17 GESTURES FORCED UTTERED
IRIS KARAYAN - 26 EPIKOUROU & 4 KORINIS STREET | May 3-6, 2018
CONTRIBUTORS
Choreography
Iris Karayan
Space Design
Yorgos Maraziotis
Music
Nikos Veliotis, ILIOS
Research Collaborator
Betina Panagiotara
Choreographer's Assistant
Elena Novakovits
Photography
Elisavet Moraki
Produced by
ZITA Dance Company
Line Production
Delta Pi
INFO
When:
3-6 May, 2018, 9pm
Where:
Epikourou 26 and Korinis 4, 10553 Athens. (metro station: Omonia, Monastiraki)
Free admission/Prebooking: 17gestures@gmail.com
tel: 211 4035 789 Monday – Thursday 17:00-21:00 and Friday 10:00-14:00
DESCRIPTION
How is the perception of time affected through led connotations, and what is activated through spectatorship?
“17 gestures forced and uttered" studies the process of narratives using as a reference point December 2008 events. Five performers re-enact 15 photos from the riots in Athens plus 2 out of context, creating a series of images and gestures that rhythmically repeat in the space, transform and distort.
The work builds a mechanism based on memory and uses photos as a reference point, words as utterance and corporeality as the source of meanings and transformation in the present. 17 gestures function as fractals that articulate narratives and readings. The work proposes a choreographic environment that explores the relations of image, memory, dance and spectatorship.
Performered by: Ioanna Paraskevopoulou, Nontas Damopoulos, Yorgos Kotsifakis, Venetsiana Kalbaliki, Natalia Baka
The production is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Sports (2017-18).
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