DANCE

Symposium at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron)

10-12 March 2023 · ATHENS

Venue Details

Athens Concert Hall (Megaron)

Vasilissis Sofias Avenue

Athens 115 21

Official Website 

Four dancers and a musician interact with stage props and set materials, composing a multi-coloured body collage. These characters, taken from Plato’s Symposium, breathe life into inanimate objects, smells and textures, “dancing” to express love beyond the human dimension. Human and non-human bodies build a choreographic dialogue of ironic mood and provocative proximity, exploring “what love is” in terms of qualities such as soft, liquid or light. 

Symposium translates into vivid moving images Plato’s praise of love as god, as a physical state, a spiritual quest and a social condition. Dance is the main representational language, transforming the mechanisms of written speech into (kin)aesthetic stimuli. Placing matter at its heart, the performance’s dramaturgical approach takes a neo-materialistic turn that suggests that we should perceive love as the choreography of the lifeless. The set props and stage materials become channels of love, of co-creation and sensory activation.
 

CREDITS

Concept, Choreography: Iro Vasalou
Assistant Choreographer: Rallou Karella
Performers, Co-creators: Rallou Karella, Konstantinos Chairetis, Lula Amir, Iro Vasalou
Original music, Performace: Aliki Leftherioti (Saber Rider)
Visual Art Advisor: Nicolas Vamvouklis
Lighting Design: Marietta Pavlaki
Photography, Video: Alekos and Christos Bourelias / archabyrinth
 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The event will take place at 21:00 at the Athens Concert Hall (Megaron).

Co-produced by SNAP Dance Company, Megaron the Athens Concert Hall
With the financial support of: The Ministry of Culture and Sports
Supporter: I. & R. Duncan Dance Research Centre


Source: Athens Concert Hall Official Website
 

Ticket Details

Regular: 15.00€
Students, young people up to 25 years old, unemployed, 65+, large families and people with disabilities are entitled to a reduced ticket price of 10.00€


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When

10-12 March 2023