Margarita Poulakou is a practitioner and theorist of dance. After becoming a professional dancer, she performed and extensively taught classical and character dance. She holds a Master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Arts. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, where she examines the process of identity building through dance and the social and political interactions with art in the Parisian society of the 19th century.
Harems, sultans, concubines and images of Turkish baths are the first things that come in mind when the Ottoman World is mentioned. The European perception of the Ottomans and the Orient was mostly limited to these aspects, especially during the 18th and 19th centuries. Through writings of travelers and paintings of artists, the oriental cultural…
The first day of spring will again this year be celebrated, for the third time, as European Day of Early Music.* Melodies from the renaissance and baroque periods will be heard throughout Europe, reminding us of a very different cultural and aesthetic expression that was created by great artists like Monteverdi, Bach and Lully. Vienna,…
