Press Report

6^th International Symposium on Dance

Under the auspices of IOV , NGO In operational relations with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization- UNESCO

The 6^th International Symposium on Dance Research of Greek Dance Archives, was under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Education and under the auspices of IOV, NGO In operational relations with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization- UNESCO  , has been accomplished in Ancient Corinthos .

The Symposium was honored and inaugurated by the presence of the President Mrs Carmen Padilla and of the delegations from 10 countries (Philippines, Austria, Holland, Cyprus, Israel, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Latvia, France and Greece), as well as by the participation of a great number of participants and attendants from every part of Greece.

President of the 5^th Scientific Symposium was Mr. Christos Tentzerakis

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The Scientific Committee of the Symposium was consisted of eminent Professors from various Universities of Greece and foreign ones

President:  Dr. Neoklis Sarris,   Sociologist, Professor Panteion University of Athens 
        Members:

§        Dr.   Aikaterini Kamilaki Directress of KEEL ACADEMY OF ATHENS  
 Dr. Mila Santova, Professor, Director of Institute of Folklore

§         Dr. Aija Jansonen, Professor, Latvia University Inst. of History; Depart. Of Ethnology

§         Dr. Anna Lydaki, Sociologist Professor, Panteion University of Athens    

§         Dr. Aristides Doulaveras, Professor, University of Peloponnesus

§         Dr. Ioannis Zikos, Secondary education school counsellor

§         Dr Anna Panagiotopoulou, Honorary Secondary Education school counsellor

§         Panagiotis Kamilakis, Researcher of K.E.E.L. Academy of Athens

§         Penelope Moraiti, Educator, Writer, Lecturer IST University of Heartfordshire

§         Dr Ilias Liamis, Director of Saint Joseph College & Thessaly Conference Centre

§         Dr Renata Dalianoudi, Ethnomusicologist,  University of Athens

• Alexandos Omiriadis, PhD Candidate, Vice President of Greek Dance Archives
• Christos Tentzerakis, PhD Candidate, President of Greek Dance Archives & I.O.V.Hellas

Members of IOV and all the lecturers come from scientific fields relative to the dance, such us choreology, ethnomusicology, folklore, and sociology

Lectures about the influences on the traditional dance caused by the transition from the rural into the urban environment have also been given by the representatives of Cyprus, Latvia, Bulgaria, IOV Israel and France.

The dancing group “Dionysus” from Cyprus and 10 dancing groups from Greece also participated in the 6^th International Congress.

In the evenings all the Symposium participants and visitors took part in the fests with local folklore orchestras.

During the Symposium there were exhibitions with traditional products, old photos, traditional costumes and other objects of folk art from Greece.