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As part of the 2021-22 Season Dance Program of Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet was on the stage with their piece called "Vivaldiana" on the evening of 18th April. "Vivaldiana" was also a part of the International Baroque Music Festival organized by the CRRCH. After an extensive career in America, Mauro Astolfi returned to his home city of Rome and founded Spellbound Contemporary Ballet with Valentina Marini in 1994. In addition to a prolific choreographic career, he also plays an intense educator role. In addition to the works of Astolfi, the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet performs works created specifically for this ensemble by choreographers who have become famous on the world stage in recent years, such as Marco Goecke and Marcos Morau, and also organizes workshops and events in collaboration with many international institutions.  We interviewed the choreographer Mauro Astolfi. © Marco Bravi What is the spirit of performance in yo...

Our series, which we devoted to Dimitris Papaioannou's Transverse Orientation , which is currently touring the world stages, started with a playful essay written by our writers Ayşe Draz and Mehmet Kerem Özel. We continue our series with an interview with Jan Möllmer, one of the performers of the piece.  © Simon Baucks Dimitris Papaioannou, in an interview with Mehmet Kerem Özel in Athens in December 2019 and published in Art Unlimited in February 2020, told performers from all over the world, from Canada to Korea, participated the audition for Transverse Orientation , which was under creation at that time. He said he was excited to be working with an international team for the first time, saying about the eight-person team, two of whom are Greek: “Now it seems that these talented people are willing to leave their homes and take an apartment in Athens in order to work with me. So, I’m taking advantage of the circumstances and I’m curious about what will happen. I’m enthusiastic wit...