The fall in between – Alexandros Anastasiadis
Greece – Belgium
This work addresses the critical question of who the individual is when the individual does not define his/her identity through his/her social environment. It examines the subtle ways in which a persona is constructed through each encounter, keeping the individual away from his or her inner self. Placing the performer in the middle of a circle formed by the audience, a cathartic, almost ritualistic process unfolds which equally sheds light on strengths and weaknesses.
It begins by examining the pressure to fulfill the role of performer, which explores the act of offering. By poetically interweaving dance and words, the performer offers the audience material and immaterial goods, the objects of the near and far space, elements of the invisible, the imaginative, but also the emotional perception. Thus he questions generosity and expectations together and in relation to the audience, who are both observers and observed.
Reaching the limits of his capabilities, he reveals the necessity of the audiuence’s input, through observation and external recognition. The performer is faced with the unfulfillable task of sustaining the immaterial contribution of the audience indefinitely, bringing the body into a physicality that struggles against the limits of the possible.
The piece evolves into the release of expectations, culminating in an acceptance of the body’s limitations and ultimately relinquishing the performer’s role as the epicentre of the circle.
This piece is a shared experience that celebrates the courage of fragility.
Credits
Direction/Performance: Alexandros Anastasiadis “Greco”
Rehearsal Director/ Choreographic Assistant: Margherita Dello Sbarba
Dramaturgy: Yasen Vasilev, Greet van Poeck
Text: Alexandros Anastasiadis “Greco”, Margherita Dello Sbarba
Outside eye/Assistance: Margherita Scalise, Maria Pisiou, Florian Hoffmeier
Music: Giotis Damianidis, Joao Lobo, Giovanni Di Domenico
Light design: Ryoya Fudetani
Production & Distribution Support: Rania Mavriki – Cultopia
Support: RADAR Mechelen, ILES Artist Project, CC De Warande, CC De Spil, Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus
The piece has been presented at:
Athens Video Dance Festival 2022 – Greece
Dance Laboratory Rhodes Festival 2022 – Greece
Patras Art Festival 2023 – Greece
Top Floor Festival 2022 – Brussels
OUTSIDE/IN Festival in ARSENAAL/LAZARUS 2023 – Mechelen
Dansstorm Festival 2023 – Mechelen
Duration: 40 min.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/807669982
Alexandros Anastasiadis
Alexandros (he/him) is a dance artist raised in Greece. Since graduating from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2017, he has been living in Brussels and working as a performer and dance maker. He is interested in the body as the place where communication happens, where, playfully, we can renew social relations. In his look for dialogue, he is engaging in interdisciplinary collaborations learning and adapting methods and tools from other art forms into the dancing as well as challenging the classical stage format to establish direct contact between performers and audience. He has been creating within collective structures (La Otra Familia) and has been working with Jazz and Improv musicians, making improvised shows, research sessions and jams, with an artistic community outreach. Over the last year he created the group Dans Kapot (along with the band Don Kapot), which made a series of community and interactive performances. Their current project is heading towards a full-scale production with the support of Jazzlab and Kaap. His current solo work “the fall in between” has received thesupport of RADAR Mechelen, the Flemish Community Commission of Brussels, and the Iles Artist Project. As a performer he has participated in five productions of the company Ultima Vez and has also worked for Alexandrer Vantournhout and Julyen Hamilton.
He was invited to direct dance pieces for educational programmes (State Dance school of Thessaloniki, Greece, Fre3 Bodies in Barcelona, Spain) and worked as an artistic coach for dance creations. He teaches dance both through professional workshops in educational platforms and festivals across Europe and through classes for children and communities i.e. for the Atelier Kids of Ultima Vez and for Platform K.