Kinitiras Ω

For the 2026-27 season, the Kinitiras Ω lifelong learning group begins in October and will meet every Tuesday from 18.00 to 20.00 at the Kinitiras Lab. We look forward to seeing you on the first Tuesday, October 6, for an introductory session! Reserve your spot by October 2 at info@kinitiras.com or by calling +30 69 40 576461 every Tuesday and Friday from 11.00 to 13.00 and Thursday from 18.00 to 20.00.
Cost of the first session: €20 (including 24% VAT). This amount will be deducted from the quarterly fee for anyone who decides to continue.

For the past 12 years, it has been a weekly gathering for older adults, focusing on the body, imagination, expression, and the joy of being together. This year, through a variety of techniques and approaches- from yoga and gentle exercise to Commedia dell’Arte and dancetheatre improvisation- the group is once again opening its doors to new members. Let’s explore new ways to be together, to experiment, to laugh, and to create. We don’t need to know how to dance, act, or exercise- all it takes is the willingness to try something new. Because the body never stops moving, the imagination never stops traveling, and play knows no age limits.

Through the weekly meetings, the participants:

• Approach human existence not only as substance but also as spirit, expanding their relationship with nature, themselves, their bodies and others.
• Come into contact with a gentle physical exercise inspired by modern dance, rhythmic, physical theatre as well as vocal, breathing exercises and singing.
• Learn to take care of their bodies, so that their daily lives will improve.
• Explore through the language of the body and the voice, stories of memory that give strength and courage for the present.

When: Every Tuesday, 18.00-20.00, starting October 6, 2026
Where: Kinitiras Lab
Cost: €150 plus 24% VAT per quarter (October–December, January–March, April–June)
Information / reservations: info@kinitiras.com and +30 69 40 576461 every Tuesday & Friday 11.00-13.00 and Thursday 18.00-20.00.

The history

Kinitiras Ω (Omega) started in 2014 with a vision for mature adults to access dance and theater through a creative community where they can activate their bodies as well as strengthen and cultivate their creative expression.

Working with professionals from Kinitiras company, the group gained experience in co-creation, rehearsal and production by participating in artistic events and performances. So, in addition to the performances at the end of the year, the Kinitiras Ω group inspired the documentary KIN.Ω (Chrysanthi Badeka), traveled to Esslingen, Germany, to attend the stAGE festival where they presented the work of Eros and Psychi directed by Antigone Gyra and participated in Ana Sánchez-Colberg’s Seven to Seventh Project at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s Summer Nostos Festival. From 2021 to 2023, Kinitiras Ω worked steadily with the Acropoditi DanceFest.

During the academic year 2020-21 (November-April) Antigone Gyra, artistic director of Kinitiras and one of the coordinators of Kinitiras Ω, prepared – in the midst of a pandemic – a study, with the financial support of the Greek Ministry of Culture, on the subject of “Contemporary dance and dance theatre in the third age. A study on the work of the group KINITIRAS Ω”, which was presented in April 2022 at Flux Laboratory Athens, in June in the context of the first two-day workshop on dance held at ASKT and organized by SE.HO.HO. (Employees’ Union in the Dance Space) and in Syros at the 9th Akropoditi DanceFest.

In 2023-24, members of the group took part in the Erasmus+ adult education programme, Maturing Korai. Through the KA2 Erasmus+ programme Maturing Korai, women 50+ were introduced to new methods, trainers and women from other countries (Cyprus, Italy) and strengthened their potential and skills, as well as their dynamic presence in a society that sees ageing as a period of cessation.

In addition, the group travelled to Vamvakou for a movement and singing workshop, a partnership between Vamvakou Revival and the group Kinitiras Ω (Mature Age), coordinated by Antigone Gyra and Aliki Avdelopoulou while, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of its existence, all the lifelong learning groups of Kinitiras (Dance Theatre, Acting, Omega and Youth) came together on 26/6/24 in the courtyard of the Dance Study Center I. & R. Duncan in a Performance-Celebration.

During the 2025–26 season, they worked “behind closed doors.” As part of artistic research and “play,” and as a continuation of the work on dance in ancient tragedy and comedy- in the form of a theatrical analogy- which took place at the end of last season, the group explored Brecht’s political theater and “alienation” in acting. In collaboration with Alexis Vidalakis, Kinitiras’s two lifelong learning groups, Y and Ω, presented the play *The Good Man of Se Chuan* in a joint performance at the end of the season, dedicated to KINITIRAS’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY.

Bios

Ioanna Kampylafka graduated from the London Laban Centre (Bachelor of Arts in Dance Theatre) and Middlesex University (diploma in Interior Design). During the academic year 2003-2004, with a scholarship from the Fulbright Foundation, she attended various dance schools in New York (Movement Research, Trisha Brown, Dance Space, Susan Klein, Barbara Mahler). During Spring and Summer of 2007, with the support of the program of Unesco, Aschberg Bursaries for Artists, she worked as a dance teacher, choreographer and dancer in Bangkok Thailand as a guest resident artist at the faculty of Dance School of Performing Arts. In the spring of 2008, after being invited by the organization “Temple of Fine Arts”, she taught composition and improvisation in Singapore and Malaysia.
Ioanna is member of Kinitiras since 1998 and member of the artistic collective Medea Electronique since 2008. As a choreographer she has worked with: “Splish-Splash” (Yannis Economides), Point Theatre (Nikos Diamantis), Theatre Art (Kugiumtzis), Regional Theatre of Kalamata (Stavros Tsakiris), Kalouta Theatre (George Frantzeskakis) etc. She has taught movement and improvisation in drama schools “Themelio”, “Theatre Arts”, “D.Fotiadi”, “Theatre of Changes” and “G. Theodosiades “.

Antigone Gyra founded the Kinitiras Chorotheama company in 1996; since then, she has choreographed and directed dozens of works- either independently or with funding from the Ministry of Culture and other organizations- which have been presented in Greece and abroad. From 2008 to 2019, she coordinated Greece’s first residency centre for the performing arts, enriching Athens’ cultural landscape through initiatives focused on research, artist exchange, and artistic residencies. Through Kinitiras, she introduces dance and physical theatre to primary and secondary education and runs Erasmus+ youth exchange and adult education programs centered on social awareness issues (such as LGBTQ+ rights, the refugee crisis, hate speech, ecology, and ageism). In recent years, with support from international bodies and the Ministry of Culture, she has conducted two choreographic research projects (*Femininity in Transition* and *Contemporary Dance and the Third Age*) and began documenting her thirty-year teaching practice- titled “Inside Out, Outside In”- with the support of the J.F. Costopoulos Foundation. As a choreographer, she has collaborated with prominent directors and companies at the National Theatre, in the independent theatre scene, at the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, and at the Greek National Opera. She has been teaching movement and choreography at professional theatre and dance schools since 1995. During the 2025–26 season, she collaborated as a workshop coordinator with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and the Greek National Opera (Cooperative). Since 2022, she has returned to the stage as a performer in the following works: *10, Freedom Needs Watering, My Dear* by the MAN group (Artemis Lampiri); *ehS comes from Another Planet* (presented at the 1st International Jerusalem Solo Dance Festival and Dance Days Chania), co-created with Amalia Bennett; and an open performance-based research project titled *The Archaeology of a Relationship: What Remains, What Endures*, directed by Paris Erotokritou. Her recent directorial works include the solo performance *Sunset in Voula* (2024–25) and the café-style staged reading *The Woman of Zakynthos and Other Eternal Memories* (2025–26), based on the poetic work of Dionysios Solomos.

Aliki Avdelopoulou is a native of Athens. A scholarship recipient and graduate of the National Theatre, she studied piano and music theory at the National Conservatory and voice with A. Leigh and M. Yementzaki, while also receiving training in theatre and music through various programs and workshops. She is a founding member of the “Viomichaniki” theatre group and the “Lithografeion” theatre in Patras. Since 2006, she has been a member of Kinitiras, teaching within the Erasmus+ program (Crooked House Theatre Company – Kairos Youth Exchange – Ireland ’18) and conducting workshops (Kinitiras Studio). Since 2017, she has taught voice and theatre to the “Kinitiras Ω” group (65+ years old), participating in events such as the stAGE festival (Germany ’18), Ana Sánchez-Colberg’s *Seven to Seventh* (Summer Nostos Festival – SNFCC ’19), and the Akropoditi International Dance Festival (Syros ’21). She was a member of the OTE Athens Mixed Choir for a decade—earning distinctions at Greek and international choral festivals—and is currently a member of the National Conservatory choir (Nea Smyrni branch). Since 1995, she has collaborated professionally with Athenian theatre companies and Regional Municipal Theatres (DI.PE.THE.). She has worked on repertory theatre, musicals, and dance-theatre productions- serving as an actor, director, musical assistant, production manager, and vocal coach- and has participated in Greek and international theatre festivals alongside prominent creators such as S. Evangelatos, A. Antypas, E. Karaindrou, S. Tsakiris, D. Avdeliodis, G. Theofanous, F. Evangelinos, K. Samara, A. Gyra, V. Myrianthopoulos, F. Diplas, V. Adamou, and others. As the frontwoman of the electro duo “MONITOR” and as a solo artist, she has contributed to recordings and performed in concerts and musical events with various ensembles. She directed the one-act opera *La Voix Humaine* and worked as a vocal coach on television talent shows (*Music School* and *Junior Music Stars*).

Alexis Vidalakis is a graduate of the Veakis Higher School of Dramatic Art, a final-year student in the Department of Mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (specializing in Education), and a graduate of the Greek Sign Language Interpreting program at the University of Patras. He has attended workshops led by directors Cezaris Grauzinis, Thomas Moschopoulos, Nikita Milivojevic, Giannis Margaritis, Aris Biniaris, and Lydia Koniordou, as well as by choreographer Ersi Pitta and Thomas Verstraeten (of FC Bergman), focusing on site-specific techniques. He has taken classes in dance (classical, contemporary, and jazz), devised theatre, and physical theatre. Additionally, he has completed courses in music theory and classical singing and was a member of the National Conservatory of Athens choir. She has collaborated with Kinitiras and Antigone Gyra on dance-theatre, site-specific, street theatre, research-based theatre, and improvisational theatre productions; with Splish-Splash on performances based on narrative mime and silent film techniques; with Playback Ψ and Alexandra Vasiliou on productions based on documentary and experiential theatre techniques; and with Patari Project and Sofia Paschou on performances based on devised and physical theatre techniques. He has been a member of Kinitiras since 2016.

Vicky Adamou is a director and actress. She studied at the G. Theodosiadis Drama School in Athens (1996) and the Vakalo School of Art and Design (1992). Since 1996, she has been a member of Kinitiras, where she served as the artistic director of Kinitiras Studio (2008–2014), taking on significant cultural, social, and humanitarian initiatives. She currently continues her artistic work with the Life After Death Theatre Company. As an artist, she has created productions addressing themes such as mental health, gender-based violence and stereotypes, and climate change. She has received funding from the Ministry of Culture and, in 2022, completed the “Heart Project”—a research initiative exploring the dual role of creator and performer- with the participation of prominent Greek artists.
Concurrently, she is a drama therapist and psychotherapist (ECP), a member of EEPSE and PEEDP, and trained at the “To Erma” Psychotherapy Center (2023). In 2024, she completed the Orlando LGBTQ+ program on gender, identity, and sexual orientation, and in 2026, she completed the B.E.A.R. training program on psychological trauma and the Processwork Hub’s “Basic Group Processes” (VADO). Since 1995, she has been systematically engaged in meditation and body-awareness practices (Yoga, Time Therapy, Processwork, Healing Meditation), while for the past five years, she has been training in the QiGong Shen Dao practice with Alain Ratié.