Main Library

At the largest school library in Greece, we offer junior high and high school students all the necessary tools to do research projects and deepen their knowledge.

Athens College Library began its operation in the 1930s within the spaces of Benaki Hall.  Its collection was organized more systematically in the 1950s.  Since 1964, it is housed in its own 1300 m2 building on the Psychico campus, a structure designed by architect and Athens College alumnus, Pavlos Mylonas.

Opening Hours:  Monday-Friday 08.15-17.00, Saturday 11:00-16:00

During holidays and summer break, operating hours may change. 

 

At the Main Athens College Library, we have:

  • 100,000 Greek and foreign volumes in Greek and English
  • subscriptions to electronic databases
  • 200 current titles of printed and digital journals/magazines and newspapers
  • a rich selection of audiovisual materials
  • 200 study stations and 140 computers & laptops
  • the D-Space institutional repository in order to collect, organize, promote, and maintain materials produced at the College

 

Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 - 23, 2017)

Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 - 23, 2017)

One of the seminars at this year’s Dance Festival in Kalamata is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan” that will be conducted by Barbara Kane, along with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   

With the 23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 – 23, 2017) about to open, Stavroula Skalidi writes in the “Arts and Letters” section of Kathimerini newspaper

"Peaceful revolution with one’s body"

One of the seminars at this year’s Dance Festival in Kalamata is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan” that will be conducted by Barbara Kane, along with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   

“What can be revolutionary nowadays?  How does the body bridge our differences?  Can the relationship between tradition and contemporary choreography facilitate the need to redefine identities and concepts in a rapidly changing world?  These are the types of questions that are being raised at the 23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival and which the public and spectators who will be present in the city from the 14th through the 23rd of July will be asked to contemplate.  Corroborating the international nature of this institution, this year’s program includes eight foreign and four Greek contemporary dance troupes, one seminar, three workshops, two masterclasses and six parallel events open to the public – a total of 24 events spread out across the four corners of this southern Greek city.  The works of the foreign entrants are being presented for the first time.

The challenge this year for Ms. Katerina Kasioumi, the Festival’s artistic director, is to demonstrate her investment in man, in beauty and in the positive.   Feeling justified by the choices and the outcome of the past year and judging by the success of this venture – with the world participating in and showing support for this institution by its presence – this year, she feels the urgent need to deliver a positive message.  Even though the “usefulness” of art is not obvious, it must make room for everyone: it must embrace the artist because he, with the timeless questions that he poses, is the one who can inspire the viewer, and who can connect art to himself and to those around him. ….. For the totally professional attitude required of a dancer, this year’s festival celebrates the 100th anniversary since the birth of Zouzou Nikoloudi, whose contributions are praised by Ms. Kasioumi. She explains how this great personality raised the bar high for all, how revolutionary Zouzou Nikoloudi was, in her own way, for the times in which she lived by displaying passion and love, and a keen eye for dancing and young people. …..

A dancer must also be an intellectual; but, must maintain a very delicate balance so as not to neglect the body, says Ms. Kasioumi.
This is the context in which the educational program of this institution is focused.  One of the seminars is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan,” conducted by Barbara Kane, together with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   Barbara Kane speaks fervently about the spirit of Isidora Duncan, about this imposing figure’s effect on society, on dance, on the position of women and on dressing style.   About how Isidora Duncan changed the face of dancing and exacted it as an acceptable form of art.  A
woman who changed the evolution of artistic dancing.  …..

Barbara Kane is guided by the ethos that Isidora Duncan taught.  For this reason, she seeks to keep dance open and accessible to everyone in society:  dancers, children, adults, people without the financial means to attend dance lessons, the elderly, and people with disabilities. …..

For more information in English about the Kalamata Dance Festival, see:  http://www.kalamatadancefestival.gr/index.php/en/



 

 

Source: “Arts and Letters,”  Kathimerini newspaper, July 9, 2017

To read the full article (in Greek), click below:

http://www.kathimerini.gr/917405/article/politismos/xoros/eirhnikh-epanastash-me-to-swma

 

 

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Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 - 23, 2017)

Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 - 23, 2017)

One of the seminars at this year’s Dance Festival in Kalamata is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan” that will be conducted by Barbara Kane, along with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   

With the 23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 – 23, 2017) about to open, Stavroula Skalidi writes in the “Arts and Letters” section of Kathimerini newspaper

"Peaceful revolution with one’s body"

One of the seminars at this year’s Dance Festival in Kalamata is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan” that will be conducted by Barbara Kane, along with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   

“What can be revolutionary nowadays?  How does the body bridge our differences?  Can the relationship between tradition and contemporary choreography facilitate the need to redefine identities and concepts in a rapidly changing world?  These are the types of questions that are being raised at the 23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival and which the public and spectators who will be present in the city from the 14th through the 23rd of July will be asked to contemplate.  Corroborating the international nature of this institution, this year’s program includes eight foreign and four Greek contemporary dance troupes, one seminar, three workshops, two masterclasses and six parallel events open to the public – a total of 24 events spread out across the four corners of this southern Greek city.  The works of the foreign entrants are being presented for the first time.

The challenge this year for Ms. Katerina Kasioumi, the Festival’s artistic director, is to demonstrate her investment in man, in beauty and in the positive.   Feeling justified by the choices and the outcome of the past year and judging by the success of this venture – with the world participating in and showing support for this institution by its presence – this year, she feels the urgent need to deliver a positive message.  Even though the “usefulness” of art is not obvious, it must make room for everyone: it must embrace the artist because he, with the timeless questions that he poses, is the one who can inspire the viewer, and who can connect art to himself and to those around him. ….. For the totally professional attitude required of a dancer, this year’s festival celebrates the 100th anniversary since the birth of Zouzou Nikoloudi, whose contributions are praised by Ms. Kasioumi. She explains how this great personality raised the bar high for all, how revolutionary Zouzou Nikoloudi was, in her own way, for the times in which she lived by displaying passion and love, and a keen eye for dancing and young people. …..

A dancer must also be an intellectual; but, must maintain a very delicate balance so as not to neglect the body, says Ms. Kasioumi.
This is the context in which the educational program of this institution is focused.  One of the seminars is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan,” conducted by Barbara Kane, together with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   Barbara Kane speaks fervently about the spirit of Isidora Duncan, about this imposing figure’s effect on society, on dance, on the position of women and on dressing style.   About how Isidora Duncan changed the face of dancing and exacted it as an acceptable form of art.  A
woman who changed the evolution of artistic dancing.  …..

Barbara Kane is guided by the ethos that Isidora Duncan taught.  For this reason, she seeks to keep dance open and accessible to everyone in society:  dancers, children, adults, people without the financial means to attend dance lessons, the elderly, and people with disabilities. …..

For more information in English about the Kalamata Dance Festival, see:  http://www.kalamatadancefestival.gr/index.php/en/



 

 

Source: “Arts and Letters,”  Kathimerini newspaper, July 9, 2017

To read the full article (in Greek), click below:

http://www.kathimerini.gr/917405/article/politismos/xoros/eirhnikh-epanastash-me-to-swma

 

 

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Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 - 23, 2017)

Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 - 23, 2017)

One of the seminars at this year’s Dance Festival in Kalamata is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan” that will be conducted by Barbara Kane, along with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   

With the 23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival (July 14 – 23, 2017) about to open, Stavroula Skalidi writes in the “Arts and Letters” section of Kathimerini newspaper

"Peaceful revolution with one’s body"

One of the seminars at this year’s Dance Festival in Kalamata is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan” that will be conducted by Barbara Kane, along with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   

“What can be revolutionary nowadays?  How does the body bridge our differences?  Can the relationship between tradition and contemporary choreography facilitate the need to redefine identities and concepts in a rapidly changing world?  These are the types of questions that are being raised at the 23rd Kalamata International Dance Festival and which the public and spectators who will be present in the city from the 14th through the 23rd of July will be asked to contemplate.  Corroborating the international nature of this institution, this year’s program includes eight foreign and four Greek contemporary dance troupes, one seminar, three workshops, two masterclasses and six parallel events open to the public – a total of 24 events spread out across the four corners of this southern Greek city.  The works of the foreign entrants are being presented for the first time.

The challenge this year for Ms. Katerina Kasioumi, the Festival’s artistic director, is to demonstrate her investment in man, in beauty and in the positive.   Feeling justified by the choices and the outcome of the past year and judging by the success of this venture – with the world participating in and showing support for this institution by its presence – this year, she feels the urgent need to deliver a positive message.  Even though the “usefulness” of art is not obvious, it must make room for everyone: it must embrace the artist because he, with the timeless questions that he poses, is the one who can inspire the viewer, and who can connect art to himself and to those around him. ….. For the totally professional attitude required of a dancer, this year’s festival celebrates the 100th anniversary since the birth of Zouzou Nikoloudi, whose contributions are praised by Ms. Kasioumi. She explains how this great personality raised the bar high for all, how revolutionary Zouzou Nikoloudi was, in her own way, for the times in which she lived by displaying passion and love, and a keen eye for dancing and young people. …..

A dancer must also be an intellectual; but, must maintain a very delicate balance so as not to neglect the body, says Ms. Kasioumi.
This is the context in which the educational program of this institution is focused.  One of the seminars is “The “Revolutionary Dances of Isidora Duncan,” conducted by Barbara Kane, together with Françoise Rageau and Sandra Voulgari.   Barbara Kane speaks fervently about the spirit of Isidora Duncan, about this imposing figure’s effect on society, on dance, on the position of women and on dressing style.   About how Isidora Duncan changed the face of dancing and exacted it as an acceptable form of art.  A
woman who changed the evolution of artistic dancing.  …..

Barbara Kane is guided by the ethos that Isidora Duncan taught.  For this reason, she seeks to keep dance open and accessible to everyone in society:  dancers, children, adults, people without the financial means to attend dance lessons, the elderly, and people with disabilities. …..

For more information in English about the Kalamata Dance Festival, see:  http://www.kalamatadancefestival.gr/index.php/en/



 

 

Source: “Arts and Letters,”  Kathimerini newspaper, July 9, 2017

To read the full article (in Greek), click below:

http://www.kathimerini.gr/917405/article/politismos/xoros/eirhnikh-epanastash-me-to-swma

 

 

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