Performances Beautiful as Berliners
PER–THEATER–FORMANCE www.pertheaterformance.gr Thursday, 17 October, 21:00 – 21:50 Friday, 18 October, 18:30 – 19:20 Friday, 18 October, 21:00 – 21:50 Venue: BIOS (main room) Pireos 84, Athens Crew: Text: Per-Theater-Formance Direction: Dimitris Tsiamis Dramaturgy: Elisavet Xanthopoulou, Konstantina Stathoulopoulou Set/Costumes: Eleni Stroulia Light design: Dimitris Kasimatis With: Maya Andreou, Katerina Vourtsi, Dimitris Kenos, Dimitris Tsiamis
in Athens. They are building a language of physical expression that is chaotic, raw, and in opposition to what surrounds them both culturally and politically. Their approach is born out of their belief that the time of heroes is not gone, and that the body can still express our innermost desires, our feelings and our vision. This time, in collaboration with Hildegard De Vuyst, they grapple with the crisis of identity facing a society that seeks constancy but whose safety limits have changed. The company returns to the human dimension of things and eavesdrops on the body to redefine their position “in a moment of profound reflection on reality”. Co-production: Onassis Cultural Centre & RootlessRoot
Description:
The manifesto of director and theater critic Joseph Bokouslav Ehcilc, entitled “The Theatre of the Microphone”, has become extremely popular with contemporary theatre ensembles all over Europe. Stages are filled of microphones, Halloween masks, cameras wired to monitors that screen the performances live. Directors and actors are organising group visits to Berlin in order to watch the performances of the Ehcilc Theatre and return back to their countries and theatres as “Beautiful as Berliners”. PerTheater-Formance has collected the clichés of contemporary theatre and is presenting them in a performance that investigates the boundaries of originality and imitation in the art of theatre. Co-production: BIOS & per-theater-formance
Eyes in the colors of the rain RootlessRoot www.rootlessroot.com Thursday, 17 October, 21:00 – 21:50 Friday, 18 October, 18:30 – 19:20 Saturday, 19 October, 19:00 – 19:50 Venue: Akademia Marathonomachon 8, Athens
Crew: Concept and Choreography: Linda Kapetanea, Jozef Frucek Dramaturgy: Hildegard De Vuyst Sets: RootlessRoot, Iliana Skoulaki Costumes: Angelos Mentis Music: Vasilis Mantzoukis Light Design: Manolis Vitsaxakis With: Linda Kapetanea, Jozef Frucek Description:
RootlessRoot Company was founded by Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Frucek in 2006 28
Medea by Euripides (A performance for two actors, chorus and a microphone)
SYN DRόMoS Theatre Co http://syndromos.wix.com/ syndromos Thursday, 17 October, 21:00 – 22:00 Friday, 18 October, 21:00 – 22:00 Saturday, 19 October, 21:00 – 22:00 Venue: BIOS (Basement) Pireos 84, Athens Crew: Direction: Filippos Kanakaris Set/Costumes: Adonis Volanakis Dramaturgy: Katerina Konstantinakou Movement: Mariela Nestora Light Design: Valentina Tamiolaki Music: Yiorgos Tamiolakis Medea’s dress: Maria Papadopoulou With: Maria Panourgia, Thanasis Dovris, Vivi Nikolakopoulou, Anna Koliofoti, Christina Lazoura Description:
A play that needs no introduction. A heroine that divides the audience by constantly changing faces and ways: an appalling child killer or an early feminist? A heinous criminal or a social rebel? An artful politician or an ordinary woman? The victim or the abuser? The debate unravels in front of our eyes and the decision is ours. What are the limits of our tolerance and where does our complicity begin? A contemporary performance, “Medea by Euripides” takes the shape of an ‘onstage duet’ that seeks out the origins of violence with humour, not to make a parody of the original play, but to enhance the timeless quality of Euripides’ masterpiece.