1 & 2 August, Ancient Theatre of Dion, Pieria
Production: IONIA (orchestra) – VOLOS
Genre: Music
Time: 21:00
Duration: 90′
Pre-booking for 1st of August
Pre-booking for 2nd of August
In a directed performance of music and dance, the one hundred performers together with the orchestra and “Ionia” choir, the soloists, the dancers and the narrator meet the exceptional groups “Anatoliki Romilia”, “Horostates” and “Alismonites Patrides” Larissa, dressed in their authentic traditional costumes.
They take us a hundred years back to Smyrna with its sounds, colours, aura and culture. Smyrna was a multidimensional city that flourished but was finally destroyed and its residents give us a strong message of life and encouragement starting up new lives together in various places in Greece, such as Nea Ionia in Volos.
The great grandchildren of these refugees through performance of songs and dances, full of light and energy, bring us a message of hope, joy, life and promise for a better future.
Creative team
Direction, script: Μaria Thomopoulou
“Ionia” Choir
“Ionia” Orchestra
Conductor: Cornelia Francogianni
Singers: Sofia Papazoglou, Thodoris Kotonias
Narrator: Alexandros Zachareas
Artistic Director of “Ionia” Orchestra: Nektarios Demelis
With the participation of the dance groups: “Anatoliki Romilia”, “Horostates” and “Alismonites Patrides” Larissa