Performance Artist
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Visionary
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Wisdom Carrier
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Embodied Spirituality Mentor
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Performance Artist 〰️ Visionary 〰️ Wisdom Carrier 〰️ Embodied Spirituality Mentor 〰️
A visionary choreographer, director and performance artist.
Apostolia Papadamaki (she/her, b.1967) is a pioneering choreographer, director, and interdisciplinary artist who transforms performance into living ritual.
With a creative journey spanning over 32 years, she has explored dance, theatre, opera, film, and large-scale ceremonies. For the past two decades, her focus has been on site-specific, participatory, and ceremonial performances in archaeological sites, museums, theatres, seas, and public spaces, presented in more than 40 international festivals and supported by major cultural institutions.
The Founder of Anamnesis
At the core of her vision lies Anamnesis, her life project, a long-term exploration of the fusion of ancient mysticism and contemporary performance. Presented in more than 10 archaeological sites and museums, Anamnesis integrates mythology, philosophy, ecology, and ritual into participatory performances that reimagine theatre as a transformative act of remembrance and renewal.
Embodied Spirituality Mentor & Wisdom Carrier
With over 20 years of experience facilitating retreats, ceremonies, rituals, and one-on-one mentorship, Apostolia draws from the Orphic tradition, the archetypes of the gods and goddesses, the four portals of the solar cycles, and the primordial elements, upholding the Ancient Greek understanding of nature as divine and reawakening this wisdom in contemporary practice.
Her guidance invites participants to awaken remembrance, embody presence, and reconnect with the sacred rhythms of life, blending Ancient Hellenic wisdom with contemporary practices of transformation.
Her groundbreaking “firsts” include:
Transmutations (2000), the first large-scale participatory site-specific work in Greece, staged in an abandoned factory.
Synergy (2004), the Opening Ceremony for the Paralympic Games in Athens, a large-scale performance uniting thousands of participants in a celebration of human potential and inclusion.
Drops of Breath (2015), the world’s first underwater dance-theatre performance, beneath the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.
From Darkness to Light/Anamnesis (2018), a 12-hour vigil performance in an archaeological site, where audiences slept among ruins and shared their dreams as part of the work.
Experience the Anamnesis Performances
Artistic achievements
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![The Oracles of Water / Anamnesis , the site specific and participatory ritual performance by Apostolia Papadamaki presented at the Temple of Athena and at the Temple of Apollo at the archeological site of Delphi, greece]()
The Oracles Of Water
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![Drops Of Breath , the underwater choreography by Apostolia Papadamaki with an underwater audience presented at Temple of Poseidon cape Sounio, greece]()
Drops Of Breath
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![Synergy, the 30min choreography by Apostolia Papadamaki for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games Athens 2004 presented at the Olympic Stadium in athens greece]()
Opening Ceremony -Paralympic Games
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![Delos / Anamnesis , the site specific and participatory ritual performance by Apostolia Papadamaki presented at the archeological site of Delos, greece]()
DELOS
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![As Above So Below / Anamnesis , the site specific and participatory ritual performance by Apostolia Papadamaki presented at the Sanctuary of the cabeiri in Lemnos island, greece]()
As Above So Below
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![Ancient Souls in Human Bodies / Anamnesis , the site specific and participatory ritual performance by Apostolia Papadamaki presented at the Museo Castromediano Lecce, Italy]()
Ancient Souls In Human Bodies
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