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Romeo and Juliet in modern life

Karyofyllia Karabetis in the direction and the leading role

Romeo and Juliet in the computer age, in the age of great threats, in the age of modern "terrorism": THEKarabeti walnut tree suggests, for the 23 January (at 20.30) in the context of the Theatrical Analogy of the Ionian Center his "Juliet of Mackintosh".Stelios Lytra,choosing to oversee the direction and "read" the role of Juliet.
Project written 1991 by the writer and poet who passed away this summer 1993 – in age 41 years, tackles the Shakespearean theme, giving the heroes present-day faces. The case unfolds in the nightmarish atmosphere of an Orwellian-style totalitarian regime, with riot police clashing and young protesters. Juliet is an employee of a huge company that crushes her every day, while Romeo is a wanted "terrorist" who traffics electronic files with prohibited material. The claustrophobic interior and exterior landscape is dominated by screens – or computers, or televisions that constantly show state propaganda, scenes of extreme violence and images of war. They are still playingDimitris Lalos,Yannis Leakos, Elianna Mavromati, Chris Radanoff, Vassilis Hatzidimitrakis, while the video featuresStelios Mainas.
The project was first uploaded on 2000 directed by Simeio theaterNikos Diamantis with herIoanna Makri in the role of Juliet.
In between, this week at the Ionian Center will be given today, Monday and tomorrow, Tuesday 16 and 17 January, two more shows.
Tonight (16/1, at 21.30) "Arthonen Artaud Remembers Hilter in Berlin's Café Roman", directed by himDimitris Kantiotis byNikos Pantelidis. With him on stage,Alexander Botinishe plays the cello. Based on the French theorist's uncredited letter to Hilter, Tom Peckert composed a special monologue, in his spiritBread, which combines extreme thoughts. It will be repeated on 23 and 30 January as well as on 6 February. Start time: 21.30.
Subsequently, next Tuesday, 17 January (at 20.30), her work will be presented in the same spaceSonia Zaharatou "My Enemy". The text places men somewhere in the world, women and children, heroes of a terrorist act. The author points out that“around them, inside the frozen room, where they are trapped, there are guns and explosives. A woman, with her son in her arms, exhausted from fatigue, falls asleep. A man, beside her, he wakes her up and talks to her. He is one of the binders! What can he say to her?; What will be the outcome of the hostage situation?; What will become of our heroes?;». In the theater lectern they readTitika Vlachopoulos (which also has the directorial supervision) and theDimitris Petropoulos.Fauto is playingSophia Mavrogenidou.
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Golden globes 2012: "Descendants" and "Artist" won

The "Descendants", the last film of the American director of Greek origin to dateAlexander Payne, is one of the big winners at this year's Golden Globes, which were presented Sunday night in Los Angeles, hosted by the British actorRicky Gervais, who unlike last year's award this year was sparing with vices.

The sensitive yet comical drama of a middle-aged man (George Clooney) who tries to find a way to communicate with his daughters knowing that his wife is dying, won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama (Clooney).

On the "opposite" bank, the category of best comedy or musical, the "Artist" – the mute, his black and white filmMichel Hazanavicius which has been on an upswing since winning at last year's Cannes festival – winning three awards: Best Comedy or Musical, best actor in a comedy or musical for the French actorJean Desjardins and music (Ludovic Burchett).

Too bad Alexander Payne didn't also win the Golden Globe for Best Director, since this award was given toMartin Scorsese for "Hugo", a homage of the director towards the cinema itself which will be shown in theaters shortly.

Another "old", TheWoody Allen won the screenplay award for 'Midnight in Paris', where he too looks nostalgically at something in the past, the old ones, good days of the City of Light.

THEMeryl Streepwon her eighth Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance asMargaret Thatcherin the modest but "Iron Lady" by Philinda Lloyd. Respectively in the comedy or musical, orMichelle Williams won for her work on Seven Days with Marilyn where she also plays a real person, herMarilyn Monroe.

The awarding of the Iranian director's film is fairAsghar Farhadi"A separation" but also that of the Canadian veteranChristopher Plummer who won the prize b’ male role for the film "The Rookies" where he played his gay fatherEwan McGregor.

Among the women, the black actress was awardedOctavia Spencer for the anti-racist film "The Maids".

If not all, most of these names will soon be heard again when the Oscar nominations are announced 2012.
Best Movie – Drama: "The Descendants"
Best Movie – Comedy or Musical: «The Artist»
Best Actor – Drama: George Clooney ("The Descendants")
Best Actress – Drama: Meryl Streep («Τhe Iron Lady»)
Best Actor – Comedy or Musical: Jean Dujardin ("The Artist")
Best Actress – Comedy or Musical: Michelle Williams ("Seven Days with Marilyn")
B’ Male Role: Christopher Plummer ("The Rookies")
B’ Female Role: Octavia Spencer ("Maids")
Best Director: Martin Scorsese («Hugo»)
Best Screenplay: Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris")
Best Animated Film: "The Adventures of Tintin – The Secret of the Unicorn"
Best Music: «The Artist»
Best Song: Masterpiece («W.E.»)
Best Foreign Language Film: "A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi
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Tango rhythms in Technopolis : 3o Athens Tango Day and Great Tango Orchestra

The3o Athens Tango Day «Athens dances and .. listens to Tango» returns to amaze the Athenian audience with a unique oneconcertwith 5 tango orchestras, the "Great Tango Orchestra» itSaturday 21 January 2012! An event – station in the Greek tango scene that revives a musical custom of the golden age of Tango and combines concert, dance shows, tango dance night as well as introductory lessons!
The event starts with free introductory tango lessons from the best schools/teachers in Athens. The courses will be held in the Angelos Sikelianos hall of the "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens from 17:00 until 21:00.
The schedule is as follows:
 
17:00-17:50 Felino Tango – Fabian Ballejos & Gina Nikolitsa
17:50-18:40 Gabriel Marino & Elli Karadimou
18:40-19:30 TangoFix – Loukas Balokas & Georgia Proiskou
19:30-20:20 Chorotropio – Dimitris Loukakis & Vicky Damianou
20:20-21:00 myTango – Konos Bagrapoulos & Karachalio silks
The event continues withgreat concert«Great Tango Orchestra» with the unique onesGet rid of it, Evocation, Water and Wine, El duo de dos kai Marios Strofalis Quartet! The orchestras will be accompanied by the above 5 couples of excellent tango teachers/dancers. The concert "Great Tango Orchestra» will take place on21:30 in Polychoros "Anna and Maria Kalouta», Agios Sostis & Timocreontos 6a, New World. Login from 10€.
Theevent ends with a free tango dance night«The Dancers' Milonga» with Djs known tango dancers in the roomSicilian angelof "Technopolis» hisMunicipality of AthensIs the motto of the 16th Spare Parts Bazaar22:30 until 07:00.
We invite you to experience it yourself, completely free, a unique dance experience, meet notable tango teachers and enjoy a unique concert with famous orchestras and dance shows, the Saturday 21 January, in the Angelos Sikelianos hall of "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens from 17:00 until 21:00 and from 22:30 until 07:00 and on 21:30 in Polychoros "Anna and Maria Kalouta», Agios Sostis & Timocreontos 6a, New World.
* The Culturenow.gr competition for invitations (21/01/2012) it's for the concertGreat Tango Orchestrawhich will take place in Polychoros “Anna and Maria Kalouta”, in the New World on 21.30 at night.
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Manolis Mitsias – Stations and Route: Concert at the Concert Hall

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 January, time 8:30pm.
TheAthens Concert Hallpresents the great Greek performerManoli Mitsiasin two concert-trips toGreek song…
 
"In the beginning was the Word". This rule defined his careerManoli Mitsias, classifying him as an ideal interpreter of the great Greek authors and our leading poets. Countless songs that make up the modern Greek artistic and popular creation – signed by Manos Hadjidaki, Miki Theodorakis, Yannis Markopoulos, Stavros Xarchakos, Municipality of Moutsi, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Stamatis Kraunakis, Luciano Kilaidoni, Ilias Andriopoulos, Christos Leontis et al. in lyrics by Giorgos Seferis, Federico García Lorca, Yannis Ritsou, Nikos Karousou, Nikos Gatsu, Manos Eleftheriou, Lefteris Papadopoulos, Linas Nikolakopoulou et al. – which he himself stamped with the characteristic gift of his voice and his modest personality.
So these, his well-traveled melodic baggageManoli Mitsiasin the Greek universality of the five continents, filled with their precious material 65 of his records, they will open on his stageGreat Music Hall of Athens, theSaturday 21 and on Sunday 22 January, at 8.30 at night, in the Christos Lambrakis Hall, “to minister again through musical expression and speech, concepts that have been running through Greek culture for thousands of years, such as harmony, the aesthetics, measure and beauty". The program of the concert-tour in the Greek pentagram by Manoli Mitsiasis enriched and accompanied by traditional songs of his homeland that the Macedonian performer has included in his repertoire since the beginning of his singing career.
HimManoli Mitsiasaccompany on stage the famous 'Bronze of Goumenissa' by Alexandros Zora, 8member of the Folk Orchestra and the singer Nana Binopoulou. The musicians are playing: Herakles Zakkas (bouzouki, mandolin), Vassilis Drogaris (accordion), George Behlivanoglou (classical guitar), Panagiotis Samaras (acoustic guitar), Alexander Botinis (cello),  Haris Mermigas (contrabass), Yannis Sarikos (drums, crust) and Achilles Vastor (piano) who also signs the orchestration.
Theconcerts ofManoli Mitsiasare part of the Special Appearances Series
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Damien Hirst's dots travel around the world

Damien Hirst's famous dot paintings are taking the world by storm. The exhibition consisting of the artist's spot paintings are presented in eleven Gagosian galleries around the world. Among the cities visited by the exhibition is Athens.

The exhibition includes more than 300 tables, from the first dot painted by Hirst that year 1986, even his recent works and they bear strange names, such as "Cocaine Hydrochloride".

He himself has declared: “Imagine a universe of dots. Every time I create a painting I cut out a square piece of this universe. But the dots are reborn in the part I cut. They are all connected to each other".

Hirst, one of the most influential artists of our time, has made 1.500 overall spot paintings, while now a team of his assistants is working on a million-dot project that will take nine years to complete.

The projects are of various dimensions. They start at half a dot (2,4×1,2 cm.), while others are of enormous dimensions. They are presented simultaneously in eleven galleries around the world and come from collections and 20 different countries of the world.

The edition "The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011" will be released alongside the exhibition, which is a complete reference to all the dotted works created by Hirst in the corresponding period.

The exhibition "Damien Hirst: Dots, the complete collection, 1986-2011» will precede the first major retrospective of Hertz's work, which will open at Tate Modern in April 2012.

The central exhibit will be "For the Love of God", a human skull made of platinum and diamonds.

The complete spot paintings exhibition lasts until 10 March and in Athens it is hosted at the Bogosian Gallery, Merlin 3, Kolonaki.
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The Afghanistan of war and music!

School members poor and homeless children

Culture is a balm in hard times to people who have been through hardships, they say. This seems to be the opinion of the leaders of the music Academy in Afghanistan, who try through music to ease or at least ease the pain of young children, who witnessed a fierce war.
The notes follow one another, in the two-story building in the center of Kabul and the classical piano blends perfectly with the violins and flute. Young students are taught music, in the hope as the teachers say, to forget the gruesome details of the war they lived through and the poverty they endure.
The head of the National Music Institute of Afghanistan, Ahmad Sarmast, in an interview with the Reuters agency he said, among other things, that "we are committed to building the lives of these troubled children through music, given its healing power."
School counts 140 students, with most members being orphans and homeless children, which according to Ahmad, they are passionate about music.
"This country is thirsty for music and art in general, as for the change", concluded the teacher. While then he underlined that the college also gives scholarships to schools abroad, such as Britain and Denmark, which already finance the school.
Source : protothema.gr
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The Almodovar Archive

Almodovar's cinematic style, his scripts, his characters have evolved at the same time as his iconography. Bright colors are always there along with strong passions, but the language of his cinematography is no longer the pretentious kitsch of his early films. Let's say Volver and The Skin I Inhabit are two good examples of this. The first has images from the working class, from the city and the road the second from the upper urban, from the living room and the designer furniture. But both are elegant, his photography and art direction are now far from kitsch.
Such photos have been collected in the Taschen book The Pedro Almodóvar Archives and they are above 600, from the personal archive of the Spanish director. They start from 87, from the time of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown to now the 2011. The captions are also his.
Source : tovima.gr