Dance

Dozens of men set foot in the waters of Tundzha river in Kalofer for the traditional ritual of saving the cross, and to play the famous male ethnic dance of the Epiphany.

Due to the pandemic, there was no official organization, but many people gathered to follow tradition. Law enforcement forces tried to stop the dance, but it still happened.

Music and dance as a healing balm for pandemic-weary souls is what Spain's Joaquin Cortes had in mind for his new show that opens this Christmas ahead of a global tour.

After a year away from the stage, the legendary flamenco artist who has been dancing for nearly four decades, returns to the spotlight on December 23 when his new show debuts at Madrid's WiZink auditorium.

Dance can also be a science. I can't stop exploring dance. By dedicating yourself to it you immerse into a world of unbounded knowledge. "There's always something new coming, and you want to reach out for it," the choreographer Assn. Dr. S.P. Anna Pampulova says.

Weddings in Turkey will be held over the summer season, as Turkey will begin allowing people to slowly crawl out of isolation and lockdowns, although they will not resemble any wedding pre-COVID-19 life.

Carnaval La Land, a special event featuring musical theater, flash mobs, Afro-Brazilian percussion, samba, tango and many more surprises, will be happening in Syntagma Square on Friday, February 28.

Director, dancer and choreographer Lloyd Newson and the British Rambert Dance Company present "Enter Achilles," a physical theater performance which tackles the subject of masculinity and the stereotypes surrounding it, on the main stage of the Onassis Stegi in downtown Athens.

The Athens Big Band present their "The Swing Era" at the Maria Callas Olympia Municipal Music Theater. The show will also feature the Athens Lindy Hop dance company and musicians Jennie Kapadai and Stavros Romanos.

Local DJ, producer and musician RSN and his Electric Quartet will appear on stage at Faust bar in downtown Athens on Friday, January 17, where they will be performing numbers from his 2018 album "Strange Eyes" as well as earlier works. RSN's music is influenced by hip-hop, jazz, soul, funk and trip-hop.

The world-renowned Bejart Ballet Lausanne returns to the Athens Concert Hall with Maurice Bejart's "Magic Flute," which is being staged in Greece for the first time. In his take on the famous Mozart opera, the legendary French-born choreographer juxtaposed the innocence of childhood with the structured rigidity of the adult world. Shows start at 8 p.m.

"When every village has internet, TV, and every child listens to popular music, I think that this old world is vanishing," Kalezic-Radonjic told BIRN.