...dance educators who together can shed light on the personal, political, and aesthetic ideologies that have informed the development of “Greek” dance since the 1920s, from the deployment of mythic narratives to the incorporation of disabled epistemologies.
This lecture will unfold various connections between four female figures in the history of modern “Greek” dance, both in Greece and abroad in the US and Europe over the last century. It focuses on Koula Pratsika, Rallou Manou, Martha Graham, and Valasia Simeon as a network of choreographers and...
Text that says "Dr Amanda Kubic 'Orbits of Movement, Choreographies of Memory: Unfoldinga Female Network of Modern "Greek" Dance'" with a black and white photograph of a leaping dancer and a half-portrait photograph of Dr Kubic, a white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing a dark coat. She faces the camera and smiles.
Tonight! Dr Amanda Kubic's lecture ‘Orbits of Movement, Choreographies of Memory: Unfolding a Female Network of Modern “Greek” Dance’. 18.15 on 5 March, Rm 104 in Senate House London, WC1E 7HU. Free, no need to book.
Joint event by Centre for Greek Diaspora Studies and Hellenic Institute and KCL
There are 2 nights left to see King's Greek Play 2026 this week 🎭
Book your last minute tickets now
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Poster art. The style is cartoon-like. Fringed red curtains pull back to reveal blue clouds swirling and retreating from 'The Clouds' in chunky yellow capital text. Below, a wrinkled, aged hand reaches up from the bottom of the poster, its grey shadow falling over the globe it stretches to grasp.
Opens tonight! Have you got your ticket for The Clouds, the one-and-only 2026 KCL Greek Play? Performance starts at 7.30pm, and runs for three nights (and a matinee) only!
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Happy LGBTQ+ History Month!🏳️🌈💖
To honour this month, Classics for All is spotlighting LGBTQ+ stories within the ancient world.
This week we are focusing on the poet Sappho (c. 630–570 BCE), one of the most celebrated lyric voices of archaic Greece.
#lgbthistorymonth #lgbt
Starts a week today! The Clouds, KCL's 2026 Greek Play runs from 3-5 March. Definitely book your tickets in good time! 🏺
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/greek...
Booking link: estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We're getting ready for our 2026 Greek Play The Clouds (3-5 March)!
Here's director Giulia Balsamo talking on instagram about how directing an ancient Greek comedy fits with her film studies MA. www.instagram.com/p/DU3Ell1iBv...
Book your tickets at estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We're getting ready for our 2026 Greek Play The Clouds (3-5 March)!
Here's director Giulia Balsamo talking on instagram about how directing an ancient Greek comedy fits with her film studies MA. www.instagram.com/p/DU3Ell1iBv...
Book your tickets at estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Are you a UK state school teacher interested in introducing Classics to your school? 🎓
We offer bespoke training for all teachers to introduce a variety of classical subjects.
Contact us here: classicsforall.org.uk/my-school-wa...
#teacher #training #latin #classics #classicsforall
'New book explores how music, from opera to hip-hop, has been inspired by ancient Greece and Rome'
Dr Emily Pillinger publishes Music as Classical Reception: Amplifying Antiquity with Dr Miranda Stanyon. Get it from your library (or ask them to order it?)!
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-boo...
Tonight! 🏺
We're proud that Classics Professor Daniel Orrells will be participating in KCL's new Activist in Residence projects. These projects try to address social challenges by bringing activists and researchers together, and we can't wait to see what they produce!
...a compression of the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer into a series of dialogue scenes, songs, and tableaux vivants, performed to raise money for the King’s College Lectures to Ladies.
Book cover 'Music of Classical Reception', dark green with a multicoloured representation of the Parthenon as a cover image.
Our Emeritus Professor Michael Trapp's newly published chapter is free online until the end of February!
'Homer for High Society: Professor Warr’s Tale of Troy and Its Music' examines the music composed for Professor George Warr’s 1883 Tale of Troy...
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We're proud that Classics Professor Daniel Orrells will be participating in KCL's new Activist in Residence projects. These projects try to address social challenges by bringing activists and researchers together, and we can't wait to see what they produce!
KCL Greek Play 'Ask us anything' Q&A with cast and creatives. 19th February, 18.30-20.30 with refreshments provided.
📹 Alumni Brian and Diana Sparkes chat about their #LifeAtKing's in the Department of Classics
The Greek Play is still a tradition today, you can book tickets for the March performances here 👇https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/greek-play-2026-the-clouds
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Founders of the KCL Greek play! Brian and Diana Sparkes (then Foss) first met at KCL and performed in Hippolytus in 1953, later marrying. They shared some of their recollections with us. We are bowled over. Do watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2T...
This year's play is 'The Clouds'! Performances 3-5 March 2026 at Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA. Tickets available now. estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Founders of the KCL Greek play! Brian and Diana Sparkes (then Foss) first met at KCL and performed in Hippolytus in 1953, later marrying. They shared some of their recollections with us. We are bowled over. Do watch and share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2T...
🎭 The Greek Play 2026 will feature guest speakers:
3 March: Dr Naomi Scott (University of Bristol)
4 March: Professor James Robson (The Open University)
5 March: Professor Peter Meineck (NYU/ICS)
Secure your tickets now 👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/greek...
Head and shoulders publicity shot against a red backdrop. Wren Xiao looks at the camera. She wears a black blouse and her hair is styled in long ringlets. She smiles. At the top is the character name Celaeno in orange neon with her name underneath.
Introducing Celaeno played by Wren Xiao!
Wren is a first year psychology student at KCL who is excited to be performing in The Clouds by Aristophanes, adapted and directed by Giulia Balsamo. Greenwood Theatre 3rd-5th March 2026. Have you got your tickets yet?
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Get your tickets here for our fantastic students Greek Play 'The Clouds'! Performances 3-5 March 2026 at Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA.
Please re-skeet!
This Thursday (9 Feb)! 2026 Runciman lecture: 'Small Things, Big Stories: Approaching Byzantine Society through Prayer Book Manuscripts.'
From prayers for silk worms to family events, Professor Claudia Rapp focuses on rural life in the Christian middle ages.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/small...
We have more gladiator news! KCL's Dr John Pearce has been catching up with Professor Kathleen Coleman and Misha Glenny on In Our Time to discuss the infinitely popular subject of gladiators and their arenas across the Roman empire.
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
Headshot of Zo. She stands sideways on, her face turned to the camera. Her hairstyle is a dark brown, layered bob, and she wears steel rimmed glasses, with a K-style make-up. The name 'Ocypete' is in neon orange at the bottom.
Introducing: Ocypete, played by Zo Năstase. Zo is a second year KCL Classics student who is part a powerful retelling of Aristophanes' Clouds directed by Giulia Balsamo.
Performances at Greenwood Theatre 3rd-5th March 2026. Have you got your tickets yet?
estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We have more gladiator news! KCL's Dr John Pearce has been catching up with Professor Kathleen Coleman and Misha Glenny on In Our Time to discuss the infinitely popular subject of gladiators and their arenas across the Roman empire.
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky
📅 Thursday, Feb 5 from 6 pm to 8:30 pm GMT
📍 Great Hall, Strand Campus, King's College London
🎟️ Free ticket - book to ensure your place!
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