Anamnesis Trailers

This trailer features selected moments and expert testimonials from performances that took place between 2018–2024, offering insight into the creative process and the impact of activating sacred heritage sites through embodied storytelling.

Director and Choreographer Apostolia Papadamaki in her groundbreaking new ceremonial performance, The Oracles of Water, creates a unique, interactive, site-specific experience that intertwines the global water crisis and climate change with the rich mythology and sacred legacy of Apollo at Delphi.

'As Above So Below' explores themes of destruction and rebirth in the Greek spirit. The performance centers on fire's duality: a sacred element in the Cabeirian Mysteries and a symbol of destruction, abuse, and war. The site-specific and participatory questions how this potent symbol, linked to God Hephaestus, could help forge a better world.

Inspired by the Minoans' deep reverence for Mother Nature and their rich symbolism. Held at the Minoan Palace of Zakros, which was originally built around 1900 BC, rebuilt around 1600 BC, and destroyed around 1450 BC, the performance offered a mystical experience. It connected participants with the perpetual motion of the natural world and the underlying harmony that governs it.

Set against the unparalleled, multidimensional backdrop of the sacred island of Delos, the DELOS Anamnesis performance invites audiences into a transformative journey through time and memory.

"Ancient Souls In Human Bodies" is an experiential and participatory performance designed especially for the Museo Archeologico Sigismondo Castromediano.

This unique event merges contemporary performance with ancient mysticism, creating a thread that connects the audience with the museum exhibits in a symbiotic relationship with the past, present, and future.

This immersive journey at the Thracian archeological site of Mesivria-Zone aims to awaken imagination and sensitivity, fostering a sense of unity with cultural heritage, nature, and the self.

The local children, aged 5 to 14, from different villages across the island of Lemnos who volunteered as performers in the As Above So Below Anamnesis performance shared deeply moving testimonials about their transformative experience

Audience members of the As Above So Below Anamnesis performance shared heartfelt testimonials about their unforgettable experience at the sacred Sanctuary of the Cabeiri in Lemnos island, Greece.

Ένα μικρό απόσπασμα από την συμμετοχή της Αποστολίας Παπαδαμάκη στο συνέδριο “Αρχαιολογία και Αφηγηματικότητα” | Eπιτέλεση Αρχαιολογικών χώρων και ανασκαφή ανθρώπινων εμπειριών. 2023 Ελευσίς Πολιτιστική Πρωτεύουσα της Ευρώπης.

The performance has received unanimous approval from the Central Archaeological Council of Greece, is co-funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture and is implemented in cooperation with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades.

The world’s first underwater dance performance — with an aquatic stage, immersive soundscape, and a live audience diving, snorkeling, or watching from shore beneath the Temple of Poseidon.

The performance was created for 23 first-year students of the State School of Dance and presented at the Olympia Municipal Theater / Maria Callas on January 8, 2023.

In this site-specific solo performance on the sacred island of Delos, Apostolia Papadamaki walks a mythic path of symbolic birth and ritual offering. Unprepared and alone, she gives birth to 9kg of salt. Blending mythology, political crisis, and embodied presence, the performance inscribes the female body into the timeless struggle between death, economy, and renewal.