{"id":18960,"date":"2023-05-08T14:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T11:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=18960"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:27:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:27:46","slug":"swell-despina-lloyd-goula-and-ioanna-antonarou","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/en\/events\/swell-despina-lloyd-goula-and-ioanna-antonarou\/","title":{"rendered":"Swell &#8211; Despina Lloyd Goula and Ioanna Antonarou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vertical Dance Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrival of swells on a shoreline are often created by storms thousands of miles away, it\u2019s the reason why we can often see big waves crashing onto a beach on a calm day.<br \/>\nTwo bodies are suspended on ropes. Their movement mirror and connect to the waters around them, holding on to the notion that we are created in water and made of water. The attachment of the rope coming from the centre of the body acts as an umbilical cord and the architecture which is dance on becomes the mother. Like the swells of the sea an action in one place can be seen or felt thousands of miles away<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Performers:<\/strong> Despina Lloyd Goula, Ioanna Antonarou<br \/>\n<strong>Rigger:<\/strong> Giannis Psarros<br \/>\n<strong>Music:<\/strong> Yosi Horikawa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Duration: <\/strong>15\u00a0min.<strong><br \/>\nTrailer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\t<!-- START Swell REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.7.25 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_62_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"visibility:hidden;background:transparent;padding:0;margin:0px auto;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;max-width:750px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_62_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.7.25\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide style=\"position: absolute;\" data-key=\"rs-265\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-anim=\"adpr:false;\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/wp-content\/plugins\/revslider\/sr6\/assets\/assets\/dummy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Swell1\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" class=\"rev-slidebg tp-rs-img rs-lazyload\" data-lazyload=\"\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Swell1.jpg\" data-no-retina>\n<!---->\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tsetREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_62_1',rl:[1240,1024,778,480],el:[600,768,960,720],gw:[1240,1024,778,480],gh:[600,768,960,720],type:'standard',justify:'',layout:'fullwidth',mh:\"0\"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider621\"]!==undefined) {window.RS_MODULES.modules[\"revslider621\"].once = false;window.revapi62 = undefined;if (window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal!==undefined) window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal()}\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/rs-module-wrap>\n\t\t\t<!-- END REVOLUTION SLIDER -->\n<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despina Lloyd Goula<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despina is a Greek\/Welsh Independent Dance Artist, with a BA (Hons) in Dance from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. Since 2010 she has specialised in vertical dance. She works for the company Vertical Dance Kate Lawrence as a harness based aerial dancer and has enjoyed performing in many of the company\u2019s works nationally and internationally. In August 2015, Despina received the opportunity to train and perform with \u2018Aeriosa\u2019 a vertical dance company based in Vancouver, funded by Wales Arts International. The summer of 2016 she worked with the Aerial dance company Off Off devising and performing a site-specific show in the Swiss City of Basel.<br \/>\nShe has trained with international vertical dance artists Julia Taffe, Wanda Moretti, and Lindsey Butcher.<br \/>\nIn January 2018 Despina was awarded Arts Council of Wales funding for her own research and development project creating an interactive art installation through the medium of vertical dance. In 2019 Despina premiered her own production which she choreographed and danced in \u2018Roots in the Sky\u2019 at ARC dance festival in Athens. She has worked as a freelance dance practitioner for community and inclusive dance-based companies in North Wales, such as Dawns I Bawb, Little Light and Conwy Expressive Arts, developing strong links with local community delivering dance to all ages and abilities.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ioanna Antonarou<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ioanna Antonarou was born in Athens, in 1985. She graduated from the Greek State School of Dance in 2012. She is studying at the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering at the University of the Aegean in Syros.<br \/>\nAs a dancer \u2013 performer she collaborated with: Akropoditi Dancetheatre, Octana Dancetheatre\/ Konstantinos Rigos and Iraqi Bodies. In June 2017 she participated in \u201cDay out of Time\u201d project initiated by Vitoria Kotsalou at the Athens &amp; Epidaurus Festival.<br \/>\nAs an assistant choreographer she collaborated with Christos Papadopoulos for his production \u201cIon\u201d.<br \/>\nIn autumn 2016 she collaborated with SQx Dance Company, and she taught contemporary dance at Canadian schools.<br \/>\nShe and Natasha Sarantopoulou have been working together since 2017, and together they co-choreographed the performances &#8220;Walk Lola Walk,&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s better in the BAHAMAS,&#8221; &#8220;JAMAIS VU,&#8221; and &#8220;SAUVAGE.&#8221;<br \/>\nShe lives in Athens where she teaches contemporary and classical dance.<br \/>\nShe is a member of the artistic board for the administration and the management of the International Dance &amp; Performing Arts Festival \u201cAkropoditi DanceFest\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece Vertical Dance Performance The arrival of swells on a shoreline are often created by storms thousands of miles away, it\u2019s the reason why we can often see big waves crashing onto a beach on a calm day. 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