As part of its 10th International Encounter for Young Dance Professionals „How to dance in times of crisis?“ in Athens from 17.10.2025 to 03.11.2025, LUNA PARK is realising the collective performance format LUNAPARK.works – now in its seventh edition. For LUNAPARK.works 07, the participants develop their own short performances, including solos and group pieces, some of them as works in progress, and present them to the public.
Performance Program
_ Thursday, October 30 at 21:00 @ PLYFA
“alBumS” (30’), Choreography & Dance: Nolwenn Benichou-Samson
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“Moon Palace” (9’), Choreography & Dance: Hannah Stein
“Klaiousa” (Willow Tree, 6’), Choreography & Dance: Rallou Savva
“Is it getting lighter?” (12’), Choreography & Performance: Foteini Gerakianaki, Fani Vakalopoulou
_ Friday, October 31 at 21:00 @ PLYFA
“OUR VOICES_OUR SOUND”, Concept & Performance: Sofia Gousgoula, Rafailia Sismanoglou
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“Klaiousa” (Willow Tree, 6’), Choreography & Dance: Rallou Savva
“Common Thread” (10’), Choreography & Performance: Milica Tancic
“What I wanted, what I found” (20’), Concept & Performance: Panagiota Bafouni, Anna-Maria Karounou, Angeliki Sarigeorgiou, Anthoula Stasinou
_ Sunday, November 2 at 21:00 @ PLYFA
“alBumS” (30’), Choreography & Dance: Nolwenn Benichou-Samson
“Common Thread” (10’), Choreography & Performance: Milica Tancic
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“What I wanted, what I found” (20’), Concept & Performance: Panagiota Bafouni, Anna-Maria Karounou, Angeliki Sarigeorgiou, Anthoula Stasinou
The exchange program „How to dance in times of crisis?“ has been organised by LUNA PARK as part of its support for young talents since 2016 with annual encounters in Berlin and Athens. How does our understanding of art change in times of serious social upheaval, in times of local and global crises? How does our artistic expression change? Do we dance differently in times of crisis? Can dance make a difference – even outside the theatre? The participating young dance makers will address these questions in lectures, seminars and discussions, as well as dance theory and philosophical approaches to the conception and evaluation of contemporary dance and performance art. They are supported and curated by experienced choreographers and dance scholars, who will also lead practical workshops in choreography and improvisation as well as joint dance rehearsals, and who will support the young artists in particular in working on their own projects, which will be shown as part of LUNAPARK.works 07.
Cast & Crew
Artistic direction, concept and curatorial advising: Kosmas Kosmopoulos
Choreographic assistance and training: Nikos Kalyvas
Choreography and performance: Panagiota Bafouni, Styliani Byraki, Aaron Carey-Burrows, Foteini Gerakianaki, Anna-Maria Karounou, Nikoleta Koutitsa, Davide Lorenzi, Angeliki Sarigeorgiou, Veronica Sala, Rallou Savva, Carro Sharkey, Anthoula Stasinou, Hannah Stein, Caspar Sebastian Stuart Ilschner, Milica Tancic, Roza Tsigkalida, Fani Vakalopoulou, Paloma Velez a.o.
Music: Antonios Palaskas
Stage design & Visuals: Maria Salouvardou, Dr. Georgia Touliatou
Technical direction: Dimitris Stamatis
Text and dramaturgical advising: Kai Pichmann, Dr. Maria Tsouvala
Production management and communication: Fee Josten, Carmen Maria Jentzsch
Photography and documentation: Giovanni Lo Curto
Duration
100 min with a break
Tickets
Free entrance, donations welcome. Reservation: lounapark.works@gmail.com
PLYFA Building 7A
Korytsas 39, Votanikos
10447 Athens, Greece
Notice
The performance is suitable for everyone aged 16 and over. In certain scenes of the performance, loud sounds, intense lighting effects (strobe light), and darkness are used.
Production & support
LUNAPARK.works 07 is a presentation format of the Initiative LUNA PARK e.V., in cooperation with the Greek association LOUNA PARK ERGA, funded by the German-Greek Youth Office (DGJW) as part of the international exchange project ‘How to dance in times of crisis? ‘ and supported in the frame of the artist residency program “tanz(t)räume” (dance rooms/ dreams) funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund (DANCE PACT Local-Regional-National) and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. It is also co-organized and supported by the recognized professional dance school AKTINA in Athens. LUNA PARK, founded in 2002 as an initiative of independent artists, has been realizing contemporary dance productions with performances in Germany, Greece and abroad, diverse extracurricular artistic education projects for children, teenagers and young adults and international exchange and encounter programs for young dance professionals and dance education specialists for over 20 years.
