Stories of the body for a future tomorrow
Thursday 20 & Wednesday 26 June 2024 | 20:00
Life appears in the world in the form of a body. The body experiences and at the same time records its history. It leaves its imprint on space and time.
History is told or written in many ways and in many tones and ultimately the stories are infinite. But how many stories can fit in a museum? And how is a dance group invited to converse with the 100 stories of the artists of MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art in the current exhibition entitled “From now on. Stories for a next tomorrow”? The works themselves emit signals, which we are called upon to capture and transform through our own bodies.
The performance of the dance group sinequanon will begin with the mannequin of Vlasis Kaniaris, as the central figure of a paradoxical Last Supper. Perhaps, sharing some of our stories at the end of the evening would be the goal for a future tomorrow.
Credits
Conception / Choreography: sinequanon
Music: Alexandros Ioannou
Costume: Richard Antony
Photography: Lila Sotiriou, Giannis Goutman
Video: Irini Hatzikyriakidou
Coordination: Ioannis Dalakas
Interpretation: Sofia Papanikandrou, Alexis Tsiamoglou, Elias Karamitros, Sofia Hatzivasiliou, Alexandros Ioannou, Dimitris Sotiriou
The performance “through the archive of sinequanon” is held under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture.
Artistic identity of the sinequanon group
The contemporary dance group sinequanon was founded in Athens in 1992 by five students of the State School of Dance with a vision of artistic collectivity. It continued its education in New York, where it came into contact with modern dance techniques, based on the anatomy and physiology of the human body.
In 1995, the group returned and began its own dance productions, receiving its first grant from the Ministry of Culture and Sports. To date, it has received commissions for works from the OMMA, the Hellenic Festival, the National Theater, the Center Culturel Aragon, the Biennale of Young Artists, the Kalamata International Dance Festival, the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, the National Theater, etc. In 2008, it was the official representation of Greece for dance in the Year of Olympic Culture in China. In 2010, the group moved to Thessaloniki, where it took over the Dance Theater of the State Theater of Northern Greece from 2010 to 2013. From 2021 to 2023, it took over the presentation of dance within the framework of the action “Summer Oracle of Ioannina DIKEPETHE” at the archaeological site of Dodona.
Participation in the event is with the entrance ticket to the site. The ticket can be purchased online through the ComeTogether platform here and/or in person at the Museum Reception.
Reduced prices apply for specific categories.
Information on tel. 2310 240002 (ext.1)