International Secondary School Theatre Meeting to be held

At the foothills of the famous Mount Olympus, where the Ancient Theatre of Dion sits, the Directorate of Secondary Education in Pieria organizes the International School Ancient Theatre Meeting , which is set under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religion Affairs, Culture and Sports and of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO.
The event titled Theatre Games: Olympia in Dion will be held on 19-27 September, 2014. This valorisen henceforth, action is actually a revival of the ancient theatre Games that took place under the same title at Dion, the sacred city of Macedonians, and lasted for nine day in honor of the nine Pierian Muses.
The Festival of Ancient Drama will take place at the actual Municipal Theatre of Ancient Dion in Pieria, a regional unit of Central Macedonia , where Euripides produced and performed five of his plays. The most famous of which is “Bacchae”. Dion is where Euripides was buried.
The Theme of this festival includes plays of ancient drama, taken not only from the Greek and Roman theatre tradition, but also from other cultures across the world.
Any school interested in participating in “Olympia in Dion” can send the application form either by email or by post. Schools must send with the application one DVD until 10 minutes and three (3) photos and one list of students and teachers involved in the production, in order to they are included in the program that will be published at the following address:
Directorate of Secondary Education in Pieria
Innovative Actions Office
8, P. Tsaldari Str.
60 100 KATERINI, GREECE
Email: politistika@dide.pie.sch.gr
Phone number: 003023510, Fax: 00302351049910
Website: http://dide.pir.sch.gr
Application deadline is Friday, May 30, 2014.
Condition for Participation
1. Drama groups must be formed by students only aged from 13 to 18 years old.
2. Each group will be accompanied by the number of teachers defined by the relevant legislation.
3. The group’s production may as well be derived from the local tradition of the group’s region. (in such a case a draft of the play must be sent)
4. Stage time must not exceed 1 hour and 20 minutes duration.
5. Each group participates in the Festival with only one play.
6. In case number of participations exceeds the predetermined number of performances, will become choice of representations that will take part from responsible critical committee.
7. Schools will cover their own travel expenses (accommodation – nutrition – transportation).
8. The foreign groups’ transportation from the hotel to the theatre and back will be at the expense of the host organization, as well as from the airport MACEDONIA of Thessalonica in the hotel and return, provided there is no access to any other means of transportation.
9. Memorial tablets and praise certificates will be given to participants.
Moreover, students will have the wonderful opportunity to visit archeological places of great values and cultural activities will take place simultaneously, such as presentation and performance of traditional events of Macedonia, teaching of traditional Greek dance and a day seminar on Ancient Theatre by experienced and renowned actors.