6 November 2017 - 22 May 2018
Outside the OCCCost: Free
DANCE
Menti MegaDriples & Triplets
You've got your ticket in your hand. The venue's ready. It's full, everyone's in place. Including the stars, who are ready to give their all! You're clapping. So what's about to happen? What are you about to see? A match or a performance?18 November 2017 - 15 April 2018
19:005th floor - Young Theatre WorkshopFull price: 12 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people: 10 €
Groups 10+ people: 9 €
Νeighborhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €
Group ticket reservations at
groupsales@sgt.grTHEATRE
"Summerfolk" by Maxim GorkyMaria Maganari
Gorky's holiday makers cannot stop talking, complaining, arguing, rambling, but in no time at all they'll be forced to take a stance on social injustice and the change that's on its way... Will they manage to escape themselves? Can anyone?30 November 2017 - 15 February 2018
18:00Cost: 63 € (for all ten workshops in the cycle)
ADULTS
Movement workshop for people with and without intellectual disabilityiDance: Dance that doesn’t discriminate
Have you ever wondered what “choreography” really means? Is it the perfect pirouettes and the theatrical moves? No, we don't believe this. If you too think that every person is unique, just like their movement, join our group and lets discover together what contemporary choreography means!24 January - 13 February 2018
20:30Panteion UniversityFree admission
MUSIC
Music Connects the OCC and the Panteion University, Vol. 3
For the third time, the music bridge over Syngrou Avenue connects the OCC and Panteion University with three concerts which daringly spotlight both unusual instrumental combinations and contemporary Greek compositions.1 February - 4 February 2018
20:30Main StageEarly bird from 20 DEC 2017 to 10 JAN 2018: 18, 20 €
Full price: 7, 10, 18, 25, 28 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people: 8, 14, 20, 22 €
Groups 10+ people: 7, 13, 18, 20 €
Νeighborhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €
Group ticket reservations at
groupsales@sgt.grDANCE
Christos PapadopoulosIon
A flock of birds, fireflies attracted by a beam of light, pulsating nature. Ten dancers interact and flee, inviting our eye to wander and travel through the boundless landscape of relationships.
Christos Papadopoulos, a new star of choreography rising in Europe, focuses on the microphysics of movement and introduces us to ecstatic serenity.2 February - 18 February 2018
16:00Exhibition HallThe exhibition has been extended until Sunday 18 February 2018.
Free admission with entrance tickets
VISUAL ARTS
Medea Electronique - Extended Reality TourSoundscapes Landscapes / City Above - Life Below
How is an audio-visual walk through Athens neighbourhoods simulated on a VR station? Prepare to enter a staged sonic reality environment that brings Athens and the experience of its streets and crossroads to life.2 February - 4 February 2018
19:00Upper StageFull price: 7, 12 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people: 9 €
Groups 10+ people: 8 €
Νeighbourhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €
Group ticket reservations at
groupsales@sgt.grTHEATRE
The Incredible Journey
Theatre or cinema? Science fiction or a coming-of-age adventure? Above all else, "The Incredible Journey" is a hymn to the "incredible" power of the imagination.10 February - 11 February 2018
11:00Cost: 20 € (for the whole series)
CHILDREN
Make a robotic... arm!
Are you a hacker and a scientist? Then this is your workshop! Together, we'll make a robotic arm from scratch that can pick up a bottle of water and even compete... in a race!10 February 2018
20:30Main StageFull price: 7, 10, 15 €
Reduced, Friends & Groups 5-9 people: 8, 12 €
Groups 10+ people: 7, 11 €
Νeighbourhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €
Group ticket reservations at
groupsales@sgt.grMUSIC
Simon Steen-AndersenStaged Night
Night. Directed music which escapes the era of its composition and lands in the 21st century. Surprise and suspense guaranteed.14 February - 23 February 2018
21:00Upper StageFull price: 7, 15 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people: 12 €
Groups 10+ people: 11 €
Νeighbourhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €
Group ticket reservations at
groupsales@sgt.grTHEATRE
"Penthesilea" by Heinrich von KleistPantelis Dentakis
Kleist’s "Penthesilea": Pantelis Dentakis takes the challenge of working with one of the masterpieces of romantic theatre, in a production that speaks about war and being in love. Can one fall in love with his enemy?21 February - 27 February 2018
20:30Main StageEarly bird from 3 JAN to 21 JAN 2018: 21, 25 €
Full price: 7, 15, 25, 30, 36 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people: 12, 20, 24, 29 €
Groups 10+ people: 11, 18, 21, 25 €
Νeighbourhood residents: 7 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €
Group ticket reservations at
groupsales@sgt.grDANCE
Akram KhanXENOS
Akram Khan in his much anticipated new opus, a solo that will mark his last performances as a dancer in a full-length production. Accompanied on stage by five musicians, he takes us on a journey into his enticing world: kathak, contemporary dance, rousing rhythms and world musical traditions. The world première of Akram Khan’s latest work here, at the OCC.22 February - 3 May 2018
18:00Cost:
80 € (for all ten workshops in the cycle)
ADULTS
New dancers 65+An advanced dance workshop that starts from scratch.
At 65+, we're not just people dancing. We're the choreographers of interlinking stories about everything our bodies dare express.1 June 2016 - 31 December 2019
COLLABORATIONS
InterfacesNew Models and Practices for Audience Development in Contemporary Music in Europe
Eight countries join forces in this innovative interdisciplinary project which seeks to introduce audiences to cutting-edge work by musicians and sound artists.1 September 2016 - 31 December 2018
COLLABORATIONS
iDanceProviding access to contemporary dance education for people with disabilities
People with and without disabilities dance as part of the European iDance programme, showing that we can all access culture through dance.1 September 2017 - 30 June 2018
COLLABORATIONS
Europe Jazz Network
The OCC has joined the Europe Jazz Network, the largest European network of music producers, artists and institutions specializing in contemporary music and the art of improvisation.1 September 2017 - 1 September 2021
COLLABORATIONS
The European Media Art Platform - EMAP
11 European partners with the same goal: to support up-and-coming media artists in order to create new works.1 October 2017 - 30 June 2018
ADULTS
Digital Programmes at OCC
How do we make art in an era during which we create, flirt, communicate, and overall live in an environment of continuous and ubiquitous networking? What is the position of art in important social and financial issues? How can it help us deal with technology and science in a critical manner?1 October 2017 - 13 May 2018
10:00FAMILIES
Emotions: Shared sensations for all the familyFrom the parental to the group embrace
Movement is one of the loveliest forms of non-verbal communication. So, movement and dance for babies, children and parents, with lots of hugs, exercises and stimuli for the young ones' senses and reflexes, and games and fun for the whole family.4 October 2017 - 28 February 2018
11:005 € per student
SCHOOLS
The Incredible Journey
3, 2, 1… Let’s go! This year your school turns into a film studio for a journey that is both incredible and real: surrealism, cinematic effects, live music, movement, and video with you as the protagonist.6 October 2017 - 4 May 2018
17:30TEENAGERS
Let’s make a filmFilm workshop for teens
Cinema is our passion. If it's yours, too, we want you in our team so we can get to know three different film genres together and co-create crazy movie projects.9 October 2017 - 11 May 2018
09:30Free admission
SCHOOLS
Contemporary Art: experiencing is understanding!Get up close and personal with contemporary art. The OCC opens its doors to schoolchildren, so they can take a new look at the art and culture of today.
It's contemporary and it's definitely the art that addresses our present. So don't be scared of contemporary art—get to know it, talk about it, and let it win you over.23 October 2017 - 15 April 2018
Free admission
SCHOOLS
Backpack JournalismFor independent journalists!
You've already got a backpack, a smartphone and a laptop. This year, you'll get the training and the inspiration you need to start out as a reporter.9 November 2017 - 18 May 2018
09:30Free admission
SCHOOLS
The Genuine Play
There is a game that does not need screens, dolls, balls, paraphernalia, manuals, and batteries. It only needs bodies, sliding, somersaults, and laughter.6 November 2017 - 22 May 2018
11:00Free admission
SCHOOLS
Driples & TripletsFor yet another year, a production of the Onassis Cultural Centre goes to schools throughout Greece.
You are holding your ticket. The space is ready. There are a lot of people, all in their places. Here are the protagonists too, ready to do their best! You are clapping your hands. What will happen? What are you going to see? Will it be a match or a show?9 November 2017 - 30 March 2018
11:005 € per student
SCHOOLS
"Summerfolk" by Maxim Gorky
Gorky's holiday makers cannot stop talking, complaining, arguing, rambling, but in no time at all they'll be forced to take a stance on social injustice and the change that's on its way... Will they manage to escape themselves? Can anyone?29 November 2017 - 28 February 2018
18:00Cost: 63 € (for all ten workshops in the cycle)
ADULTS
Movement workshop for people with and without physical disabilitiesiDance: Dance that doesn’t discriminate
Take part in a workshop open to people who want to express themselves through movement, whether they have or not any previous experience or physical disabilities. Don't hesitate, when people of all physical levels work together something magical is always born.1 December 2017 - 2 March 2018
11:00ADULTS
Here, now, togetherA theatre and cinema workshop for people over 65
In this theatre and film workshop, it's you that gets to play the lead. Bring your own story and learn, through a collective process, how to tell it creatively using tools and techniques from our two favourite art-forms.10 January - 11 May 2018
Participation cost: Free
SCHOOLS
Discovering the art of sound and imageThrough "Interfaces", the international interdisciplinary new music programme
You might not believe it, you may never have heard of such a thing, but it's true all the same... Within the space of just four months, you can take a dive deep into the world of contemporary art and create contemporary music inspired by a work of art.10 January - 28 March 2018
11:00Cost:
96 € (for all twelve workshops in the cycle)
ADULTS
New visual artists 65+The journey of a line of colour, nylon, wire or cotton.
In this visual-arts workshop we will follow the thread… of a line. We will learn about its transformations, follow its narratives, design lines, and create small sculptures. We will also get to know Greek visual artists!19 January - 30 March 2018
18:00Cost: 63 € (for all ten workshops in the cycle)
ADULTS
Movement workshop for people with and without visual impairmentsiDance: Dance that doesn’t discriminate
Exploring space and the body's potential in an original way, people with or without visual impairments will create, as a team, micro-choreographies based on techniques of contemporary dance and improvisation in order to compose our shared narrative.2 February 2018
11:005 € per student
SCHOOLS
Christos PapadopoulosIon
Ten dancers interact, evading and being drawn to one another, tracing paths determined by the unexplored mechanisms of nature, the invisible and unceasing movement that underlies all things.5 February - 8 February 2018
17:00ADULTS
Workshop for educators | It starts with a bookAlternative ways of approaching and using books
There comes a time when every child will choose whether to turn the page or close the book. Be the teacher who shows them a way out of the dilemma.24 February - 31 March 2018
12:00TEENAGERS
Workshop for Teens on Digital Media and Online Art
What's the biggest museum in the world? Do you know? The Internet! As the visual artist Nikos Voyiatzis introduces you to the talented exponents of Net Art, you get to apply their methods and experiment with creating your own works!