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KAYAFEST
WORKSHOPS
1) Dance Theatre Workshop: The workshop titled Rainbow was led by Gülüm
Pekcan and Tatianna Mirkou. 21 Turkish and Greek youngsters gathered, made
rehearsals all along the festival and performed a magnificent dance show on
the last day of the festival bringing an innovative concept to the village, the
concept of “Dance Theater”.
2) Photography Workshop: The photography workshop titled Reunification, led
by Faruk Akbaş and his colleague Taxis Lazos assisted by Giouli Mpagietakou
and Mesut Öztürk, gave a total of 20 Greek and Turkish students to learn more
about professional photography. This brilliant photography workshop team
made excellent shots during the festival and presented their creations through
an exhibition at the village café...
3) Documentary Workshop: The documentary workshop A journey into the
heart of the friendship provided 10 Greek and Turkish university students
the opportunity to use cameras, to realise visual recording of the festival
and to have interviews with the villagers under the leadership of Michalis
Geranios and Özkan Yılmaz. The creative team prepared and edited all the
shots, scenes and images by use of special effects and the result was the 15
minute-long MAGICAL documentary, which is one of the most important visual
representations of the festival accompanied by penetrating Greek music and
which created a sentimental effect on every single person.
4) Music Workshop: The music workshop Turkish-Greek Music Dialogue, which
enjoyed the leadership of Cenk Güray and Giannis Papaiannou together with
20 young musicians from Turkey and Greece, focused on rebetico and other
types of music appeared after the population exchange. The enthusiastic
music workshop team made constant rehearsals and shed their light upon all
the festival participants through a striking music performance accompanied by
Muammer Ketencoglu and a catchy folk dance performance.
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5) Psychology Workshop: The psychology workshop Earthquakes knockeddown
the hostility, which was led by Serdar M. Değirmencioglu, brought
together 20 Turkish and Greek psychology students and stimulated discussions
on the saddening earthquakes experienced subsequently in Greece and Turkey
and their psychological effects on Turkish and Greek communities. As a result,
the participants prepared and presented a result statement to the overall
festival participants and recommended further partnership projects in the
field.
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