Aristonauts Festival: The new institution returns to Xylokastro,

Pievery summer, culture and the arts travel to every corner of Greece through festivals organized by creative and active people. One of them, which has developed into an institution, is Aristonautswho landed for the 3rd year in a row at Municipality of Xylokastro – Eurostini. In particular, this year he returned from 20 TO June 23invites residents and visitors of all ages to get to know the different parts of the area and discover its lesser-known aspects, unique beauties and its rich history through art, culture and originals activity for everyone.

The now established official start of the Festival will take place on Thursday, June 20, at Agios Vlasios square of Xylokastro. Three Greek tenors, one of international fame Dimitris Paksoglouaccompanied by the up and coming and talented Christos Delizonas and Andrea Karaoulis and the chief musician Benjamin Hatzikoumbaroglou at the piano, they promise an unforgettable opera experience with famous arias and pieces from the classical repertoire. The Aristonauts will be completed on the evening of Sunday, June 23, with a big concert in Derveni. The one and only Bread Bread come, along with Youthful Yearsand promises a full rousing feeling, lots of dancing and singing along with the audience.

In the context of the central theme of this year’s Festival “The Freedom of Menstruation» the acclaimed choreographer Mariela Nestora and the team YELP danceco. today, on Friday, June 21, at the historic Sikelianou Villa, the dance performance “Inter-personality“, which focuses on the relationship of man and the human body to the world of plants.

In the framework of the main theme of this year’s Festival “The Freedom of Menstruation” the acclaed choreographer Mariela Nestora and the YELP danceco group. today, on Friday, June 21, in the historic Sikelianou Villa, the dance performance “Inter-esse”, which focuses on the relationship between man and the human body with the world of plants.

This year is also dedicated to the art of dance Aristonauts Lab, on the topic of extroversion and networking in the Greek dance scene. On Saturday, July 22, at the Sikyon Coast Hotel & Resort conference room, representatives of the country’s important cultural institutions and independent artists will discuss how the dance scene in Europe has emerged at the moment through specific cultural policy, collaboration between institutions and participation in European networks but also what issues arise and how these synergies can be supported and further developed to improve the visibility of the Greek landscape.

The round table and the open discussion were attended by Anastasia Valsamakis (choreographer), Chrysa Georgiou (project manager – Dance Days Chania), Gina Yotaki (assistant professor – Department of Performing & Digital Arts, University of Peloponnese), Penelope Iliaskou (Dalcroze Professor of Rhythm & Curator of Dance – Duncan Dance Center, EDN), Maria Koliopoulou (choreographer), Christina Liata (responsible for international co-productions and tours – Extraversion program, Onassis Foundation Shelter) and Frosso Trusa (artistic director – ARC for Dance Festival & Moving Colors Festival). The curator of the Aristonautes Lab program is signed by the dance theorist and dramatist Bettina Panagiotara.

Of course, the program will not disappear projections movies animated designs for the whole family. Two multi-award winning films by leading French filmmakers, the “The Pharaoh, the Thief and the Princess“by Michel Ocelot and”Adam» by Simon Rouby, young and old will travel to the African continent, giving them a taste of this year’s event program Animasyros. The screenings will take place, in collaboration with the French Institute of Greece, on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June, at the summer cinema “Elektra”.

The program, of course, does not miss the screenings of animated films for the whole family. Two multi-awarded films by leading French filmmakers, “The Pharaoh, the Thief and the Princess” by Michel Ocelot and “Adama” by Simon Rouby, will travel young and old to the African continent.

Also, for the first time, visitors to the Festival will have the opportunity, from June 20 to 23, to be transported in time and space and spend “A day at the ancient Acropolis in Athens“, through a unique interactive virtual reality experience offered by Chronoscope VR.

Aristonauts Festival, as part of its educational program, collaborates again this year with renowned professionals and experienced trainers and offers original laboratories and actions for everyone: workshop plan for adults, lab dance for people with or without disabilities, night star gazing with telescopes and an overnight stay on the plateau of Ziria, animation and ceramics workshop, experiential workshop dedicated to maritime and shipbuilding tradition of the Aristonauts but also a magical Sunday tour in the mountains of the region.

Finally, throughout the four days, the exhibition “The trials of the Aristonauts» with an impressive construction of a part of a Mycenaean twenty. Also presented is an exhibition of paintings by Primary School students on the theme of dance and the photo exhibition “Click the change you want to see!”.

And like every year, everyone’s favorite today Sails on Aristonauts, which this year was created by the students of the Department of Performing and Digital Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Peloponnese, will wave next to the sea of ​​Xylokastro. An in situ visual installation titled “Breaths”, a distillation of experimentation with breathing as a fundamental part of movement.

Everyone’s favorite Sails of the Aristonauts, which this year was created by the students of the Department of Performing and Digital Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the University of the Peloponnese, will fly next to the sea of ​​Xylokastro. An in-situ art installation titled “Breaths”.

Aristonauts is one of his initiatives Municipality of Xylokastro – Eurostiniin collaboration with Animasyros International Animation Festival, who signed the artistic editing of the program. A multi-thematic festival that, after its successful launch in the summer of 2022, has been able to claim its place and deserves to join the cultural map of the country, ensuring that it will always grow and develop.