32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-DO BIRDS DREAM OF FLYING?/Fabla Collective
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Do Birds Dream of Flying? is a performance in which two artists explore themes of balance, freedom, and limitation through movement and an originally designed set piece.
At the centre of the performance is a swinging and rotating ladder, weighted at its base, which opens up an aerial space usually inaccessible to the human body. Through precise coordination and a keen sense of balance, the performers harness centripetal and centrifugal forces to create the illusion of suspension, flight, and movement through space. As the choreography unfolds, the vertical axis of the ladder appears to extend beyond its physical limits, minimizing contact with the ground and evoking a sense of lightness and freedom.
Their interaction with the apparatus becomes a poetic dialogue between risk and responsibility, reflecting on how we navigate curiosity while caring for the world around us.
UPCOMING EVENTS
TODAY AT 10:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-ZOUZOU NIKOLOUDI: METHODOLOGY AS PRACTICE
FESTIVALS
TODAY AT 10:00
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-DAVID ZAMBRANO/FLYING LOW
SEMINARS
TODAY AT 13:00
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-DAVID ZAMBRANO/PASSING THROUGH
FESTIVALS
TODAY AT 18:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-ALL SHE LIKES IS POPPING BUBBLE WRAP/Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
FESTIVALS
TODAY AT 18:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-BARE under/Vitoria Kotsalou
FESTIVALS
TODAY AT 21:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-HE WHO FALLS/Yoann Bourgeois Art Company
PERFORMANCES
TOMORROW AT 19:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-MERCURY RISING/Jefta van Dinther
PERFORMANCES
TOMORROW AT 21:00
Central Square Of Kalamata
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-METAMORPHOSIS/GREEK NATIONAL OPERA PROFESSIONAL DANCE SCHOOL
FESTIVALS
19th July 2026 at 18:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
LECTURES
19th July 2026 at 21:00
Central Square Of Kalamata
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-ONE BODY/National School of Dance
FESTIVALS
20th July 2026 at 12:00
Panos and Elias Iliopoulos Museum
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-THE COST OF LIVING/DV8 Physical Theatre
MOVIE SCREENINGS
20th July 2026 at 18:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival- BOOK PRESENTATION: Using the Sky. A Dance/Deborah Hay
BOOK PRESENTATIONS
20th July 2026 at 20:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-ΙT'S THE END OF THE AMUSEMENT PHASE/Chara Kotsali
PERFORMANCES
20th July 2026 at 21:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-TEMPO/Kalle Nio & Fernando Melo
PERFORMANCES
21st to 26th July 2026 at 10:00
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-DAVID ZAMBRANO/IMPROVISATION ON STAGE
SEMINARS
21st July 2026 at 21:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-BULL’S HEART/Eva Stefani
MOVIE SCREENINGS
22nd July 2026 at 20:00
Ancient Messina
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-THE KALAMATA INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL AT ANCIENT MESSINA
FESTIVALS
23rd and 24th July 2026 at 20:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-GUINTCHE (LIVE VERSION)/Marlene Monteiro Freitas
PERFORMANCES
23rd July 2026 at 22:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-MALDONNE/Leïla Ka
FESTIVALS
24th July 2026 at 20:00
Kalamata's Railway Park
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-MARIPOSA/David Zambrano
FESTIVALS
24th July 2026 at 22:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival- Dance Moves/Let's get the party started Curated by Vassilis Papaefstathiou
MOVIE SCREENINGS
25th July 2026 at 18:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-A USER’S MANUAL
PERFORMANCES
25th July 2026 at 19:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-LUNAR SEAGA/Adonis Vais
PERFORMANCES
25th July 2026 at 20:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-MOUNTAINS/Garage21
PERFORMANCES
25th & 26th July 2026 at 22:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd International Kalamata Dance Festival-TO HAVE BEEN SO CLOSE SO MANY TIMES/Greek National Opera Ballet & Giorgos Koumendakis
PERFORMANCES
26th July 2026 at 11:30
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-THE UNSTABLE GROUND OF TODAY’S DANCE PRACTICES
LECTURES
25th July 2026 at 19:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-WHAT ARE THE BODIES OF OUR TIME?/Iris Karayan
FESTIVALS
26th July 2026 at 21:00
Kalamata Dance Megaron
32nd Kalamata International Dance Festival-SUPERSTAR Ioanna Portolou/Griffón Dance Company
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