An original artistic trekking in collaboration with the ballet of the Greek National Opera (GNO) is expected to attract the interest of visitors, who will walk along the path that leads to the cave monastery of Agia Kiriaki while enjoying on the way three pieces of dance in choreographies by Elena Kekkou (music: Antonis Vlachos), Yannis Nikolaidis (music: Manolis Manousakis) and Konstantinos Rigos (music: Giorgos Koumendakis). The trekking will be completed at the square of Vamvakou, where we will say farewell and renew our appointment for 2024. The performances are the following:
Knight rider
Choreography: Yannis Nikolaidis
Music: Manolis Manousakis
Costumes: Ioanna Tsami
Assistant to the Choreographer – GNOballet: Dimitra Laoudi, Fotis Diamantopoulos
Dancer: Margarita Costoglou
“I often feel that the exhibits in the museums I visit are war captives. Just like the wild animals in the zoos. Objects and creatures forever trapped, violently removed from their natural environment and separated from the reason of their existence. Often, their enemy is the ruthless time rendering them museum exhibits, or just human greediness. Often, those less fortunate than us have this experience, trapped in ruined bodies that fail to fulfill the desires of their spirit. Doomed to complete the rest of their life inside them. Wonderful knights in painfully rigid armours.”
Active Motivation
Choreography: Elena Kekkou
Music: Antonis Vlachos
Assistant to the Choreographer – GNOballet: Dimitra Laoudi, Fotis Diamantopoulos
Dancer: Elena Kekkou
“Every existence is unique. Human existence is an endless line that, as it moves forward, intersects with other lines creating an interaction. It begins alone and ends alone. The essence, however, is in the intermediate state. Movement contains a code that unlocks the essence of existence and demarcates it. The choice of the position is what defines the path.”
Forget me not
Choreography: Konstantinos Rigos
Music: Giorgos Koumendakis
Saxophone: Guido de Flaviis
Assistant to the Choreographer – GNOballet: Dimitra Laoudi, Fotis Diamantopoulos
Dancer: Yannis Gantsios
“An archetypical, manly, solid body, trapped in restoration rafters, breathes all over again. It is brought to life through the air released by a wind instrument creating the melody of its breath as well as of its final release from limitation. A visual mobile trajectory where the body creates architectural gestures engaging in conversation with the “static” statues on the site. Inspired by the lockdown period and the silence of the city.”
