Thursday, 17th of October, 13.30
Auditorium, Modern Greek Language Teaching Center
Pierce Little Musicians DIY Orchestra
The music performance features elementary students exploring the integration of digital instruments, such as apps and tactile interfaces, along with traditional instruments like the piano, cello, and violin. Combining graphic scores, experimental music techniques, Greek music elements, and conventional composition techniques, the music do-it-yourself (DIY) orchestra emerges as a child-crafted distinctive musical experience with technology, resulting in a dynamic and interactive performance.
Participants:
Students in grades 4-5 from Pierce - The American College of Greece elementary school, under the guidance of Dr. Yannis Mygdanis, participate in the performance.
Thursday, 17th of October, 13.45
School of Philosophy: Archaeology and History of Art Museum
A specially organized 20-minute tour only for WAAE Summit participants! The Tour is in English and it will begin at the Registration Desk on Thursday and Friday at 13:45.
OR directly at the Museum at the School of Philosophy at 14:00.
Opening Ceremony
Thursday, 17th of October, 19.45
AULA (School of Philosophy)
WELCOME ADDRESSES
Gerasimos Siasos, Professor, Rector of the NKUA
Dimitrios Drosos, Professor, Dean of the School of Philosophy NKUA
Gerasimos Terzis, Professor, Dean of the School of Physical Education and Sports Science, NKUA
George P. Pefanis, Professor, Head of the Department of Theatre Studies NKUA
Athēnaios Paian and Hyporchēma to the God (128/7 BC)
Stelios Psaroudakēs, Associate Professor in Ancient Hellenic Music, Department of Music Studies NKUA
Aeschylus Oresteia: Chorus
[based on Lakis Karalis stage direction and music composition, in ancient Greek language]
Presented by students of Department of Theatre Studies NKUA:,
Dimitris Mikios, theatre facilitator, actor, Dinos Pontikopoulos, actor - director, Anna Psarra, actress, Eleni Psarra, actress,theatrologist
Great Ison
Choir of Chanters “The Maestros of the Psaltic Art”, Conductor: Professor Achilleas G. Chaldæakes, Department of Music Studies, NKUA
Cretan Theatre Extracts
Vicky Volioti, actress, student of Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA
Songs based on Traditional Melodies from the Aegean and Asia Minor
by Yannis Konstantinidis
Athens Academia Youth Choir conducted by Dr Nikos Maliaras
Oi filoi ontas smixoune’ (When friends are gathering): dancing in Greece
Artistic direction & teaching / Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, NKUA :
Programme of Greek Traditional Dance
School/Department of Physical Education and Sport Science (S/DPESS), NKUA
Artistic direction & teaching (courtesy):
Dr. Vasileios Karfis, Academic Special Teaching Staff, S/DEPSS, NKUA
Dr. Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Assistant Professor, S/DEPSS, NKUA
Dr. Maria Koutsouba, Professor, S/DEPSS, NKUA
Participants (courtesy):
Students of the Major "Choreology: Greek Traditional Dance" and members of the "Dancing Group of Greek Traditional Dance", S/DEPSS, NKUA
Musical accompaniment (courtesy):
▪ traditional violin: Nikolaos Gardasis, undergraduate student, Department of Music Studies, NKUA
▪ lute: Dimitrios Axiotis, master student, Department of Music Studies, NKUA
▪ tsabouna (tulum) Bagpipe: Chariton Charitonidis, Ph.D. student, S/DEPSS NKUA
▪ toubi (the Greek island's drum): Apostolos Samaras, Ph.D. student, S/DEPSS, NKUA
▪ song: Maria Ziaka and Sotirios Kontopanos, members of the Folk Dance Club CHOROPAIDEIA
Costumes:
The costumes for the performance are under the responsibility of:
▪ the wardrobe 'GREEK COSTUMES: Katerina Valvi-Vasiliki Agiasmatzi' and
▪ the Folk Dance Club CHOROPAIDEIA (courtesy)
Christos Christou, actor and student of Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, facilitates connections between performances and audience interaction.
21:00-22:00 Opening Reception
Friday, 18th of October, 13.45
School of Philosophy: Archaeology and History of Art Museum
A specially organized 20-minute tour only for WAAE Summit participants! The Tour is in English and it will begin at the Registration Desk on Thursday and Friday at 13:45.
OR directly at the Museum at the School of Philosophy at 14:00.
Friday, 18th of October, 14.30
Auditorium, Modern Greek Language Teaching Center
See music, hear, dance
This phrase by George Balanchine and the inherent relationship between music and dance, particularly evident in traditional cultures, are the starting points of our creative work. The traditional cultures of Indonesia and Greece inspire this performance. Dance, voice, song, and music coexist in a collective art piece based on guided improvisation.
IDIOPHONO - Student Music and Dance Group, Department of Early Childhood Education (NKUA)
Director/facilitator: Agalianou Olympia
Performers: Gleni Stefania, Gourouna Myrsini, Konstantopoulou Eleni, Kouerini Izabela, Liapi Ioanna, Margeli Nefeli, Mouzaki Kalliopi, Oikonomidou Haris, Letsou Chara, Typaldou Zoe.
20:30-23:00 Summit Reception
"Under the Akropolis"
Friday, 18th of October, 21.30
Old University of Athens (Tholou 5, Plaka Area)
Connecting two worlds - from the east to the west.
A lyrical dialog between a guitar and a voice.
Eleni Antoniou: voice
Sotiris Letsios: guitar
Saturday, 19th of October, 14.30
Auditorium, Modern Greek Language Teaching Center
Music narrations
Musickators Ensemble
Our group consists of students and in-service music teachers united by our shared love for music and education. We will present orchestrations of musical works for pupil-student ensembles designed for use within formal and informal framework. This performance is inspired by the centenary of Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994) and the 80th anniversary of Notis Mavroudi’s birth (1945-2023), two eminent Greek composers whose music continues to shape and inspire next generations.
Program
The serenade of the sexual absence (from Sweet Movie Soundtrack, Manos Hadjidakis)
Rain (from Gioconda's Smile Album, Manos Hadjidakis)
Tongue Twister (from Chartino Karavi Album, Notis Mavroudis)
The Myth (from With Love Album, Manos Hadjidakis)
Participants: Dimitrakakis Spyros, Filianou Maria, Gkartzopοulos Michalis, Gkolfinopoulou Krystallia, Karali Maria, Kontosi Zoi, Mintza Marina, Panagiotopoulou Mina, Papavasileiou Anna, Perakaki Elissavet, Tsakoniati Zoi.
Saturday, 19th of October, 15.00
Auditorium, Modern Greek Language Teaching Center
4 eras - 1 performance
ESMA ORCHESTRA - Carl Orff
Through four different time periods but with the same 'performance', in line with the aesthetics of Orff-Schulwerk, the orchestra of Hellenic Orff-Schulwerk Association (ESMA) will present four pieces through the glance of a constantly evolving musical world. One of Orff's most iconic pieces, a traditional dance orchestrated by Polixeni Matey for "Griechische Kinderlieder und Tanze," to dance from Denmark, and an unreleased work for the theater by Manos Hadjidakis, we invite you to the "present" through the “past."
Program
Gassenhauer (street song) - Carl Orff
Choros Patitos (Trettanz) -Traditional (Epirus) - arr. Polyxeni Matey
7 Jumps - Traditional (Denmark)
Anonymous - Manos Hadjidakis
Participants: Katerina Adamopoulou, Yota Athanasoulia, Antigoni Zachari, Ria Theodorou, Elena Kitsou, Calliope Politi, Maria Saplaoura, George Charonitis.
Closing Ceremony
Saturday, 19th of October, 20.00
AULA (School of Philosophy)
Ronald Rand's LET IT BE ART!
Cast: Ronald Rand............Harold Clurman
Setting: Harold Clurman's apartment, the Osborne Hotel, New York City
Time: June, 1980, a little before five o'clock in the afternoon.
The play is staged by the playwright.
Ronald Rand’s “LET IT BE ART!”
The unforgettable journey of Harold Clurman’s humor, passion and living life to the fullest brought to life by internationally-acclaimed performing artist, Ronald Rand.
The play begins in Harold Clurman’s apartment in New York City on a spring afternoon in 1980. Surprised to find three of his students in his apartment, he soon begins a lively conversation, quickly taking them (and us) on an impassioned, joy-filled journey of his life and passionate beliefs about life, theater and humanity.
We follow Clurman studying in Paris at the Sorbonne University, his humble beginnings in New York City at the Provincetown Playhouse with Eugene O’Neill, his friendship with Lee Strasberg, and their decision with Cheryl Crawford to create the Group Theatre, becoming America’s greatest acting company during The Great Depression. We witness Clurman’s fiery talk to young actors spurring them to join the Group Theatre – that by transforming themselves they can transform the theater through art.
Harold Clurman takes us with him and Stella Adler to Paris where Adler meets Constantin Stanislavsky. We experience the first performance of Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty in New York City, find ourselves with Clurman rehearsing with Marlon Brando, and even go to the theater with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Harold Clurman’s passion galvanizes us to ‘live life to the fullest’ – with humor, compassion, and consciousness.
RONALD RAND
International Cultural Ambassador, Solo Performing Artist & Fulbright Specialist Scholar, Ronald Rand has dedicated his life to affirming through the arts our deepest humanity that we share together as human beings on this planet. Celebrating his 25th year touring around the globe, Ronald Rand brings to life Harold Clurman, the “Elder Statesman of the American Theatre,” in his internationally-acclaimed solo play, “LET IT BE ART!” seen across five continents in 26 countries, twenty U.S. states, three critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway productions, and at over seventy-five international festivals, theaters, universities & colleges and academies including in London, Paris, Athens, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, Bangkok, Johannesburg, New Delhi, Tbilisi, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, at Anadolu University, Manipal University, NYU, Northern Illinois University, Washington State University, Louisiana State University, Nehru University, Zimbabwe’s BAFA Festival of Arts, Colombia’s International Festival for Peace, National Theatre of Kenya, Tangier’s Palace Dar el Makhzen, and five tours across India. Rand has appeared in several Off-Broadway productions including "Julius Caesar" with Richard Dreyfuss, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and "Perfect Crime," toured across Europe as the Fool in "King Lear," and across America as the Stage Manager in "Our Town," Captain Keller in "The Miracle Worker," and Polonius in "Hamlet." His film and TV appearances include over a hundred films and TV shows including opposite Sean Connery in “Family Business”, Angelica Huston in “When in Rome”, Tom Cruise in “Vanilla Sky”, Yoko Ono in Homeless, Christopher Plummer in “O’Keefe & Stieglitz,” Ralph Fiennes in “Quiz Show” directed by Robert Redford, “Another World”, “One Life to Life”, “As the World Turns”, and appearances over several seasons on “Saturday Night Live”. An internationally-acclaimed director, Ronald Rand’s award-winning production of the hit comedy, “LUV”, starring Zana Marjanovic was performed for eight sold out years at Sarajevo’s Chamber Theatre 55 in Bosnian, and toured across Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. He directed Our Town in Paysandú in Spanish, and conceived and directed the site-specific “Living Roots: Who We Are” with the theater students at the University of Patras in 2024. He wrote the libretto for “IBSEN”, the first opera about Henrik Ibsen, and the screenplay for the upcoming feature film, “GROUP PARADISE”, the first film about the Group Theatre. The State Department awarded Ronald Rand four Fulbright Awards sending him to teach and perform for six weeks as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar at the University of Patras, with special thanks to Fulbright Greece, to Malaysia, Uruguay, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. He has been a Visiting Guest Professor at more than fifty universities and colleges around the world. Rand is the Founder/Publisher of “The Soul of the American Actor,” in its 26th year, the only art theater newspaper in America in print and online. He is the best-selling author of “Solo Transformation on Stage", Acting Teachers of America,” and “CREATE!” with 130 interviews. Visit: LetItBeArt.com, SoulAmericanActor.com, CreatetheBook.com
HAROLD CLURMAN
The “Elder Statesman of the American Theatre,” Harold Clurman literally “talked the Group Theatre into existence,” becoming America’s most influential acting company, changing the face of stage and film acting forever. Clurman was the one of America’s greatest directors. His Broadway productions included over forty of the most important plays of the 20th century including “A Member of the Wedding” with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters, “Bus Stop” with Kim Stanley, Clifford Odets’ “Awake and Sing” and “Golden Boy”, “A Touch of the Poet” with Helen Hayes and Kim Stanley, “Waltz of the Toreadors” with Sir Ralph Richardson, “Incident at Vichy with Roy Scheider, and “Truckline Café” with Marlon Brando. Around the world he directed “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” and “The Iceman Cometh” with Japan’s Kumo Theatre, “Montserrat” at the Habimah Theatre, and “Tiger at the Gates” with Michael Redgrave in London. Clurman was recognized as America’s greatest drama critic, an important acting teacher, and the author of seven influential books including “The Fervent Years,” “IBSEN”, and “On Directing.” His writing can be found in “The Collected Works of Harold Clurman,” and Ronald Rand’s newspaper, “The Soul of the American Actor.” Harold Clurman received France’s Legion d’Honneur, and had a theater named after him on 42nd Street in New York City.
21:00-22:00 “Wine & cheese” Reception
Arts and Culture - Other events by NKUA
Musical event of the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in
Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall
Saturday, 19th and Sunday, 20th of October
Sound Art: Contemporary Music Panorama
The Megaron, in collaboration with the Department of Music Studies, NKUA and the Department of Digital Arts and Film, Athens University of Music and Performing Arts, invites the public to a two-day panorama of contemporary music where they will have the opportunity to get a taste of Greek music creation today.
https://www.megaron.gr/en/event/sound-art/
19.10.2024, 16:00-18:00 (Free admission with entrance tickets)
Discussion: Electronic music and sound art in Greece
Two discussions on contemporary music creation and sound art (in Greek)
19.10.2024, 19:00 - 20:30 (€12.00 General Admission, student ticket €8 for both concerts), Venue: Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall
Electroacoustic Concerts: Contemporary Music Panorama
20.10.2024, 16:00-18:00 (Free admission with entrance tickets)
Discussion: Contemporary music – Reflections and perspectives
Two discussions on contemporary music creation and sound art (in Greek)
20.10.2024, 19:00 - 20:30 (€12.00 General Admission, student ticket €8 for both concerts), Venue: Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall
Instrumental Music Concerts: Contemporary Music Panorama
‘WE ARE UoA’ Festival
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens organizes the 1st ‘WE ARE UoA’ Festival that will take place on 19, 20, and 21 October 2024 (12:00-20:00) at the NKUA’s historic main building, the Propylaea (30 Panepistimiou St, Athens). Free Concerts include:
20/10 - Live Greek Traditional Music Party (Department of Music Studies)
21/10 - Live Music by ‘Music Odyssey’ (Department of Music Studies) and Guest Artist Nikos Portokaloglou. All concerts will start at 20:30 (up until 00:00). More information: https://hub.uoa.gr/en
