Anything is possible when you dance [Greek Audio]

Yorghos Matskaris could never imagine dance would become his life. His childhood friend decided to apply to the National School of Dance and he impulsively joined. Thank God he did, because he is now Director of Studies at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School and he is the one in charge of the assessment of prospective candidates.

Narrator: Yorghos Matskaris
Interview by Charis Pagonidou
Podcast Creation: Charis Pagonidou
Sound design: Dimitris Patsaras
Sound editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos
Photos by Christos Andropoulos

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