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<p>The founder was Chrysostomos Mantouridis ( Χρυσόστομος Μαντουρίδης) and also its artistic director up to his death in 1980. He was a visionary, a man humble man that detested the primadona attitude of actors. Since then it has been operating as a not-for-profit organisation and managed by an Executive Committee of his original students and subsequently, new members who joined the group after his death.</p>
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<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">“Η Τέχνη είναι μεγάλη, θα την πλησιάσουμε<br />με ευλάβεια και σεβασμό. Δεν έχουμε το δικαίωμα να την κατεβάζουμε στο ανάστημα<br />μας.”</span></i></b></p>
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<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">“Η αφετηρία και η βάση του θεάτρου, όπως<br />και κάθε μορφής τέχνης, είναι η ποίηση και η μαγεία. Αν λείψουν αυτά, δεν<br />υπάρχει θέατρο.</span>”</i></b></p>
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<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">Κάρολος Κουν</span></i></b></p>
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