sent
rent
resent
reset
preset
present
tense
now existing or in progress
noun gift
verb to offer to view: SHOW
to bring one’s attention
verb to act the part of: PERFORM
noun the present time
NOW
jump
turn
move back and forth
make a circle
speak about geography, history, flirting
you are a movement
you are a vibration
you are both right and left
you are male and female
you are female
you are behind your steps
there is a story
under your clothes there is a story
behind your rhythm
behind your structure
under your floor
you jump
you turn
you move back and forth
you make a circle
make an S
i am here to learn your Story
in English
S for the Story
S for the Start
S for a Star
S for Synchronising
S for your Stereotypes
and S for your Sensuality
S for this Strategy
S for your Solo
S for my Solo
and again S for your Solo
for your Statement
repeated
again and again
repeated
again and again
repeated
as an act of an everlasting denunciation
S for the Space
for the Stage
for the Same not Safe Spot
S for Stoping
S for Starting
S for the Sake of this Story
in greek with angles
in latin with curves
imagine a partner that is dancing with you
devote yourself to this partner
empty
you jump
you turn
you move back and forth
you make a circle
make an
S
for the Stress of constant creativity
unable to escape from the dominant capitalist working structures
research for a product
or
the product of research
imagine a show with four dancers
performing steps in complex rhythmic patterns
local
each one telling a secret
and all together writing a story
singing, whispering, shouting and breathing
you jump
you turn
you move back and forth
you make a circle
make an S
is this a stage?
this is a page
I will send a postcard to remind you
for this we would get a big funding
we will have time and space to rehearse
I will send a postcard to remind you
you gave me a present
I rephrase
you are hiding behind the mountains
you stretch
the scenario was dancing a protest
and I was there to learn the script
at that moment she was a tripper
a witness proposing tourism as an artistic practice
I identify with this role
I have only met you on the wall
you are a graffiti
you are in shades of grey
lifting your left arm slightly bended towards the sky
you smile
yet you speak for absence
I will send a postcard to remind you
S for Slowing down
for Sending and preSenting
for Slowly loving and Slowly dancing
S for this Score
you jump
you turn
you move back and forth
you make a circle
make an S
is this a stage?
this is a page
day 17
she is wearing a white tracksuit and a long sleeve shirt under a t-shirt
she will tell you a story about a white building standing next to not a building
she will then move and talk
about a show that is about to start
Santiago 24 Oct – 11 Nov 2022
Venetsiana Kalampaliki
Venetsiana Kalampaliki 