourced astatine their website.