{"id":19592,"date":"2024-05-16T19:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/?post_type=mec-events&p=19592"},"modified":"2024-05-29T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:45:48","slug":"return-of-the-summer-greek-national-opera-ballet","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/en\/events\/return-of-the-summer-greek-national-opera-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the summer – Greek National Opera Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Greek National Opera Ballet is travelling to the 11th<\/sup>\u00a0International Dance and Performing Arts Festival on Syros to present the modern dance diptych titled Return of the Summer<\/em>, featuring choreographies by Ioannis Mandafounis and Konstantinos Rigos. The piece Point of No Return<\/em>, with music by Giorgos Koumendakis and a choreography by Ioannis Mandafounis, converses with the piece Les Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em>, choreographed by the GNO Ballet Director, Konstantinos Rigos, and with music by Hector Berlioz. This combination creates an impressively vibrant and dynamic programme of modern dance. The tour is made possible by a grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) [www.SNF.org<\/a>] to enhance the Greek National Opera\u2019s artistic outreach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Point of No Return<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In Point of No Return<\/em>, the internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Ioannis Mandafounis composes a modern piece out of dance elements deeply rooted in the tradition of classical ballet<\/strong>. In tune with the music of Giorgos Koumendakis, the GNO Ballet dancers focus on the transparency and authenticity of their moves via the arsenal of classical ballet steps. Although the group\u2019s physical performance reveals an extremely classical choreographic approach, one can still recognise the individuality of the performers as well as a particularly modern treatment of the presence and interpretation of movement. These obvious elements signal the choreographer\u2019s unique style across all of his new works.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Les Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The famous song cycle Les Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 <\/em>is one of Hector Berlioz\u2019s most popular works. The leading French composer wrote these six songs for voice and piano, setting poetry by Th\u00e9ophile Gautier. His goal was to musically portray love in its most idealised form through delicate melodies. Based on the song cycle of the same title, Konstantinos Rigos creates together with the GNO Ballet a work about love, loneliness, the quest, the journey<\/strong>. Gestures and shapes create a kaleidoscope of our individual inner summer. \u201cLes Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 is a work that makes us reminisce of all those nights we love, fall in love, dream, live\u2026 It talks about the fluidity of relationships and how everything can evolve under the moonlight. With references to Romanticism and the classical dance technique, the work\u2019s dancers dive into the black waters of the sea and the black colour of senses and delusions<\/em>\u201d, notes Konstantinos Rigos.<\/p>\n

Credits <\/strong>Point<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0of<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0No<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Return<\/em><\/strong>:
\n<\/strong>Choreography, costume supervision: Ioannis Mandafounis<\/strong> | Music: Giorgos Koumendakis
\n<\/strong>Featuring the dancers<\/strong> of the GNO Ballet
\n<\/strong>Women: Elena Kekkou, Marita Nikolitsa, Marta Rivero de Miranda, Eleftheria Stamou, Alicia Townsend, Despina Chrysostomou<\/strong> | Men: Stelios Katopodis, Manex Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, Yannis Mitrakis, Daniele Pecorari, Stefano Pietragalla, Giorgos Hatzopoulos
\n<\/strong>The piece was performed by Antonis Sousamoglou<\/strong> (violin), David Bogorad<\/strong> (violin), Thanasis Sourgounis<\/strong> (viola) and Yannis Stefos<\/strong> (cello).<\/p>\n

Credits Les Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9:<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Choreography, set: Konstantinos Rigos<\/strong> | Music: Hector Berlioz<\/strong> | Lyrics: Th\u00e9ophile Gautier<\/strong> | Costumes: Deux Hommes
\n<\/strong>Dancers: Vangelis Bikos, Elena Kekkou, Despina Chrysostomou, Marita Nikolitsa, Eleftheria Stamou, Manex Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, Stefano Pietragalla, Yannis Mitrakis
\n<\/strong>The piece was performed by Tassis Christoyannis<\/strong> (baritone) and Sofia Tamvakopoulou<\/strong> (piano).<\/p>\n

* Music in both works is pre-recorded.
\n<\/em>Appropriate for all audiences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duration:<\/strong> 65 min.
\nTrailer:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

GNO Production Sponsor
\nAntonios E. Komninos Foundation
\n<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lead Donor of the GNO
\nSTAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION (SNF)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The work has been presented at<\/strong> the Greek National Opera, the SNFCC Dome, Cairo Opera House, and Vamvakou, as well as on the islands of Paros and Syros.<\/p>\n

Konstantinos Rigos<\/h3>\n

Born in Athens, he studied economics and graduated from the Greek National School of Dance. In 1990, he founded the Oktana Dancetheatre, many productions of which have toured internationally. His shows have been featured in over 40 international festivals in many cities around the world as well as in Greece (Athens Concert Hall, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, National Theatre of Greece, National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greek National Opera, Cyprus Theatre Organisation, Piraeus Municipal Theatre, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, etc). He has been awarded the Greek State Award for Dance (1995, 1996), the Greek State Award for Choreography (1999, 2001) and the Melina Mercouri Award (1997). He was the artistic director of the Dance Theatre of the National Theatre of Northern Greece from 2000 to 2005. He has directed plays from the Greek and international repertoire, musicals, operas, the children\u2019s play Frutopia by Eugene Trivizas and multi-disciplinary productions (Much Ado and Nothing, Bossa Nova, Titanic, Wind for the National Theatre of Greece) in which he combines all of his capacities. Since February 2018, he has been the artistic director of the Greek National Opera Ballet; the first production he choreographed after his assumption of duties was Swan Lake. Since October 2019, he has been president of the school from which he graduated, the Greek National School of Dance.<\/p>\n

Ioannis Mandafounis<\/h3>\n

Ioannis Mandafounis (b. 1981, Athens) studied at the Greek National School of Dance in Athens and continued his studies at the Conservatoire national sup\u00e9rieur in Paris (CNSMDP).
\nBefore becoming a freelance choreographer, he was a member of the Gothenburg Opera Ballet, the Nederlands Dans Theater II, and the Forsythe Company (2005-2009).
\nIn parallel, he started creating his own work, in Athens with Lemurius Company (since 2005), in Geneva with Fabrice Mazliah and their Cie Projet 11 (since 2007), and in Frankfurt with May Zarhy and Fabrice Mazliah and their MAMAZA collective (since 2009). Since 2015, Ioannis assumed personally the artistic direction of his Geneva-based company Cie Ioannis Mandafounis, inviting various artists to collaborate with him in each project.
\nHe has received commissions to create original works for internationally renowned theater and dance companies, such as the Ballet of the Greek National Opera, the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve, The National Theater of Greece, Corpus (Royal Danish Ballet), the Lyon Opera Ballet in France, Norrdans Sweden etc.
\nIoannis also teaches improvisation workshops, and classical ballet classes from his specific approach as a Martial Arts (Budo) practitioner. He has been a guest teacher in the most famous dance institutions in Europe.
\nIn 2015, he received the Swiss Dance Award, in the category of Outstanding Male Dancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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