The Kalamata International Dance Festival, the leading meeting of contemporary dance creators in our country, takes place for the 24th consecutive year from 13 to 22 July 2018, with a new Artistic Director, Linda Kapetanea. Twenty foreign artists, of which ten are performing for the first time in Greece, important Greek performers, great dance masters, a world premiere, dance performances combining different genres from modern circus to street dance and an intensive training program, outline the profile of this year's Festival, which will monopolize the interest of the residents and visitors of Kalamata during the ten-day period from 13 to 22 July. The foreign creators who are giving appointments this summer in Kalamata come from France, the United States, Spain, Belgium, Mozambique, Switzerland, Slovakia, Italy, Israel, Sweden and Ireland. Among them, the stars are Olivier De Sagazan, who is coming to Greece for the first time, Josef Nadj, who will participate with a show and a photo exhibition, the pioneer Wim Vandekeybus with the historical group Ultima Vez, the Svalbard Company, the duo Marquese Scott and Poppin John, who also make their first appearance in Greece, Compañia Sharon Fridman, who opens the theater Especially the festival, etc.