Philosopher

Choreographer Iro Vasalou and the Snap Dance Company breathe life and movement into Plato's "Symposium," focusing on the ancient Greek philosopher's study of "love as a god, a physical state, a spiritual quest and a social condition." The performance will be on stage at Understage B of the Athens Concert Hall (megaron.gr), from March 10 to 12.

Greece is much more than a … euro crisis — although you wouldn’t know it by judging from recent headlines. If dealing with ancient Greece, philosophy often comes to find, and what better way than to ponder the intricacies of human reasoning than to hold a conference in July’s sun-kissed Greece, and next to the sparkling Aegean no less.