We find each other in the Plenum – ANEMA Dance Company
Greece
We find each other in the plenum` is a duet. The full (plenum) is the opposite of the vacuum. We are talking about the plenum of each one of us. At that moment both are in the core of the plenum, which is nothing but the middle of the vacuum. Those moments when everyone, in an unremitting effort to gain independence, does not survive without the other. The important Other is the one that affects my thoughts, my feelings. She is the one who creates my reality. In an empty space, surrendered to its simplicity, everything is reflected. We commit ourselves and through contact, we research relationships under the surface. The relationships within us, which give a meaning to encouragement, support, trust. A complete and at the same time unrelated relationship. Difficult to balance.
Credits
Idea / Choreography: Zoi Efstathiou
Co-Creator: Sofia Martiou
Interpretation: Zoi Efstathiou, Sofia Martiou
Composition: Fabian Fiorini
For the song “The Echoes of a Distance”
Composition: Athena Routsi, Claudia Matola
Rhodes: Alkistis Raftopoulou
Recording: Fotis Mylonas
Costumes: Ellada Damianou
Special thanks to: Kinitiras Artistic Network for Performing Arts
Photo credits: Ypatia Kornarou
was presented in:
Szolo Duo Competition (2022) – Audience Preference Award
The Black Box Festival (2022) – Bulgaria
ARC for Dance Festival – Δημοτικό Θέατρο Πειραιά (2021)
Rotterdam International Duet Choreographic Competition (2021) – Audience Preference Award
Our Festival (2020) – Θέατρο Ρεματιάς
Duration: 25 min.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/fUoO9FrP0Ao
Zoi Efstathiou
Zoi Efstathiou was born in Greece. Since 2016 she has collaborated with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker as a Repertory dancer in Belgium.
Between 2013 and 2016 she performed with Michèle Noiret’s production “Hors – Champ”.
Between 2010 and 2015 she collaborated with choreographer Dominique Duszynski in the productions `Sous Les Ponts` (2010), `Sotto Voces` (2011), `Walkabout` (2014) and together they created the duet `Riff` (2012-2015), which has been performed in France, Belgium and Brazil.
In 2021, Zoi collaborated with Jacob Jonas The Company in Los Angeles, where she created the original choreography ‘Gathering’.The piece is part of a short film that was produced and premiered on Films.Dance, one of the most ambitious international dance film projects ever undertaken. there were 300 artists from 55 cities in 25 countries who participated in this project during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Zoi created and performed her own productions `Mr Gingerbread Man` (2012/2018), `9 NiNe` (2014), `Chapter I` (2015), `(-)US` (2019), `We Find Each Other in the Plenum` (2018) in Belgium, Greece and Austria.
Her dance duet `We Find Each Other in the Plenum` has been selected to be presented in the Rotterdam International Duet Choreographic Competition where it was one of the finalists and after an online voting the piece was first in audience`s preference.
She studied with a full scholarship in the Professional Dance School `Niki Kontaksaki – Nikoletta Bakali` in Athens (2007-2010). After her graduation she traveled to Belgium where she lives till today.
Giouli Banoussi
In 2016 she started studying at the Rallou-Manou professional dance school. In 2018 she graduated and at the same time participated in the performance “The missing Village” of the group Mikri Myia at the Kivotos theater. The following year, she participated in the JV2 program in London, as one the selections of Jasmin Vardimon and completed it in 2020.Finally until today she is a member of a dance-theater group which performs the “Those who walk in the clouds” by Natasa Papamichael, at the Olvio Theater.