Onassis Dance Days

Onassis Dance Days is the contemporary-dance festival of the Onassis Stegi, held on Syngrou Avenue in Athens, Greece. The 12th edition ran from 3 to 6 April 2025 across the stages of the Foundation’s building. The four-day programme gathered five live performances and a film. The Onassis Stegi was opened in 2010 as the cultural arm of the Onassis Foundation.

The centrepiece was Planet [wanderer], a choreography by the Belgian-French Damien Jalet with the Japanese sculptor Kohei Nawa, performed by an eight-strong ensemble. Also shown was the film Mist, featuring the eighteen dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater. Greek choreographers on the bill included Michalis Theofanous, Chara Kotsali, Fotini Stamatelopoulou, and Sophia Mavragani with the artist Janis Rafa. The programme ran from late afternoon into the night.