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Maniac – Opinion Public

Belgium

The worry of order and the meticulous management of each deed and gesture may be virtuous, but what about the mania, if not that it haunts each of us like an irresistible temptation. So many gestures, so many fixed ideas that reassure and frame us, constituting what we believe to be: multiple “I’s” which create confusion about our own identity … An interior struggle, an obsession with precise gestures by a deliberately neutral-gender duo. Harmony, gentleness, opposition: Which facet will have the last word?

Duration: 20 min.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/722691602

Sidonie Fossé

Sidonie Fossé studied at CNR Rouen and at the CNSMDP in Paris, in the Contemporary section. She joined Rudra Béjart and then the Béjart Ballet. After, she worked with Joost Vrouenraets in Gotra Ballet. In 2010, she founded the Opinion Public company project where she is a dancer-choreographer. She also worked as an Assistant Choreographer for the Konzert Theater Bern, for the Opera Ballet du Rhin and for the Grands Ballets Canadiens. She participated in the creation of Rocking Chair, an original multiple-choice show.

Victor Launay

Victor Launay studied in several schools in France and Switzerland. He then worked for several companies in Europe. He is assistant for ” …Cupid s’en fout ” with the Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin and participates in the choreographic collective Opinion Public for multiple creations. At the same time, he created the company “Les Vikings” in 2014, with the duet “Etreinte”. The following year, he produced ” l’Aveuglement ” which won the first prize at the Certamen de Burgos & New-York and the special prize of Biarritz at the Concours des Synodales. At the same time, the company created “Bajo Los Arboles” for the Balleto di Siena in Italy (2015) and “Historia de un segundo” for Dantzaz in Spain (2016). She also collaborates in the creation of a puppet show “L’enfant perdu”, in France, with the company Via Verde.
In 2017, he won the first prize at the Bern Competition and the following year he created “Einstein” for the Konzert Theater Bern. At the same time, he teaches in various companies and pre-professional training courses in Europe and in dance schools.

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SOLILOQUY – Charles Brecard

Vietnam – Canada

A soliloquy is a monologue addressed to oneself, the expression of one’s thoughts out loud. In this solo, the performer meanders through his own ruminations, challenging himself to face his emotions, doubts and worries. While on his introspective journey, he shares the stage with a skeleton symbolizing the last vestiges of his humanity. A waltz between him and the carcass ensues, evoking a stream of confessions, accusations and discourse.
The pessimistic, almost fatalistic tone of the piece is juxtaposed with joy and sincerity, aiming to stimulate imagination and question its propensity for denial. May inertia give way to action

Choreography, concept and performance: Charles Brecard
Light Design: Mateo Barrera
Original composition: Mateo Barrera
Music used: Matt Elliott

Premiered: Festival Quartiers Danses – September 2021, Montreal, Canada – Len&Soie – Vietnamese Cultural Center – October 2021
Award: Best Interpretation – Festival Quartiers Danses

Duration: 25 min.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/n2GDoGirwRI

Charles Brecard

Born and raised in New Caledonia from the Vietnamese diaspora, Charles Brecard arrived in Tio’tia:ke / Montreal in 2013 before graduating from EDCM. As a performer he collaborated with various local artists. His limitless curiosity drives him to develop his practice named FLUIDIFY, influenced by his cultural and ethnic background, his experience in street, folk or contemporary dances, and his profession as a massage therapist. It allows him to teach in different contexts (Festivals, Professional training, …) to amateurs and professionals. His choreographic works, imbued with strong physicality and theatrical poetry, have been renowned and presented in a few countries.

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Scotoma – Clémentine Télesfort & Lisard Tranis

SCOTOMA
Lisard Tranis & Clementine Telesfort

Spain

YOU ARE WATCHING, BUT WHAT DO YOU REALLY SEE?
Scotoma is a dance piece that speaks about attention.
An invitation to reflect on what captures and directs it.
Can we perceive what we overlook and notice what is hidden at first sight?

The piece invites us to observe the encounter of two people immersed in their own world.
They will give each other a chance to discover other perspectives, allowing them to broaden their gaze towards what they didn’t know was there.

But will they really be able to appreciate it or will they end up losing sight of it?

Direction and Interpretation – Clémentine Telesfort & Lisard Tranis Original Music by Otis Jones
Co-produced by – Danseu Festival, Centre Civic de la Barceloneta & l’Estruch Fabrica de Creació With the support of – Nunart Gràcia & IAB Institute of the Art Barcelona
External eye – Hansel Nezza
Scenography – Diego Sinniger de Salas
Acknowledgments and thanks to – Iris Borràs Anglada, Valentine Ezavin & Valentina Azzati

Duration: 25 min
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgBu9vWp4E, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdKJPTExvRI

Supported by a grant from Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)

May 2021 – Mostra Centre Civic de la Barceloneta (ES)
▸ June 2021 – Cadiz en Danza (ES)
▸ June 2021 – SBEM Festival, Sant Boi (ES)
▸ July 2021 – Festival Dance Days Chania (GR)
‣ August 2021 – Danseu Festival (ES)
‣ August 2021 – Le Bazar Festival (FR)
‣ September 2021 – Festival Per Amor a l’hart (ES)

Lisard Tranis

Lisard Tranis trained at Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. After graduating, he won the first prize in the International Dance Contest of Barcelona. He later joined Verve, the postgraduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and received that year’s Outstanding Graduate Award. He has been working with Guy Nader and Maria Campos, Lali Ayguadé Company, Phoenix Dance Theater, Hagit Yakira Dance, James Wilton Dance and José Besprosvany among others. Apart from performing on stage, Lisard teaches in various festivals and countries and has a keen interest in developing his own language as a choreographer and teacher.

Clémentine Télesfort

Clémentine Telesfort is an award-winning dancer who performs and teaches internationally. Trained at TrinityLaban in London and later at the Verve Company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, she has worked with companies such as Guy Nader and Maria Campos Company, Lali Ayguadé Company, Anton Lachky, Jamaal Burkmar and Gecko in England.
Alongside, she has been developing her own choreographic language over the years and her works have been performed at various festivals throughout Europe.
Since 2015 she has been invited to teach at different festivals and institutions.
He also continues to train in different disciplines such as physical and clown theater, contact-Improvisation or studying somatic practices, Systema (Russian Martial Art) and Play-Fight with the facilitator program of Bruno Caverna.
In 2019 he curated and directed the first edition of an International Rural Cultural Festival, the PinkHouse Festival in the north of France.

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Sauvage – Ioanna Antonarou and Natasha Sarantopoulou

Greece

Two creatures are struggling to exist. Everything shatters and everything is put back together. Τhe world and their bodies reattach in ever-changing combinations.
These creatures do not know if they will eventually dodge what is about to crush them.
Surprisingly they go on and on with their elusive life cycle. After all, the only thing they are left with is survival. Isn’t life a miracle? They may feel so small and terrified sometimes, some other times a bit aggressive. But let’s be honest here, they are completely harmless. If only they could pull this off!

Concept- Choreography: Natasha Sarantopoulou
Performance: Ioanna Antonarou, Natasha Sarantopoulou
Dramaturgy Consultant: Alexandros Mistriotis
Set & Costumes Design: Dimitra Liakoura
Music Composition: Pavlos Katsivelis
Light Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Assistants: Giannis Stavropoulos, Foivos Petropoulos
Photography: Aris Papadopoulos, Periklis Pravitas
Production: En Exallo AMKE, Prosopo Organisation

Duration: 30 min.

Special thanks to:
Giorgos Hanos
Christina Maraboutaki
Alimos Municipality for the courtesy of rehearsal space
&
the electronic music crew “Acid Arab” for providing the music theme “Électrique Yarghol”

With the financial support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and NEON Organization.

       

 

 

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FLUTTER – Vasso Giannakopoulou

Greece

Athens, present, today A man’s home; his most personal and sacred space is transformed into an urban single life myth hideout. Aspects and parts of his character reveal ways and escape routes from his everyday life.

Following the solo performance of a woman who resides at 36 Pythonos St, which was premiered May 2020, a new peephole opens up from the apartment across the street. At 11 Krissis St, the audience becomes the observer of another intermediate space, where the personal becomes public bringing into the spotlight the man that stands before the world yet even more before his own self.

concept | choreography: Vasso Giannakopoulou
performance: Nodas Damopoulos
music: Chrysanthos Christodoulou
dramaturgy: Simos Patieridis
lighting: Tassos Paleoroutas
scenography editing – costume: Kenny MacLellan
chair constraction: Petros Sirigos
photo: Christina Georgiadou
video – photo: Alekos & Christos Bourelias
graphic design: Yiannis Baritakis
press: Maria Konstantopoulou
production: Shared productions

“FLUTTER” has been sponsored by Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2020-2021 which premiered in December 2021 at BIOS in Athens.

Duration:  50 min
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/719985969, https://vimeo.com/720047966

 

 

Vasso Giannakopoulou

She was born in Athens, Greece in 1971. She studied dance at the State School of Dance and graduated from the Visual Arts Center in Athens in 1994.
In 2003 she presented her first choreography “Night Mirror”, with which she participated at Kalamata International Dance Festival and Athens Dance Festival.
In December 2004, together with light designer Tassos Paleoroutas, she co-founded Dalika Dance company and has choreographed all of the company’s productions “Digono”, “Fyllo kai Ftero”, “Nowhere”, “Noble Escape”, “Maria goes to the river”, “Pythonos 36”, “Flutter” presented in theatres and international dance Festivals in Greece and abroad. She was a member of the choreographic team in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens and at the 1st European games in Baku 2015 by the artistic direction of D. Papaioannou.
She is a founding member of the “Syndesmos chorou”, a group of Greek choreographers who have been collaborating for a series of projects presenting at Kalamata International Dance Festival, Athens & Epidaurus International Festival and theaters in Greece.
She has been collaborating as a choreographer for theater groups and has been teaching contemporary dance and Feldenkrais method.
The company has been subsidized by the Ministry of Culture 2020-2021 for its new production “FLUTTER”.

Nodas Damopoulos

He was born in Athens in 1986. He was engaged in a number of individual and team sports as well as with classic athleticism in a level of championship, receiving nationwide honors. He then entered into the dance studies. He graduated from Despina Grigoriadou’s Professional Dance School and from the Athens School of Physical Education and Sport Science with specialization in “Orchestration” and “Greek Traditional Dance”.
He has collaborated with: Agni Papadeli, Christina Sougioultzi, Patricia Apergi, Mariza Vinieratou, Iris Karayan, Tzeni Argyriou, Sofia Mavragani, Christos Papadopoulos, Charis Kousios, Natassa Avra, Filippos Vassiliou among others, participating in performances in Greece and abroad. In 2018 he participated in Onassis’ educational program for students “Dancing to Connect” as well as in the movement Workshop for people with and without visual impairments ‘IDANCE’ (2016). He has experience in track and field coaching, in Greek traditional dance teaching as well as the last years he has been busy with specialized training. He is interested in a partnership of sports and dance, and in particular in its artistic imprint in performative practices.

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Point perdu – Victor Launay

Through his work Victor leads us to the discovery of the fundamentals of contemporary dance and floorwork. The warm-up is essentially based on the musculature of the body to apprehend the floorwork with fluidity and rapidity. The rest of the class consists of working on the technical elements and their combination into choreographic phrases, as well as movement in space and energy management, to get the contrast and musicality of the movement and different technical movements on the floor. He also works a lot around duets and how to link different acrobatic lifts with fluidity and quietness and without showing difficulty.

Ages: 16 – 99,5
Levels: All levels

Victor Launay

Victor Launay studied in several schools in France and Switzerland. He then worked for several companies in Europe. He is assistant for ” …Cupid s’en fout ” with the Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin and participates in the choreographic collective Opinion Public for multiple creations. At the same time, he created the company “Les Vikings” in 2014, with the duet “Etreinte”. The following year, he produced ” l’Aveuglement ” which won the first prize at the Certamen de Burgos & New-York and the special prize of Biarritz at the Concours des Synodales. At the same time, the company created “Bajo Los Arboles” for the Balleto di Siena in Italy (2015) and “Historia de un segundo” for Dantzaz in Spain (2016). She also collaborates in the creation of a puppet show “L’enfant perdu”, in France, with the company Via Verde.
In 2017, he won the first prize at the Bern Competition and the following year he created “Einstein” for the Konzert Theater Bern. At the same time, he teaches in various companies and pre-professional training courses in Europe and in dance schools.

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The Attentive Act – Clémentine Télesfort & Lisard Tranis

Since 2017 Lisard (CAT) and Clémentine (FR) have been developing a shared practice influenced by their encounters and common experiences in leading international companies and projects such as Guy Nader & Maria Campos or Lali Ayguadé Company. From there, they began to share their practice facilitating workshops to movers and professional artists from a wide range background and are regularly invited to lead seminars in professional training institutions and programs internationally. Since 2020 they began co-creating as a company.
The workshop is aimed at people from all disciplines interested in expanding their creative tools and refining their quality of movement both improvising alone or with a partner. We invite the participants to investigate four main aspects we consider essential in our practice as artists: the sensitivity of being, control of restrictions, availability to the unknown, and creative adaptation to challenges.
The class will address movement efficiency and explore the range of creativity given by a better understanding of our movements’ physical boundaries. – Playfulness – will be the main tool for discovery and exploration both in our movement improvisations and in our interactions. We will seek greater awareness of our structure’s patterns through games tackling stability and accuracy helping our decision making both in improvisation and in partner work. We will play with the plasticity of our imagination through physical and creative challenges and use it as a source for instant composition. Training these principles will allow an articulated and expansive movement to be deployed in space.
We are keen to share tools that allow participants to investigate their original movement and challenge their practice beyond technical constraints. We are interested in the quality of the relationships we cultivate with ourselves and others, forming a sensitive and responsive body that can unleash our imagination and support our performance state.

Ages: 17+
Levels: advanced / professional

Photo credit: Maria Alzamora, Faye Tan

Supported by a grant from Acción Cultural Española (AC/E)

Lisard Tranis

Lisard Tranis studied at the Institut del Teatre de Barcelona and won first prize at the International Dance Competition, which awarded him a scholarship to the Peridance Capezio Center in New York. He later joined Verve, a graduate of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in England where he received the Outstanding Postgraduate Achievement Award. Lisard has worked and performed internationally with companies such as Guy Nader & Maria Campos, Lali Ayguadé Company, Phoenix Dance Theater, Hagit Yakira Dance, James Wilton Dance and José Besprosvany, among others. Lisard also teaches at various festivals and centers around the world and has a keen interest in continuing to develop his own language as a choreographer.

Clémentine Télesfort

Clémentine Telesfort is an award-winning dancer who performs and teaches internationally. Trained at TrinityLaban in London and later at the Verve Company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, she has worked with companies such as Guy Nader and Maria Campos Company, Lali Ayguadé Company, Anton Lachky, Jamaal Burkmar and Gecko in England. Alongside acting, Clémentine has been developing her own choreographic language over the years and her works have been performed at various festivals throughout Europe. Since 2015 she has been invited to teach at different festivals and institutions. He also continues to train in different disciplines such as physical theatre and clown, contact-Improvisation or studying somatic practices and martial arts such as Systema (Russian Martial Art) and Play-fight with Bruno Caverna. In 2019 she curated and directed the first edition of an International Rural Cultural Festival, the PinkHouse Festival in the north of France.

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Shapeshifting Workshop – Danae and Dionysios

Beginning with a warm-up structured around Danae & Dionysios’ vocabulary, participants will explore their own creativity based on tasks focusing on the details of hands and their expressiveness, the connection of their feet to the ground and the ways information can travel from there to the upper body and arms, in order to achieve bigger volume in space. The workshop will then develop into learning choreographic phrases from their latest work “Omen of Fάrιsa”.

Ages: 15+
Levels: All levels

* Please bring your light sneakers for this workshop

Photo credit: Barlas Sahinoglu, Juan Carlos Toledo-Danilo Moroni-Descalzinha

 

Danae and Dionysios

Danae and Dionysios have been collaborating since 2015. As apprentices of nature, its animals and indigenous civilisations they create stories from the side of the one who was or still is untamed. Ιn their creations they propose harmonic relationships between nature and its living beings, while the dreamlike atmosphere which usually wraps their work becomes a conversation between chaos and order. Trying to balance between accessible and pioneer, they support the idea that art is a universal medium of communication which can create a dynamic yet fragile language. Together, they created their first production “UNCIA”, which has been touring internationally, counting more than 55 performances in 11 countries and has received 8 awards around Europe. Later, they created the full evening show “ATMA”, which has been touring in Europe, Asia and Latin America and “Free At Last”, which was created under the production house of Theater Rotterdam. In 2021, supported by the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, they created a new version of “Free At Last” – “Free At Last : Rerooted” which premiered in Athens, Greece. Their latest production “Valley of the Hummingbirds” was commissioned by Staatstheater Braunschweig and premiered in Germany in February 2022. At the same time, they create projects for postgraduate programs and professional dance schools such as “FRE3 Bodies” in Barcelona, “PERA GAU” in Kyrenia and “EPDCYL” in Burgos, while giving workshops around the world.

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Floating – Giovanni Leone and Vittoria Franchina

Our main interest lies in the possibility to develop a full body awareness.
Through exercises and research tasks, we would like to study the mechanics of our organism to create a movement that can constantly transform itself.
The workshop will focus on the study of weight, the isolation of body parts and some floorwork, along with improvisation and partnering sections.

Ages: 16+
Levels: Intermediate

Photo credit: J. Ronzoni Giulia Menti

With the support of

Vittoria Franchina

Born in Milan in 1994, she trained professionally at the Susanna Beltrami / Dancehaus Academy. She danced in productions by Susanna Beltrami, Matteo Bittante, Virginia Spallarossa and Diego Tortelli. She is currently a dancer with the Déjà Donné Company and collaborates with the National Dance Foundation / Aterballetto.

Giovanni Leone

Born in Borgosesia in 1995, he trained as a dancer at the Susanna Beltrami / Dancehaus academy in the three-year period 2015-2018. He is an interpreter for Esklan Art’s Factory by Erika Silgoner, Mk by Michele di Stefano and for the company Déjà Donné. He has also worked with various choreographers, including Ariella Vidach, Laura Guidetti (Sanpapiè Company), Matteo Bittante and Diego Tortelli.

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Body Instrument – Lamprini Gkolia

The heartbeat in our body creates our own tempo and at the same time our breath creates rhythmic values and dynamics on top of that tempo.

The class focuses on the musicality and teaches us the ways to be aware on how to develop our body’s rhythm and dynamics, concerning it as an instrument by using improvisational tools inspired from the theory of music.

Ages: All ages
Levels: All, however a previous experience in movement/dance is required

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Lamprini Gkolia

Lamprini Gkolia is a dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer. She graduated from the State School of Dance in Greece with honours. Her artistic work combines elements from visual arts, theatre, and music. As a performer, she has collaborated with several dance companies, such as the Hellenic Dance Company, Krama Dance Company, Lidia Lithos DanceTheatre, Aerites Dance Company, Asomates Dynameis Dance Company, Siamese-Cie, and Dancetheater OKTANA. She has also been involved in independent dance and theatre projects in Greece and abroad. One of her most notable collaborations was with the Flying Low technique founder, David Zambrano. As a dance teacher, she has been teaching ballet, contemporary and Graham in dance companies, professional dance schools and studios around the world. Her recent artistic research and studies in music (2016-2020) resulted in the development of her own teaching method: Body Instrument. As a choreographer, she has created several works that have been performed in Greece and abroad, such as “Camouflage”, which was selected at the Deltebre Danza Festival as well as at various dance festivals in Greece. Other notable works are “The Medusa Complex” and “A Minute of Silence”. Her latest creation is “Orlando”.