Lydia Lithos Dance Theatre
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The Lydia Lithos Dancetheatre or "Χοροθέατρο Λυδία Λίθος" was established in 1996 by the choreographer – dancer Spiros Bertsatos. The group’s aim is to face every performance as a procedure for the artist and the audience to find their own authenticity and as a medium (soul) cleanliness, as is metaphorically presented by the title “Lydia Lithos” (Touchstone
).
The group produces high quality works with an intense and continuously presence in the field of dance in Greece
and promotes contemporary dance
and dance theatre, in and out of the Greek borders.
Touchstone
A touchstone is a small tablet of dark stone such as fieldstone, slate, or lydite, used for assaying precious metal alloys. It has a finely grained surface on which soft metals leave a visible trace.-History:The touchstone was used in ancient Greece...
).
The group produces high quality works with an intense and continuously presence in the field of dance in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and promotes contemporary dance
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
and dance theatre, in and out of the Greek borders.