After evaluation by the advisory committee of the General Secretariat of Contemporary Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the institution of the International Kalamata Dance Cup (dance festival) – 6th Edition, is under the auspices & financing of the Ministry of Culture & Sports for the year 2024. The 6th Festival of Dance Competitions for the Kalamata International Dance Cup will be held on November 16 & 17, 2024 at the Municipal event space of Kalamata ‘Tenta’. The organizer, the Cultural Association of Kalamata Dance Challenge and the Organizing Committee of the 6th Kalamata Dance Cup are especially happy for another year that the Multi-Thematic International Dance Festival of Kalamata which is organized every year in the autumn period in the city of Kalamata attracting a wide audience of all ages has been officially recognized from the Greek and global community of dance & dancesport.
The ‘6th Kalamata Dance Cup’ was certainly not evaluated as a simple dance festival, but as an overall multi-thematic event that has multiple benefits for our country and our culture, as well as for Greece and its image abroad, as is an important partnership in solidarity.
The 6th Kalamata Dance Cup Festival is divided into 3 parts, dance performances (art – cultural part) and dance competitions (sports). At the same time, it is framed by several parallel multi-thematic activities for young and old, participants, attendants, citizens, spectators and visitors. In its entirety, it briefly includes:
1) Welcome event of foreign countries 2) Opening ceremony 3) Competition part (competition with noble rivals) 4) Cultural program of dance performances 5) Ceremony (Gala Evening) with music and dance tributes for our art-loving spectators, 6) Group dance seminars & Supervised Practice Night 7) Closing Ceremony 8) Talk Show – Children’s program 9) Tasting tables with characteristic Messinian products 10) Guided tours – mini escapes in the city but also in the wider area of Messinia, 11) photo exhibition from the material collected the previous year.
We hope the local community will embrace this institution and help in the effort to realize the festival. This high-quality artistic event in our city combines art, sports, education while at the same time offering warm hospitality in the beautiful seaside Messinian capital, rich in cultural activity, the “city of dance”!
With over 5,000 visitors over the four years and many participating countries, the Kalamata Dance Cup is the largest dance competition festival in the Peloponnese as well as a leading cultural event for the whole of Messinia. The festival is co-organized with the Municipality of Kalamata, supported by the Chamber of Messinia and this year it is held under the auspices of the Hellenic Tourism Organization.
For 2024, KDC raises the bar even further, presenting original ideas, contemporary social phenomena, international dance performances and many exclusivities (new challenges).
Thank you to the Ministry of Culture & Sports!
6th Kalamata Dance Cup
16 & 17 November 2024
Kalamata
