Theme two contains the following working groups:
Festival stories by their people
Coordination: Kelly Diapouli, Artistic Director of Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture
Food for Thought by:
- Mety Panagiotopoulou, Artistic Director of Giortes Rokkas
- Camilo Nolas, Organizer of Vovousa Festival
- Christina Skarpari, Founder and Artistic Director of Xarkis Festival
- Solal Forte, Artistic Director of Milos International Theater Festival, actress at Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique de Paris (CNSAD)
- Danai Tezapsidou, Museum professional, Milos International Theater Festival, Coordinator
Greek Festival Managers Network
Coordination: Mety Panagiotopoulou, Artistic Director of Giortes Rokkas
Erifili Giannakopoulou, Artistic Director of Oper(O)
Stories of the independent artistic scene
Coordination: Judith Knight, arts consultant and ex- Director of Artsadmin, United Kingdom
Frosyni Trousa, Artistic Director of DAN.C.CE Unitiva
Food for Thought by:
- Patricia Apergi, Choreographer
- Lena Kitsopoulou, Actress, Writer, Director
- Nikos Mavrakis, Founder of Too Far East Productions
- Konstantinos Sakkas, Delta Pi General Manager & Executive Producer
Stories of contemporary circus and puppet theater
Coordination: Kelly Diapouli – Artistic Director of Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture
Muriel Piquet-Viaux, Cultural Attaché, French Institute of Athens
Dio Kaggelari, Theatrologist, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Food for Thought by:
- Stathis Markopoulos, puppeteer (Ayusaya Puppet Theater), representative of the Greek Center of the Union International de la Marionnette (UNIMA-HELLAS)”
- Emmanouela Kapokaki, Artistic Director of “Prasin Aloga” Visual Puppet Theater/ Performer
- Konstantinos Vazaios, Artistic Director of Athens Circus Festival / Founder of the street theater group lazy dayz 1997-2004/ Founder of the first school of contemporary circus in Greece 2006
- Christina Sougioultzi, Co- founder of “Ki omos kineitai”
When the artist becomes a local
Coordination: Christos Christopoulos, Production Manager, Directorate of Contemporary Art, Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture
Food for Thought by:
- Yolanda Markopoulou, Theatre and film Director, Founder of Polyplanity Productions
- Evi Kalogiropoulou, Visual artist Adonis Volanakis, Artist, Educator, Social Weaver
- Dimitris Babilis, Cultural Co-manager at Aparamillon
