Vico Nahmias - Strofodines

Vico Nahmias - Strofodines

The title of this performance comes from the Ancient Greek word strofix (pivot) and is a metaphor for the delirious behaviour of the individuals who attain a state of religious ecstasy while whirling in place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a technique which goes back many centuries and can be seen illustrated in stone reliefs of the Ancient Greek Kavirian mysteries, in Asian agrarian events and in American pre-Colombian ceremonies. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primarily, of course, this technique is known to us from the live, mystic Sufi tradition and the Order of the Whirling Dervishes, founded by Jelalludin Rumi (1207-1275), the poet and holy man of Islam.

 

 

 

 

Vico Nahmias has pored over this extensive material with great dedication, proposing a research spectacle which concerns the modern-day viewer, without being disloyal to the roots of its origin.[ more ]

 

These photos are from the preview of the production, which is a part of Athens Festival 2015

Dance

She's the best damn woman that you ever saw

And she teases you to death

When her eyes are on you you'll do anything

To Make her eeeee for you the same.

And when you're closer now, you can see the drips, on her sweaty lips, the way she mimes the words to which she moves her hips

She's dancing baby but she's not dancing for you

I'm dancing baby but not for you

Dance til I fall asleep, until my legs are numb

and when I fall and can't get up I'll know I've just begun

Dance til I fall asleep, until my legs are numb

and when I fall and can't get up I'll know I've just begun

She's dancing baby but she's not dancing for you

I'm dancing baby but not for you

The best damn woman that you ever saw

Damn woman

She's the best damn woman that you ever saw

Damn woman

And she teases you to death

Damn woman

The best damn woman that you ever saw

Damn woman

She's dancing baby but she's not dancing for you

Damn woman, damn woman

I'm dancing baby but not for you

Damn woman, damn woman

Christine Owman

Primal Matter

Primal Matter / Dimitris Papaioannou
Athens Festival

 

 

Created by
Dimitris Papaioannou

Sound design
Kostas Mihopoulos

 

 

With
Tadeu Liesenfeld &
Dimitris Papaioannou

 

What lies behind Dimitris’ duet with Tadeu? What intentions underlie the artist’s decision to return to the stage bound up so closely with a symbol as primeval as the nude male body?

 

In an era of unfulfilled expectations, Dimitris Papaioannou essays a reflection on individual and Greek identity using the most basic of the painter’s tools: a panel, a dustbin, a body, himself and—most importantly—a perceptive gaze and poetic disposition which knows how to disperse the superfluous and focus on the essential.

 

 

These photos are from June's first performances.

 

Dimitris Papaioannou (Greek: Δημήτρης Παπαϊωάννου; born 21 June 1964) is a Greek avant-garde stage director, choreographer and visual artistwho drew international media attention and acclaim with his creative direction of the Opening Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

 

 

His varied career spans three decades and has seen him conceive and direct stage works for Edafos Dance Theatre and Elliniki Theamaton, direct operas and music stage shows, work as a costume, set and make-up designer, and published over 40 comics.

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medDeT*

medDeT*/ "ki omos kineitai..." dance group




 

 Photos are from the performance

medDeT*/κι όμΩς κινείται

8th of June 2012
Theater/Θέατρο ΧΩΡΑ

 

Χορός-ακροβασία
Bentancor Camilo
Δημάς Βασίλης
Λινάρδου Αντιγόνη

Μαλκότσης Ερμής
Παρασκευοπούλου Ιωάννα
Σουγιουλτζή Χριστίνα

Μουσική σύνθεση και ερμηνεία

Αντωνίου Κλέων
Αποστολάκης Δημήτρης

Κανέλος Τάκης
Ρελλος Θοδωρής

Φως
Καψούρος Βασίλης
Σκηνικός Χώρος
Bentancor Camilo

Κοστούμια

Μάνεση Αγγελική
Μουζάκη Φανή

You can find more info about the Dance Group here.