With their announcement, the teachers of the Drama School National Theater – resigned February 8 in support of the students of the school who occupied itbut also declaring a protest to the State on the issue of assessing art classes – they return to their duties, “continuing the fight against open schools.”

“Our basic request was not heard. Artistic research remains unappreciated. However, we acknowledge the radical change in conditions, the desire of students to return to classes, and the extremely tight time frame that makes the only possible solution to a smooth end to the year the return of the same teachers who have already started classes earlier. an occupation. Thus, we decide to “continue the fight against open schools”, as our students say,” the professors of the Drama School of the National Theater state in their statement, emphasizing that the mobilizations have not yet been in vain.

“We have raised a very important issue and won the unity of the entire art world, as well as the support of a very large part of public opinion. This is a good start to continue the claims in a new form when a new form of government appears after the elections,” they note.

Here is the full announcement:

“08/02/2023 we, the professors of the Drama School of the National Theater, submitted a collective resignation letter in support of the students of the school who occupied it, as well as in protest against the State, which was deaf to the subject of classifying artistic pursuits.

However, since February 28, the landscape has changed radically, and the peak of mobilizations has shifted towards much more serious issues related to human lives. In addition, now we are in the pre-election period, which means that there is practically no interlocutor who could be pressured by the artists.

So we have decided, both we and the students, that the drama school occupation cannot serve its original purpose under the recent circumstances. The students have decided on the classes of the schools, and the directorate of the National Theater yesterday sent us the following invitation: “According to what we announced publicly on September 2, we invite the retired professors of the National Theater to return and complete the teaching of their work, in this way to ensure the smooth continuation of the educational process this year “.

Our basic request was not heard. Artistic research remains unappreciated. However, we recognize the drastic change in conditions, the eagerness of students to return to classes, and the extremely tight time frame, making the only possible solution for a smooth end to the year to be the return of the same teachers who have already started classes. before the occupation. So we decide to “keep the fight against open schools” as our students say. Mobilization has not yet been in vain. We have raised a very important issue and won the unity of the entire artistic world, as well as the support of a very large part of public opinion. This is a good start to continue the claims in a new form when a new form of government appears after the elections.

Anestis Azas / Io Voulgarakis / Alexandros Voulgaris / Charalambos Gogios / Christos Demas / Fokas Evangelinos / Evita Zimaly / Thalia Istikopoulou / Grigoris Ioannidis / Alexandra Kazazou / Simos Kakalas / Alexia Kaltsikis / Hara Kefala / Maria Kehagioglu / Katerina Kozadinu / Rinion Kiniosta Kyriazis / Georgia Mavragani / Yiannis Metzikofs / Thomas Moshopoulos / Konstantinos Bouboukis / Yiannis Dalianis / Vicky Panagiotakis / Thanos Papakonstantinou / Aglaia Pappa / Konstantina Pitsiakou / George Sambatakakis / Petros Sevastikoglu / Angeliki Stellatu / Syllas Tzoumerkas / Tza Tumbakaris / Angelico Triadros / Angelico Triadlos / Lena Tax Angeliko Triadlos Hanos / Nikos Hatsopoulos / Argyro Chioti.

Source: RES-IPE