Description:
What kind of identities do bodies carry?
In the work Re-call, choreographer Venetsiana Kalampaliki focuses on the identity of the body and on how it is shaped both by the past and every single moment in the present. Moving within a stripped-back scenery, the bodies of the dancers are confronted with time with every step they take. Through repetitive movements, moments of pause and acts of walking, the performers define their routes and create fleeting stories that fade away like traces in the sand. With her gaze fixed firmly on each separate individual, and taking precision and simplicity as her guide, the choreographer creates human portraits and explores the meaning of the moment as a dimension, both temporal and spatial. Taking as a starting point the personal stories of the performers and, specifically, the points where their various paths converged, the aim is not to relive these stories or to describe them, but rather to use them as elements of a bodily identity that drives them on stage so as to map out their presence in the space.
Credits:
Choreography: Venetsiana Kalampaliki
Co-creation & Performance: Eirini Kourouvani, Vivi Christodoulopoulou
Sound composition: Thalia Ioannidou
Light design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Project coordination: Myrto Lavda, Dora Vougiouka
Supported by:
Onassis Stegi in the framework of the European network Europe Beyond Access, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.
Presented at:
Onassis New Choreographers Festival #ONC7, Athens 2020
Holland Dance Festival, Korzo Theatre, The Hague 2020
7th Mill of Performing Arts, Larissa 2020
27th Kalamata Dance Festival, Kalamata 2021
Venetsiana Kalampaliki 