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The musical "Chicago" in Thessaloniki

The award-winning musical "CHICAGO» directed by him Stop Beans, will be presented by 30 December for a limited number of shows at Thessaloniki Concert Hall.

With 30.000 tickets from Pallas in his luggage, with excellent rates, a wonderful ensemble of actors and dancers in particularly demanding roles, in choreographies by Fokas Evangelinos and a ten-member orchestra on stage conducted by Alexis Priftis, "CHIGAGO" is undoubtedly the most glamorous show of this year's theater season.

The Emerald Coconut, Tanya Trypi, Konstantinos Markoulakis, Antonis Loudaros and Marinella in a surprise role, demonstrate their virtuoso skills in the inventive stage environment of Giorgos Gavalas and Yiannis Mourikis and the impressive costumes of Denis Vachliotis, justifying the bold choice of Hellenic Spectacles to stage this year, the "Rolls Royce of musicals".

The story
"CHIGAGO" is an authentic "jazz" story set in the Prohibition era and combining love, the comedy, adultery, the drama, satirizing "justice", "state Pharisaism" but also the "starter" of every form! Murders, violence and corruption, explosive dance moves and powerful songs excite and enthrall audiences around the world.

First uploaded on 1975 on Broadway and completed 936 representations. The direction and innovative choreographies that went down in history were signed by Bob Fosse. The public applauded it enthusiastically for two years and due to its great success it was staged again 1996 and 1997 on two Broadway stages making it the 4th longest running musical in Broadway history! It had the same excellent run in London's West End since it was played by 1997 until September 1st 2012 where the last performance was given!

Premiere 30/12
Next performances 2-6/1/2013

Buy tickets:
From the publishing houses of Megaros Musikis, in Aristotelous Square and from www.tch.gr.
Information and purchase of tickets: 2310-895938-9

Source : autotriti.gr

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Rich events at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall

What we can see from September to December 2012

Creative search, support for young creators, honor in older but also cooperation with cultural institutions and institutions are the main axes of the planning of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall for the period September-December 2012.

Concerts, parallel activities and festive events form the main body while special emphasis will be given to the Southeastern Mediterranean, in the framework of the Thessaloniki program- Crossroads of Cultures, but also in the Macedonian capital itself.

Σ΄ό,as far as the performances themselves are concerned, stands out the famous dance group Batsheva from Israel with the choreography of the famous Ohad Naharin "Hora" which is a co-production with the 47th Dimitria and will be presented on 29/9. The title refers to an Israeli folk dance that was danced in the fields after a day of hard work..

A concert by pianist Giannis Vakarelis and accordionist Bjarke Mogensen will follow on 3/10 and includes contemporary works written for unusual combinations of instruments as well as their own adaptations of classical works.

Σ΄ό,as for the other events, among others, the concert of the Izmir Chamber Orchestra on 10/10 but also the recital of the Turkish pianist Fazil Sai on 12 of the same month.

The program, complement, among other things, classical ballet performances ("Sleeping Well" on 8 and 9 December ) but also flamenco (BalletFlamencodeAndalucia on 6 and 7 November), the comic opera of Spyros Samaras "The Cretan Girl" , a production of the National Opera to be played in Thessaloniki between 22-25 November , the "Date with the Opera" – the cycle of educational programs organized for the second year- the Concert of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Yuri Yanko on 19 October and live broadcasts from the New York Metropolitan Opera with the support of the ANTENNA Group.

Source : tovima.gr

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Alkistis Protopsalti and Evanthia Reboutsika at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall

Alkistis Protopsalti and Evanthia Reboutsika travel their music and songs in Thessaloniki, at the Concert Hall, at 10 and 11 February.
They will present songs flooded with the light of Greece, with sounds that smell of the East but also wink at the West, a program that stirs with its passion and power filling our hearts with tenderness and sensitivity.
“Spice, cinnamon and celebration",  the title of the show, inspired by a song by the Citizen Kitchen to "exorcise" evil, still in a festive mood and many emotions!
Alkistis Protopsalti reports characteristics: "Evanthia's music transports you to something very familiar, in smells and perfumes, to something very familiar, like Sunday afternoon at mom's house where everything is musky. The way she plays her lovely violin encapsulates melancholy and joy in equal measure, it hits you right in the heart".
Evanthia Reboutsika adds: "Where I was looking to find the nightingale of the East outside of Greece, I found it in front of me chirping. I was moved by the colors and aromas of her voice and it inspired me to record new songs but also to unite musically on stage".
One voice, a violin and a special orchestra that emits fire, with each musician playing 2-3 instruments… canon, accordion, trumpet, cello, lute, metallophone, piano, kahon, upright bass, astride, crust, tambourines, guitar, mandolin.
Alkistis Protopsalti and Evanthia Reboutsika will fill our hearts, they will embrace our dreams and take us on a musical journey to Greece, Istanbul, Egypt, the Balkans, in a program that the public of Athens adored!
Source : culturenow.gr
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Rock the Ballet by Rasta Thomas with the Bad Boys of Dance in Athens and Thessaloniki

The "bad guys» hisdancethey return in wild moods toAthenafor three spectacular performances on27, 28 & 29 January 2012 in the Badminton theaterand for two appearances atThessalonica, in theOpera Houseat31/01 and 1/02 2012.
A modern one, full of energy and sensual dance performance with beat music that passes like a storm wherever it finds itself (America, Europe and Australia) and leaves audiences and critics raving and charting hymns!
The same thing happened in Athens last year, in November 2010, when the -always generous with authentic vanguard- Greek audience filled Badminton for four nights (10-14/11) and welcomed for the first time the "ballet of the 21st century".
To “Rock the Ballet” it is a creation ofRasta Thomas, classical ballet soloist, who decided to throw away the "tight" leggings, to forget Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev for a while, re-examine the legacy of Rudolf Nureyev with a fresh eye and unleash his unparalleled talent dancing to the rock beats of Lenny Kravitz, of U2, of Journey, of Queen and many, many others! With Adrienne Canterna, husband and companion, to sign most of the choreography and the Bad Boys of Dance a group of excellent male dancers (and a dancer) to contribute to the scenes, Rasta Thomas as a worthy leader, present a "work", in which the traditional techniques of classical ballet coexist and "mix" with the wild, intense movements of modern dance, the difficult and dangerous stunts of gymnastics, but also the rhythmic figures of hip hop or the atmospheric ones of a jazz interlude. Giving like this, a kick in the knees of the strict rules that raised him. And they created him! 
From the 2008 until today, Rock the Ballet has performed more than 600 sold out shows all over the world, among them those of Greece,  rising above 300.000 spectators!!!
RASTA THOMAS
(Director/Founder)
Rasta Thomas was born in San Francisco, California in 1981 and grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He studied at the world-renowned Kirov Academy in Washington and as a teenager made dance competition history with awards including the Special Jury Prize from the Paris International Dance Competition in 1994, the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna 1996 in the junior category and the Gold Medal in the men's category in Jackson, MS USA-IBC. The 1995 became a member of Le Jeune Ballet de France and the 1997 was invited as a Principal Dancer with the Hartford Ballet. He has appeared in several television documentaries, at the Academy Awards, in a commercial for GAP's international campaign, as well as in the film 'One Last Dance' starring Patrick Swayze. She has danced at the White House for the President of the USA and opened for Aretha Franklin at Harlem's famous Apollo Theater. The 2005, Rasta starred in the musical 'Movin’ Out' by Twyla Tharp on Broadway, while the 2007 guest danced the title role in "Othello" with American Ballet Theatre

He has collaborated with many dance groups, such as: American Ballet Theatre, Victor Ullate Ballet of Spain, National Ballet of China, Joffrey Ballet, Lines Contemporary Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and Pacific Northwest Ballet. He has danced many roles, such as “Albrecht” in the Giselle, “Basilio” in Don Quixote, “Ali” in the Le Corsaire, και σε έργα των Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Debbie Allen, Ulysses Dove and Jerry Mitchell.
He was the first American to join the Mariinsky Ballet (pr. Kirov) of Saint Petersburg (2001), while subsequently, two years later, was the first soloist at the Dance Theater of Harlem. His latest project is the group Bad Boys of Dance and "Rock The Ballet" (co-created with Adrienne Canterna).
Source : culturenow.gr