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Festival Schedule

Delphi Palace Hotel 

Address: Apollonos 69, Delfi 330 54, Greece | Phone: +30 2265 082151

Sunday. May 22nd

 

7:30 PM - Opening Banquet in Convivium | Delphi Palace Veranda

Introductions from Presenters Seeking Collaboration | Vince Gagliardi, Cynthia Word, Ravenna Wilde, Edouard Lestournelle, Jeanne Bresciani

 

 

Monday, May 23rd 

 

7:00 - 9:00 AM - Breakfast | Delphi Palace Breakfast Room

 

9:15 - 10:45 AM - “Revival Pythia - Renaissance of Humanism” - Keynotes

Panos Kaltsis, Founder and President, Delphic Ecumentical Union

 Zoie Lafis, Festival Co-Chair,  Executive Director, Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies 

Jeanne Bresciani, Festival Founding Chair,  Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan International Institute

 

Further Remarks:

Pr. Paris Katsivelos - Pr. in European Communication Institut, University Kremps

Vicky Tsianika, Journalist ERT, MSc in Drama and Performing Arts

Lena Kyropoulos, Journalist BCI MEDIA & Association of European Journalists, General Secretary and Ambassadress of E.D.U., Candidate for MSc Journalism

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11:00 - 12:30 PM - “At Origins” - Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., Festival Founding Chair, Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan International Institute | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

LUNCH - on own (Box Lunches will be available for paid pre-order nightly for pickup the next day. See Hotel front desk for order form.)

 

2:00 - 5:00 PM - "Sacred Topography: The Body & The Land - The Power of Place" Delphi Archaeological Museum & Site Group Visit with Seminar | Group Outing. Outdoor Wear. Please meet in the Lobby to Depart.

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6:00 - 7:00 PM - Let the Games begin! Singing Pindar's Pythian Ode 1, "Golden Lyre of Apollo” - Bettina Joy de Guzman, multi-instrumentalist and Classicist | Delphi Palace Studio

 

8:00 PM  - Dinner | Delphi Palace Veranda

 

8:00 PM -  “Cultural Diplomacy”  - Michael Patentalis, Dipl. for European Civilization, Systemic and Family Therapist, Author, President for Greek Authors in Germany | Delphi Palace Veranda. Greek Language 

 

8:30 PM -  “The Media Contribution to Cultural Communication” - Saia Tsaousidou, International President of Association European Journalists  Delphi Palace Veranda. Greek Language


 

Tuesday, May 24th 

 

7:00 - 9:00 AM - Breakfast | Delphi Palace Breakfast Room

 

9:00 - 9:20 AM - “Training My Cells for Peaceful Living in the World Around” - Vicky Tsianika, Journalist ERT, MSc in Drama and Performing Arts

 

9:30 - 11:00 AM - “Sensing Divinity: On Ancient Greek Spirituality" - Dr. Christoph Quarch, Philosopher, Author, Founder of The New Platonic Academy | Delphi Palace Veranda

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11:15 - 12:45 PM - “Sappho and Isadora: Once Again This Time” - Cynthia Word, Soloist, Choreographer and Founding Director, Word Dance Theater | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

LUNCH - on own (Box Lunches will be available for paid pre-order nightly for pickup the next day. See Hotel front desk for order form.)

 

During Lunch 1:30 - 2:00 PM  - “Media & Literature Bridges” &  “Recitation of Poems in Indian & Greek” - Lena Kyropoulos, General Secretary and Ambassadress of E.D.U., Candidate for MSc Journalism Connection with Mr. Bijender Goel TMPG & H.E. Mr. Amrit Lugun,  Ambassadors Greece & India | Delphi Palace Veranda

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2:00 - 3:30 PM - "Elements of Performance" - Mary DiSanto-Rose, Ed.D., Dance Educator and Reconstructionist, Skidmore College | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

3:45 - 4:45 PM - “Ripples: Duncan & Wilde” Open Reading - Ravenna Wilde, Author and Playwright | Delphi Palace Veranda

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5:00 - 5:20 PM - “Theater as Therapy” - Stratis Panourios, Theatre Director, Filmmaker, Playwright and Actor. | Delphi Palace Veranda

 

7:30 - 9:00 PM - Museum of the Delphic Festivals Lighting Ceremony & Evening Performances - Featuring Paris Katsivelos, Sandra Voulgari, Andriana Papanicolaou and Vince Gagliardi

 

9:30 PM - Dinner | Symposium Restaurant 

 

 

Wednesday, May 25th 

 

7:00 - 9:00 AM - Breakfast | Delphi Palace Breakfast Room

 

9:30 - 11:00 AM - “The Pythian Games: The Real Modern Olympic Games" - Jeffrey O. Segrave, Ph.D., Olympic and Pythian Games Specialist, David H. Porter Endowed Chair, Skidmore College | Delphi Palace Veranda

 

11:15 - 12:45 PM -  “The Sons & Daughters of Prometheus” - Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D., Festival Founding Chair, Artistic Director, Isadora Duncan International Institute | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

LUNCH - on own (Box Lunches will be available for paid pre-order nightly for pickup the next day. See Hotel front desk for order form.)

 

2:00 - 6:00 PM - "The Corycian Cave: In Resonance of a Rapport Everlasting" Site Visit & Seminar with Live Music by Bettina Joy de Guzman | Group Outing. Movement/Hiking. Please meet in the Lobby to Depart.

 

8:00 PM  - Dinner | Delphi Palace Veranda

 

 

Thursday, May 26th 

 

7:00 - 9:00 AM - Breakfast | Delphi Palace Breakfast Room

 

9:30 - 10:30 AM -  “Self-knowledge in Socrates” - Pr. Vassilis Karasmanis, Author, Professor of  Philosophy, Former Director of European Culture Center | Delphi Palace Veranda

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10:45 - 11:45 PM - “The Greek Logos” - Pr. Paris Katsivelos - Pr. in European Communication Institut, University Kremps | Delphi Palace Veranda

 

LUNCH - on own (Box Lunches will be available for paid pre-order nightly for pickup the next day. See Hotel front desk for order form.)

 

2:00 - 3:00 PM - “The Art of Improvisation - Jazz Improv and Artificial Intelligence” - Dimitri Vassilakis, Internationally Acclaimed Greek Saxophonist, Vocalist, Composer and Educator | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

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3:15 - 4:15 PM - "Enwrapped & Enraptured" - Draping Workshop with Zoie Lafis, Festival Co-Chair, Executive Director, Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

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7:30 - 9:00 PM - Delphic Palace Amphitheater Festival Performance featuring Jeanne Bresciani & The Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers with Full Movement Choirs 

 

9:30 PM  - Celebratory Banquet in Convivium | Symposium Restaurant 

 

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Friday, May 27th 

 

7:00 - 9:00 AM - Breakfast | Delphi Palace Breakfast Room

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9:30 - 11:00 AM - "Just Breathe for the Health of It",  Sleep Disordered Breathing From the Cradle to the Rocker! - Dr. Gary DiSanto-Rose, Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry

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11:15 - 12:45 PM - "Primitive Expression" - Elena Michailou, Musician and Dance Therapist Specializing in Orff Schulwerk | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

LUNCH - on own (Box Lunches will be available for paid pre-order nightly for pickup the next day. See Hotel front desk for order form.)

 

2:00 - 3:30 PM - "Delphiade” Youth Laureate Experience - Edouard Lestournelle with Celeste Royo-Schottland | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

4:30 - 7:00 PM - Open Rehearsals + 3D Imaging with Vince Gagliardi | Delphi Palace Studio. Movement

 

7:30 - 9:00 PM - Culminating Festival Performance & Movement Choir | Delphi Palace Amphitheater featuring Dimitri Vassilakis, Word Dance Theater & others  

 

9:30 PM - Dinner | Delphi Palace Veranda

 

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Saturday, May 28th 

 

6:00 AM - Group Bus Departure for Athens International Airport | Purchase Here


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Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc.

150 E 61st St., Suite 11D | New York, New York 10065

idii.org - info@idii.org - 845-687-4183

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The Isadora Duncan International Institute, Inc., is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit educational organization founded in 1977 by dancer Maria-Theresa Duncan, Isadora Duncan’s adopted daughter and student, and Kay Bardsley, noted dance historian and scholar. The IDII is a global dance organization on five continents whose mission is to preserve of the choreographic and philosophical legacy of Isadora Duncan, to enhance education through classical studies in art and movement, and to maintain the archive of materials from founder, Maria-Theresa Duncan.

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