MARCH and APRIL PRESENTATIONS CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Jewelery in the Byzantine World: A New Reading
UBC Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory
Monday March 30, 2020 @
Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC
In their conscious effort to communicate their complex identity, social status, and cultural values, the inhabitants of the Byzantine empire often buried their dead with a wide variety of dress accessories. By bringing together jewelry found in excavations in Greece and Turkey and artefacts from museum collections around the world, Dr. Makris will investigate the pervasive significance of jewels in Byzantium from the tenth through the twelfth centuries CE.
Traditional Greek Folk Dances of Thrace, Epirus, and Pontos
Dimitrios Kontogiannis with
Diaspora, Tharros, and Zefyros Dance Ensembles
Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC
In celebration of 40 years of Pharos' contributions to Greek culture in Vancouver, dance groups from the Greek communities of the Lower Mainland (Hellenic Centre, East Vancouver, & Surrey) will present a programme of dances from three different regions of Greece: Thrace, Epirus, and Pontos. This variety of dances provides a glimpse into the rich diversity of Greek cultural traditions continuing today.
