“Skouries” is a Video Dance of short duration about the area of North Chalkidiki, Greece, a magnificent environment of unparalleled natural beauty, which is under direct threat by gold mining operations. The intention of the project is the creation of a video dance which will combine dance with social issues and help raise awareness and oppose gold mining.

The group of people that took part in the making of the video dance are young people with social sensitivities that devoted their time and energy pro Bono for the sake of combining the art of dance with a burning social issue through the creation of a video.

Credits

The group of people that took part in the making of this video dance are young people with social sensitivities, that devoted their time and energy pro bono for the sake of combining the art of dance with a burning social issue, through the creation of a video.

They decided to remain anonymous.

Video screened

AVDP, January 2015, Athens, Greece

Dimitria, October 2015, Thessaloniki, Greece

Voices from the Waters International film festival, January 2016, Bangalore, India

Freedom of Expression festival, October 2016, Athens, Greece