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Dinos Tavridis
Born
Constantinos Tavridis

Thessaloniki, Greece
EducationNational Theatre of Northern Greece
Years active1968 -

Dinos Tavridis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Ντίνος) Ταυρίδης) also known as Konstantinos or Constantinos Tavridis is a Greek TV producer, presenter, music curator, journalist, actor and artistic director for television and theatre.

Biography

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Tavridis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and graduated with honours from the National Theatre of Northern Greece in 1970. While a student he retired from acting after portraying Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar.

In 1977 he moved to Athens and lived there for more than 30 years, spending time between New York and Paris in the 1980’s, founding ACT Productions[1] in 1985 and transitioning to TV production, producing television shows and international co-productions. During this time he worked as a presenter covering shows on Greek national television and served as Artistic Director twice for 4 years for the Festival of Ancient Olympia, founding it and bringing renowned artists to Greece.

Currently in London, he continues to work on new projects.

Career

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Theatre

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Tavridis started out as an actor while a 2nd year drama student in 1968 when he was selected by director Kostis Mihailidis.[2] to play Cardinal Richelieu, in the production of Edmond Rostand’s play “Cyrano de Bergerac (play)”, for the National Theatre of Northern Greece. He played various classic and modern roles for 9 consecutive years at the theatre’s repertory in Thessaloniki[3] [4] [5]and in the ancient theatres of Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Philippi, the Hellenistic theatre of Dion and at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, closing his acting career with the role of Pontius Pilate in the 1978 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar in Athens[6].

Television and Radio

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In 1977, he started his career in the TV industry as a presenter, with a weekly, 15 minutes travel-show in ERT-2 National TV channel called “EXPRESS 315”. This was then followed by a touristic chat show from 1979-1981, “FLIGHT AT 10,000 meters”[7] for OLYMPIC AIRWAYS. During this time from 1978-1983 he presented a weekly 30 mins radio programme for WEA (Warner Electra Atlantic) RECORDS for the ERT-2 Radio channel.

TV productions & co-productions

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After founding ACT PRODUCTIONS[1] (ACT T.V. Theatre and Movie Productions ltd) in 1985, he had his first two productions in 1986: WITHOUT FLASH at IMDb and the quiz show “TRAVELLING THROUGH THE GREEK MYTHS & HISTORY” Taxidi stous mythous kai tin istoria at IMDb. He then worked with French TV director André Flédérick at IMDb[8] in 1988, as co-producer to NANA CLASSIQUE, starring singer Nana Mouskouri and special guest stars like French singer Charles Aznavour. 1989 followed by game show “THE LUCKY FLIGHT”[9] for ERT-1 with Nikos Ziagos and in 1990, the Greek version of the French TV satirical show the Le Bébête Show with comedian star Lakis Lazopoulos. In a controversial move however, the then government banned its broadcast[10].

The 1990s also saw the documentary titled “MEDITERRANEAN TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS”, a French – Spanish - Italian - Greek co-production, directed by Sonia Cantalapiedra [11] followed by the romcom “TALK TO MY LAWYER” (Tha miliseis me to dikigoro mou at IMDb) (1992-1993) and costume drama STRAS at IMDb (1994-1995). In 1996 he worked again with Flédéric for the production of “LIFE IS A CINEMA”, a weekly 60’ variety show. However this was cancelled when the hostess Aliki Vouyouklaki was suddenly diagnosed with cancer and passed away shortly after. Closing the 90s, he produced a TV special for renowned Greek star and Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri, LES GEANTS DU MUSIC HALL[12]. In that, Melina reconciled after an ongoing 30 year feud with the Oscar-winning composer Manos Hadjidakis, before she passed away [13].

In 2004, Tavridis was executive Producer of period production LE DERNIER SEIGNEUR DES BALKANS at IMDb (LAST BEY OF THE BALKANS), directed by Michel Favart, a massive historical French - German – Polish – Spanish – Greek co-production of 600 minutes, where he was also the casting Director for the Greek parts, as well as the music curator and supervisor to Mikis Theodorakis’ music.

Artistic Director

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In 1997, Tavridis founded the Festival of Ancient Olympia [14] [15] in the birthplace of the Olympic Games launching its first season with the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The following 2 years saw him as Artistic Director of the Festival where it hosted not only Greek music and theatre but also international artists such as the Japanese drummers KODO[16] and the famous soloists of the legendary Bolshoi Ballet[17] and Mariinsky Ballet Russian ballets.

In 2001 he took up the role again beginning with an exclusive concert by opera-singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa accompanied by the Athens State Symphonic Orchestra with the participation of Spanish flamenco dancer Cristina Hoyos and her group, as well as the young soloists of the Paris Opera Ballet among others. During this time, Tavridis promoted and launched The Golden Kotinos (the olive wreath that was the award to the champions of the ancient Olympic games), a yearly honorary prize for distinguished international artists for their contributions to the Art’s world.

Other Activities

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Tavridis has also been active in areas outside Television and Theatre. In the summer of 1985 he launched the very first Greek private night-club “PRISON” [18] where for the opening night, he invited the French film star Annie Girardot, to co-host the event. In 1991 he promoted soprano Julia Migenes’ concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens and was co-promoter to Sir Elton John’s concert in 2000 [19] , at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, for the Athens Epidaurus Festival.

In addition to the arts, he also worked as a journalist for 2 years in the weekly Greek magazine Fantazio[20].

Recent Years

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Based in London since the late 2000s, he started off by producing “THE EVER-LASTING LIGHT” at IMDb, a weekly programme for the UK’S HELLENIC TV. He is working on the production of an epic play THE THRONE OF BLOOD, based and inspired by the tragedies of the Greek classic authors.

Credits

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Television

Year Title Ref/Notes
1977 Express 315 Presenter
1979-1981 Flight at 10000 meters Πτήση στα 10000 μέτρα[7] - Presenter
1986 Without Flash WITHOUT FLASH at IMDb
1986-1987 Travelling through the Greek myths & history Taxidi stous mythous kai tin istoria at IMDb
1988 Nana Classique Nana Classique at IMDb
1989 Lucky Flight The Lucky Flight/Τυχερή Πτήση at IMDb [9]
1990 Le Bébête Show For Greek television Le Bébête Show at IMDb
1992-1993 Talk to my lawyer Tha miliseis me to dikigoro mou at IMDb
1993 Collection Chants sacrés du bassin méditérranéen: La Grèce Collection Chants sacrés du bassin méditérranéen: La Grèce at IMDb
1993-1994 Stras STRAS at IMDb
1996 Les Géants du Music Hall - Melina Mercouri Les Géants du Music Hall - Melina Mercouri at IMDb
1996 Life is a Cinema Cancelled
2005 The Last Bey of the Balkans The Last Bey of the Balkans at IMDb
2011 Anesperon Fos Anesperon Fos - Everylasting light at IMDb

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