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Nikos Kalamos: I was trained to play the stink with color

With baggage from his six-year stint next to Stella Adler in New York and what the teacher has said - such as that "the last stage of vanity is success" - Nikos Kalamos is a modern hermit of the theater. The last ones 16 years living in the heart of nature, in Ellanion Oros in Aegina, and is confronted with texts of world literature. The creator of the Theater Nursery of Aegina, where amateurs of all ages and professions are trained, states an apprentice actor, he repairs furniture to secure a living and presents a series of monologues in Athens, after first "trying" them on the island, in a series of paradoxical spaces, such as the auditorium of the Wild Bird and Animal Sanctuary.

I started…
To learn what real theater means next to the great Stella Adler, who together with the Clermans, Strasberg and Kazan founded the Group Theater until McCarthyism stopped them in the 1930s. My studies in New York are the big station of my CV. I first met her in Hollywood in the early 80s, when I was acting in some small theaters with the little English I knew and he asked to see my work – I remember that it was a monologue that Titos Vandis had pointed out to me. And then she told me to come to New York to study text analysis at her studio. I stayed six years with Stella. Yes, she was old and had told reporters not to tell her real age. I met her when she was 93. He died 13 years later. Pass them 100 teacher.

I learned…
To be steely in the face of criticism. Adler criticized us harshly. also, he used to tell us that the last stage of vanity is success. “I want you to make your own group. Don't go to every producer and director" he told us. He hated film directors… Along with studies, I gained access to off and off Broadway theaters. I played you 18 foreign productions in New York and three in Los Angeles.

I'm back…
In Greece the 1990. Five years later I created the Theater Nursery of Aegina. I work with amateurs of all ages and classes. We had a doctor, we have teachers, people working in the Municipality of Aegina, students etc. This gives me my independence – and this I consider to be the success of the craftsman: to be independent of producers. When you have your own team, he chooses the texts he wants and has unlimited time to work. The last work we did at the Nursery was Beckett's 'Catastrophe'. To present a seven-minute play, we worked for six months.

I never forgot…
What Adler told us when she was at the theater to watch the performance of "The Lust Bus" with Marlon Brando. When asked if he has decided how he will play Kowalski, he told her: "Stella, not yet". This means that Brando, until it comes out on the board, he had at least ten options on how to play – notable, he was Stella's student and later they became lovers. Out of generosity, later, brando made up with her daughter.

I directed…
The five monologues that I present at venues such as Topos Allou or the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation. No, I don't hate directors either, I just find that monologues give me a freedom. I take the cassock of the hieromonk and take the works wherever I want.

Consider…
That in the works I present there is what is called "invisible geometry". These are very important texts. Seven years and I didn't understand what "The Woman of Zakythos" by Dionysios Solomos wanted to say. It's a dark one, elliptical work. And the most important comment I got from soloists when I presented it in the past is that I glossed over aspects of it.

Start…
With "The Penultimate of the Monikins" by Pari Takopoulos in Topo Alou. I have presented it in the theater of Giorgos Armenis, at the Edinburgh Festival and two years ago at the London International Festival. I am also presenting "The Woman of Zakythos" at the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation on 29, 30, 31 March and on 1, 2 and 3 April. Subsequently, in early May, I will upload Eric Boghozian's "Drinking in America" ​​to the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation. These are ten short monologues – a hard task, but we have been trained to play stink with color. Now I have found a new friend, the Homer. I upload Rhapsody A’ of "The Odyssey" translated by Dimitris Maronitis at the Kakogiannis Foundation in early June. End, the 2013 I will upload the work of Iros Diamantourou "A night without Sancho", also at the Kakogiannis Foundation. I will present the texts for the first time in the summer in Aegina, in a magnificent amphitheater on Hellanion Oros.

I chose…
To live close to nature, because one becomes more essential in’ her. It demystifies many things. Like death, which is an existential station. Nature is the measure of life and I live in the heart of nature, on a mountain. No man steps here, just no friend. You know, Aegina is a place of hidden people. A lot of serious people live here. It is a small Greece.

Declare…
Apprentice actor. And I don't say that out of modesty. It must be very difficult to be a professional actor in Athens. Because you might be forced to do something that doesn't represent your deepest art, to pay your rent. In order to support myself, I repair old furniture. And that's how I survived in New York. But that satisfies me because I'm doing something with my body.

Believe…
That the Greek is born for the stage. Language is a vehicle for the actor, plus it also has this huge collective memory – all the tribes have passed from this place. Fri.’ I say all this to the actors of Phytorio: "Leave Greece for a while and go live in London or Dublin, which is the best theater in the world, or in New York". I also graduated from the drama school of Vafias in Athens, but it took me three years in America to… to forget,what I had learned. We were playing, remember, with a blunt, we didn't do text analysis and the professors kept their minds on when they were going to get paid. That was their only concern.

Note…
That the world needs new heroes, new standards. Now more than ever. I realize this because I have seen performances in Athens with full houses – Fri.’ the whole crisis. Well, people are looking for something to find. His lost spirituality, perhaps. Bad lies, first we lost something else and then our money.

when and where
"The penultimate of the Monikins" by Pari Takopoulos.
Elsewhere, Cephalonia 17.
At 13, 14, 20, 21 and 28/2, at 9.30 p.m.
Information on tel. 6974 521.213

Source : tovima.gr

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Carmen Souza live at the Half Note Jazz Club

Half Note Jazz Club presents The Great Carmen Souza, a now recognized presence on the world stage, from Wednesday
15 February and for 5 total appearances.

Carmen Souza from Cape Verde, is undeniably a distinct musical presence placed artistically at the "meeting" point of the traditional music of Cabo Verde and world Jazz. Raised in a Creole environment, discovered "Sodade" from a very young age, of the feeling of anticipation and nostalgia for someone or something missing that generations of sailor children carry within them, like her! She started singing in a Gospel choir at a young age and was influenced by musicians such as Luis Morais but also Nina Simone or Billie Holiday.

Portugal's leading bass player Theo Pas'cal, Carmen's producer and mentor who discovered her exuberant talent, it pushed her to listen a lot to the top jazz of Bill Evans, of Hancock, of Miles or Horace Silver and this will play a role in her musical career. Her first record work the 2005 was a huge success, with very interesting material in Creole dialect where the traditional rhythms of Cabo Verde and the mornas, are combined with modern jazz forms and give a completely different dimension to the music of Akrotiri. In the same year, adored by the international press, it will be played at the famous Womad Festival in England and then at all the Festivals in the world. Two more very successful records followed, "Verdade" and "Protegid" which will also be nominated for best world music album 2010.

Souza is now a great voice and force in world music, who has a huge appeal and demand in all the jazz scenes of the world and comes with her quartet to excite us too…

Source : culturenow.gr

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Dead in 48 Whitney Houston

Singer Whitney Houston died yesterday at the age of 48 years in a hotel room in Beverly Hills. Her death may have been due to a drug overdose, since its dependence on substances was known. The police official clarified that there are no indications of criminal activity.

According to the first information, Whitney's dead body, found in the bathtub of her room her bodyguard. The representative of the singer, he stated: "Unfortunately it is true"… The tragic irony is that Whitney died on the eve of the Grammy Awards, wherever it would appear.

Born on 9 Of August 1963 in New Jersey, USA, η Whitney Elizabeth Houston, as was her full name, reigned during the decade 1980-1990. He enchanted the audience with one of the best black voices that have ever passed through the music industry. He had the most successful recipe: very beautiful and great voice. Her talent surpassed that of music with films such as Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale which were great commercial successes..

Her most successful songs were How will i know, Saving All my Love for You, I wanna dance with somebody, I will always love you but also others later like My Love is Your Love. But from the mid-90s after her long marriage to Bobby Brown - who graced the headlines- entered the vortex of drugs and never managed to escape, despite her efforts in recent years to make a comeback.
 
Dionne Warwick's cousin and Aretha Franklin christening Houston was born into music and traced from a very young age. Unfortunately, her bad choices did not allow her to continue a brilliant musical career.

Her death just 24 hours before the Grammy Awards will surely cast a shadow over the music awards.

Source : protothema.gr

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Nikos Kalamos: I was trained to play the stink with color

With baggage from his six-year stint next to Stella Adler in New York and what the teacher has said - such as that "the last stage of vanity is success" - Nikos Kalamos is a modern hermit of the theater. The last ones 16 years living in the heart of nature, in Ellanion Oros in Aegina, and is confronted with texts of world literature. The creator of the Theater Nursery of Aegina, where amateurs of all ages and professions are trained, states an apprentice actor, he repairs furniture to secure a living and presents a series of monologues in Athens, after first "trying" them on the island, in a series of paradoxical spaces, such as the auditorium of the Wild Bird and Animal Sanctuary.

I started…
To learn what real theater means next to the great Stella Adler, who together with the Clermans, Strasberg and Kazan founded the Group Theater until McCarthyism stopped them in the 1930s. My studies in New York are the big station of my CV. I first met her in Hollywood in the early 80s, when I was acting in some small theaters with the little English I knew and he asked to see my work – I remember that it was a monologue that Titos Vandis had pointed out to me. And then she told me to come to New York to study text analysis at her studio. I stayed six years with Stella. Yes, she was old and had told reporters not to tell her real age. I met her when she was 93. He died 13 years later. Pass them 100 teacher.

I learned…
To be steely in the face of criticism. Adler criticized us harshly. also, he used to tell us that the last stage of vanity is success. “I want you to make your own group. Don't go to every producer and director" he told us. He hated film directors… Along with studies, I gained access to off and off Broadway theaters. I played you 18 foreign productions in New York and three in Los Angeles.

I'm back…
In Greece the 1990. Five years later I created the Theater Nursery of Aegina. I work with amateurs of all ages and classes. We had a doctor, we have teachers, people working in the Municipality of Aegina, students etc. This gives me my independence – and this I consider to be the success of the craftsman: to be independent of producers. When you have your own team, he chooses the texts he wants and has unlimited time to work. The last work we did at the Nursery was Beckett's 'Catastrophe'. To present a seven-minute play, we worked for six months.

I never forgot…
What Adler told us when she was at the theater to watch the performance of "The Lust Bus" with Marlon Brando. When asked if he has decided how he will play Kowalski, he told her: "Stella, not yet". This means that Brando, until it comes out on the board, he had at least ten options on how to play – notable, he was Stella's student and later they became lovers. Out of generosity, later, brando made up with her daughter.

I directed…
The five monologues that I present at venues such as Topos Allou or the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation. No, I don't hate directors either, I just find that monologues give me a freedom. I take the cassock of the hieromonk and take the works wherever I want.

Consider…
That in the works I present there is what is called "invisible geometry". These are very important texts. Seven years and I didn't understand what "The Woman of Zakythos" by Dionysios Solomos wanted to say. It's a dark one, elliptical work. And the most important comment I got from soloists when I presented it in the past is that I glossed over aspects of it.

Start…
With "The Penultimate of the Monikins" by Pari Takopoulos in Topo Alou. I have presented it in the theater of Giorgos Armenis, at the Edinburgh Festival and two years ago at the London International Festival. I am also presenting "The Woman of Zakythos" at the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation on 29, 30, 31 March and on 1, 2 and 3 April. Subsequently, in early May, I will upload Eric Boghozian's "Drinking in America" ​​to the Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation. These are ten short monologues – a hard task, but we have been trained to play stink with color. Now I have found a new friend, the Homer. I upload Rhapsody A’ of "The Odyssey" translated by Dimitris Maronitis at the Kakogiannis Foundation in early June. End, the 2013 I will upload the work of Iros Diamantourou "A night without Sancho", also at the Kakogiannis Foundation. I will present the texts for the first time in the summer in Aegina, in a magnificent amphitheater on Hellanion Oros.

I chose…
To live close to nature, because one becomes more essential in’ her. It demystifies many things. Like death, which is an existential station. Nature is the measure of life and I live in the heart of nature, on a mountain. No man steps here, just no friend. You know, Aegina is a place of hidden people. A lot of serious people live here. It is a small Greece.

Declare…
Apprentice actor. And I don't say that out of modesty. It must be very difficult to be a professional actor in Athens. Because you might be forced to do something that doesn't represent your deepest art, to pay your rent. In order to support myself, I repair old furniture. And that's how I survived in New York. But that satisfies me because I'm doing something with my body.

Believe…
That the Greek is born for the stage. Language is a vehicle for the actor, plus it also has this huge collective memory – all the tribes have passed from this place. Fri.’ I say all this to the actors of Phytorio: "Leave Greece for a while and go live in London or Dublin, which is the best theater in the world, or in New York". I also graduated from the drama school of Vafias in Athens, but it took me three years in America to… to forget,what I had learned. We were playing, remember, with a blunt, we didn't do text analysis and the professors kept their minds on when they were going to get paid. That was their only concern.

Note…
That the world needs new heroes, new standards. Now more than ever. I realize this because I have seen performances in Athens with full houses – Fri.’ the whole crisis. Well, people are looking for something to find. His lost spirituality, perhaps. Bad lies, first we lost something else and then our money.

when and where
"The penultimate of the Monikins" by Pari Takopoulos.
Elsewhere, Cephalonia 17.
At 13, 14, 20, 21 and 28/2, at 9.30 p.m.
Information on tel. 6974 521.213

Source : tovima.gr

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Carmen Souza live at the Half Note Jazz Club

Half Note Jazz Club presents The Great Carmen Souza, a now recognized presence on the world stage, from Wednesday
15 February and for 5 total appearances.

Carmen Souza from Cape Verde, is undeniably a distinct musical presence placed artistically at the "meeting" point of the traditional music of Cabo Verde and world Jazz. Raised in a Creole environment, discovered "Sodade" from a very young age, of the feeling of anticipation and nostalgia for someone or something missing that generations of sailor children carry within them, like her! She started singing in a Gospel choir at a young age and was influenced by musicians such as Luis Morais but also Nina Simone or Billie Holiday.

Portugal's leading bass player Theo Pas'cal, Carmen's producer and mentor who discovered her exuberant talent, it pushed her to listen a lot to the top jazz of Bill Evans, of Hancock, of Miles or Horace Silver and this will play a role in her musical career. Her first record work the 2005 was a huge success, with very interesting material in Creole dialect where the traditional rhythms of Cabo Verde and the mornas, are combined with modern jazz forms and give a completely different dimension to the music of Akrotiri. In the same year, adored by the international press, it will be played at the famous Womad Festival in England and then at all the Festivals in the world. Two more very successful records followed, "Verdade" and "Protegid" which will also be nominated for best world music album 2010.

Souza is now a great voice and force in world music, who has a huge appeal and demand in all the jazz scenes of the world and comes with her quartet to excite us too…

Source : culturenow.gr

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Dead in 48 Whitney Houston

Singer Whitney Houston died yesterday at the age of 48 years in a hotel room in Beverly Hills. Her death may have been due to a drug overdose, since its dependence on substances was known. The police official clarified that there are no indications of criminal activity.

According to the first information, Whitney's dead body, found in the bathtub of her room her bodyguard. The representative of the singer, he stated: "Unfortunately it is true"… The tragic irony is that Whitney died on the eve of the Grammy Awards, wherever it would appear.

Born on 9 Of August 1963 in New Jersey, USA, η Whitney Elizabeth Houston, as was her full name, reigned during the decade 1980-1990. He enchanted the audience with one of the best black voices that have ever passed through the music industry. He had the most successful recipe: very beautiful and great voice. Her talent surpassed that of music with films such as Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale which were great commercial successes..

Her most successful songs were How will i know, Saving All my Love for You, I wanna dance with somebody, I will always love you but also others later like My Love is Your Love. But from the mid-90s after her long marriage to Bobby Brown - who graced the headlines- entered the vortex of drugs and never managed to escape, despite her efforts in recent years to make a comeback.
 
Dionne Warwick's cousin and Aretha Franklin christening Houston was born into music and traced from a very young age. Unfortunately, her bad choices did not allow her to continue a brilliant musical career.

Her death just 24 hours before the Grammy Awards will surely cast a shadow over the music awards.

Source : protothema.gr

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Helen Foureira : "I was very hurt by the separation"

We knew that she is the sexiest singer in Greece. That she has the nicest body in showbiz too. What we were unaware of is that the24old pop star, with the distinctive voice, it is politicized and puts Obama in their place, Venizelos and Loverdo! You expected it;
How are you these days?;
Very well and happy! My work is going well, I sing with Sakis Rouvas, so what woman in my position wouldn't be happy; To God!

You feel happy and joyful, even though you broke up;
I feel good. Look, I broke up about a month ago. I got out of a long relationship. Nevertheless, the rhythms of my work run every day and, Thank God, since this part of my life is going well, I have no reason to be sad because I could not achieve the ideal: the successful career path combined with personal happiness.

What went wrong in your relationship?; Why did you break up with Dimitris Gouto?;
I don't want to go into details. Let's say it was my job, which is very difficult. Until there.

That was your 'mistake'; The job;
When you are in a creative phase, you throw all your weight into this part, as a result of which you leave a little someone else. There were times when, while I was in a relationship, I was giving my full attention to my work, but I didn't regret it because I know life is short. I have to create, to do well. My work is everything to me. But, in the,whatever we choose, there is also the corresponding cost.
Your breakup hurt you;
Very! But I experienced so many things with this man… How could I come out of this story unscathed and not hurt; Nevertheless, a breakup doesn't mean anything to the actual feelings you've felt. When you have loved a person very much, it doesn't change because you stopped being together. Besides, these things happen in our lives – it's normal.
When you are on the off of a relationship, on the famous "break", you flirt;
No, I'm not into the game. I'm a relationship and home girl! I never had a one night stand, I want to have feelings for the other person. I don't like going out for a night to drink and flirt either. I never do that!
You are now ready to fall in love again;
Not yet! Enough time must pass. Besides, it is good to go through some phases of loneliness. At the moment I am dedicated exclusively to my work.
You are politicized;
(he smiles) Like all of us, I also live in Greece!

So do you think that Greece should leave the euro zone or stay in it at any price?;
Look, I am not fully informed. But I watch the news, I get upset and depressed. I can't figure out who is to blame for all this. Is it our fault that we voted for them all these years or is it the fault of those who govern our politicians; Unfortunately, they only taught us the easy way. That is, “if you oil, you will pass, it will be yours!». That's all, Nevertheless, they drove the situation to this point and made a lawless state, in which the basic salary is 500 euros and my sister and my son-in-law – who have a child 4 years old – they are both unemployed. They live off the unemployment fund with crumbs. Shame! Nevertheless, I believe that the Greeks are a strong people, we have dignity, ethos, many advantages and we will make it, without leaving the euro. If we leave the eurozone, we do not harm other countries either; Fortunately, all these years I voted only white!
Who do you consider most suitable for the leader of PA.SO.K.; Evangelos Venizelos or Andreas Loverdos, which most women find very sexy;
Nobody! I don't care, after all, who is sexy, but to do his job properly. Greeks will vote for someone simply because they are sexy; I don't think so! And for me, there is no such thing as a sexy politician! And that's why they voted for Obama; Because they said she's sexy; Alas! Nevertheless, any politician who manages to get our Greece out of the current difficult situation, not sexy, even "man of the year" I will call him! (laughs)
  
Source : yupi.gryupi.gr

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