Who is Karidiès
Karidiès has arised after Karen de Vies had given theatre courses at Archaia Epidavros for many years, named ‘Theatre-holidays’ at that time. Now that the number of courses is increasing a new name has been given:‘Karidiès’, meaning ‘Walnut-trees’. Walnut-trees mean something special to Karen and her partner Dimitris and both their names are united therein. A tree with a future, and that happens to be what Karen and Dimitris want, building a future in Epidavros with this course-center based and growing upon the pillars Greek culture and theatre.
All
this means one can expect courses in the field of theatre, the Greek language,
Greek cookery, photography, aimed at hobbyists as well
as professionals. Exchanging ideas between groups from different cultures,
with theatre as an example, will become possible.
A number of courses will be internationally accessable, however the course
staff may express a preference for a particular language. The program
will be different and varying every year.
Theatre and Greek language
will be given at the Pevkotheatro, a small open-air theatre
in the shade of 2 huge pine-trees, with a magnificent view over the harbour
of Epidavros.
Karen will lead the theatre courses herself as she has been doing since
1996; as for the other courses specialists will be called upon.
Every
summer a theatre and music festival takes place in Archaia Epidavros;
the area is full of ancient Greek culture, like Mycenae and Corinth and
the landscape appears ever so attractive with it’s mountains, the
sea, and the ever green orange- and olive orchards.
That’s how ‘Karidiès’ will be an oasis within
beautiful surroundings perfectly suitable to practice your hobby or deepen
the knowledge of your profession.
Karen
de Vries works as an actress, drama teacher, director and trainer in the
Netherlands.She completed her education at the 'Academy of Expression
through Speech and
Gesture', at Utrecht in 1981. Since then she has been acting in numerous
productions for different theatre groups and still works for diverse amateur
theatrecompanies and art centres as director and drama teacher.
In 2000,
as a celebration of their 25th anniversary, she directed 'Iphigenia in
Tauris' for the Greek society 'Anagennisi'. It was a large-scale production,
incorporating live Greek music and performed by amateur players. She is
specialised in working with classical texts.
Karen has done a lot of organizing, like founding theatre groups and inventing
and creating the café theatre festival in Utrecht.
From 1990 Karen
de Vries has worked as a role-play actress for social skills-training
and gives teambuilding training, using theatre as a medium and presentation
trainings.
In 1996 she started the 'theatre-holidays' that unite her two great passions,
'theatre and Epidavros' and guides amateur players towards a performance
every summer. She directs, teaches Greek dancing and accompanies the excursions.
The first conversation
course New Greek started in 2002 and was recieved with much enthousiasm
by the participants. Karen is being supported by a team of designers,
translators, and teacher’s.
Karen is your host, and will do her utmost to make you feel at home in
her adopted village.
She speaks Dutch, English, German and Greek.