PONTIAN DANCE WORKSHOP WITH YIANNI PAGOZIDIS
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SPECIALIST TRADITIONAL PONTIAN DANCE TEACHER LANDS IN AUSTRALIA ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2024.THE ZEIBEKIKO FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA IN COLLABORATION WITH PONTOXENITEAS NSW, BRING TO YOU
"PONTIAN DANCE WORKSHOP" BY YIANNI PAGOZIDIS.
APART FROM TEACHING TRADITIONAL ZEIBEKIKO FAMILY OF DANCES, WE ARE HONOURED TO HAVE YIANNI TEACH PONTIAN DANCE @ THE PONTIAN HOUSE (PONTOXENITEA) IN EARLWOOD.
YIANNI WAS BORN INTO A PONTIAN FAMILY. HIS FATHER & FAMILY WERE MAINLY ALL MUSICANS. HE GREW UP IN A PONTIAN MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT. IN HIS YOUNGER YEARS HE DANCED FOR DORA STRATOU DANCE THEATRE IN ATHENS. NOW HE HAS HIS OWN MUSIC ENSEMBLE NAMED RODOPI ENSEMBLE AND IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PONTIAN & CAPPADOCIAN MUSIC & DANCE.
HE HAS DONE OVER 20 YRS RESEARCH INTO THE DANCE AND TRADITIONS OF CAPPADOKIA AND CONTINUES TO WORK CLOSE WITH CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS, GIVES TALKS, MUSIC SEMINARS & TRADITIONAL DANCE SEMINARS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
SEE YOU THERE!
Date
Monday 30 September 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
PONTIAN HOUSE
15 RIVERVIEW STREET, EARLWOOD NSW 2208