"Patron" on 18 and 19 July

From: http://www.kathimerini.gr/776516/article/politismos/xoros/

SANDRA VULGARI

The city of Kalamata
from afar in "Mesa" by Dimitris Papaioannou, who completed it
last year's festival.

The city of Kalamata and modern dance, a relationship of worship which
celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year, projecting more than any
another year the city itself. Tonight her Ballroom
Kalamatas will be packed for the premiere of the 20th International Festival
Dance of Kalamata (art direction: Vicky Marangopoulou), where
the performance of the much loved in Greece Nederlands will be presented
In Theater. From much earlier on the streets of the city, in the squares,
at the port, around the beautiful neoclassical buildings of Kalamata will
has started one of the two workshops of this year's festival with
title "On the road". A great opening to the community of the city that
follows the similar pioneering actions that are being carried out here and
years abroad.

"We are talking about an absolutely young festival", he tells me from the other end
of the telephone line the mayor of Kalamata Panagiotis Nikas, The
who speaking to "K" about the financial dimension as well as the
cultural impact of the Festival on the city of Kalamata pointed out
huge participation of young people not only as spectators but also as volunteers
("an attendance so great that it cannot be satisfied").

A new hotel complex may not have been built to
meet the needs of the Festival, Nevertheless, as Panagiotis Nikas pointed out,
"every year the transformation of its coastal zone is impressive
Kalamata on the days of the Festival. Athenians, Europeans, artists and
spectators of all ages change the rhythms of the city". That's right. The
those who have come to Kalamata for even one summer know this well
for the dance festival. Increase in overnight stays in its hotels
city ​​mainly during the days of the Festival, as well as an increase of
transactions in catering and entertainment stores points out
Panagiotis Nikas as "direct benefits to the economic life of the city".

Another exciting Kalamata International Dance Festival is ready
for action. We look forward to it!

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