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PHOTO ESSAY: Greek theater production seeks to show that art has no age
The sold-out production used music, dance and 1980s stories to challenge the idea that retirement ends creativity.
- On October 23, roughly 70 senior performers sold out Athens' Olympia Municipal Music Theatre Maria Callas with a 90-minute production titled My Incurable Love: A Date with History, featuring music, dance, and personal stories.
- The initiative began with a 2018 guitar class that eventually attracted more than 100 senior citizens, challenging the premise that retirement means surrendering to a sedentary lifestyle or extinguishing one's creative spirit.
- Among the cast, 82-year-old Sandra Paleologou and 68-year-old Themis Kotsifakis, a retired teacher, shared personal narratives. Kotsifakis told The Associated Press, "We're still alive and active," emphasizing the group's ongoing engagement.
- Conductor Kiki Kerzeli told The Associated Press that performers possess a "thirst for learning," proving they do not just crave entertainment. Friends and relatives filled the theater witnessing months of preparation.
- The production transformed the stage into a space for collective memory reflecting on the 1980s. Paleologou noted, "Art has absolutely no age," illustrating performers' ability to embrace various life stages.
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PHOTO ESSAY: Greek theater production seeks to show that art has no age – WTOP News
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A recent Greek National Opera production afforded a group of seniors the chance to channel their young-at-heart energy into onstage performances, proving that no one’s too old to learn something new. It started with a class in 2018 that taught a simpler method for playing the guitar. The initiative took hold,...
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PHOTO ESSAY: Greek theater production seeks to show that art has no age
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A recent Greek National Opera production afforded a group of seniors the chance to channel their young-at-heart energy into onstage performances, proving that no one's too old to learn something new.
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