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Live musicians and four dancers with a globe prop on the blue-lit stage of the World Conference on Forests for Public Health in AthensArchaeopolis project archive

Conference cultural programme · Athens War Museum · 2019

Realised conference performance

The Dance of Gaia

Dance, live music and a globe shared the stage in The Dance of Gaia (Χορός της Γαίας), the Archaeopolis performance for the cultural programme of the World Conference on Forests for Public Health in Athens.

World Conference on Forests for Public Health

Archaeopolis contribution

What we delivered.

01

An international conference in Athens

The World Conference on Forests for Public Health brought an international scientific audience to Athens to consider the relationship between forests, green spaces and human wellbeing. The conference took place at the Athens War Museum from 8 to 11 May 2019.

02

Four dancers and a globe

Archaeopolis presented The Dance of Gaia within the conference’s cultural programme. Four dancers moved around a globe, passing between standing formations, low balances and acrobatic passages. The ensemble and the spherical prop formed the central image of the performance.

03

Music performed alongside the dance

The musicians performed alongside the dancers on the same stage. Lyre, wind instruments and frame drum accompanied the movement, bringing the musical and choreographic elements together in front of the conference audience.

04

A stage of movement and shadows

Blue stage light and enlarged shadows extended the dancers’ gestures across the backdrop. Wide views of the ensemble and close photographs of individual passages record a cultural performance delivered within the international scientific gathering.

Project archive · 10 selected images

Ten photographs follow the ensemble, the globe and individual passages of dance and live music at the Athens War Museum in 2019.

Musicians at the left accompany four dancers with raised arms and a globe prop, beneath blue light and enlarged shadows.
001The full ensemble on the conference stageLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
A wide view of musicians and dancers arranged across the stage with a globe prop and visible conference signage.
002The globe within the groupLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
Four dancers perform at different levels beside live musicians, with enlarged shadows across the backdrop.
003The ensemble in a lower formationLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
The dancers form an extended group composition around the globe, with one performer lunging near the floor.
004Four dancers around the globeLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
Two dancers balance on their hands in front of the World Conference on Forests for Public Health signage.
005An acrobatic passageLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
A dancer extends both arms in front of the globe prop and a large shadow on the blue-lit backdrop.
006Gesture, globe and shadowLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
Dancers move around the globe beside musicians playing lyre and clarinet at the conference.
007Dance and music share the stageLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
A musician holds a frame drum beside a dancer under blue stage lighting.
008Live percussionLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
A dancer in white performs close to the floor while a clarinettist plays in the background.
009A close view of the movementLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019
A dancer bends towards the stage floor, with a clarinettist and a lyre visible behind.
010Movement beside the live musiciansLive conference performance · Athens War Museum, Athens, Greece · 2019

Evidence register

Claims, linked to source.

Each case brings together official sources, contemporary coverage and the Archaeopolis project archive, with the origin of every record stated clearly.

01

Official conference record

IUFRO

The IUFRO report records the conference, its dates, venue and scientific context.
Open source ↗
02

Performance photography

Archaeopolis project archive

Ten photographs document the ensemble, live musicians, globe prop and movement sequences on the conference stage.
Private archive

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