KONSTANTINOS PAPANIKOLAOU
(GR)
The correction Part I
55′
Sunday 26.11 | 22:00
Monday 27.11 | 20:00 & 22:00
Tuesday 28.11 | 20:00
Rectifié, 119 Konstantinoupoleos St., Votanikos
Admission to all events is free.
Seat booking recommended, but seats available on spot, too.
Talking through, philosophizing and tracing popular party dances that disappear. Where do they go when they vanish? Who defines the taste of a time period? Nine amazing dancers do not give the answers! Totally cine-phile, totally choro-phile and a total disaster…
The correction Part I is a peculiar mixture of lecture-performance, burlesque, dance performance and filmmaking, that the creator started making especially for MIR. Nine dancers discuss, philosophize and trace popular dances of disappearing parties, asking questions to which they are not able to give any answers – and certainly no one else can either. Where do disappearing dances go? Who determines the taste of each era? And what will be the dance of the future which is to be in a position to express both the sublime and the popular (pop) art? If, of course, such a distinction makes sense… Totally cine-phile, totally choro-phile and a total disaster…
“For centuries, dance has been an underrated or even forbidden art form. In the 20th century, successful attempts were made to ‘upgrade’ it and integrate it into the realm of the sublime intellectual forms. How ‘haunted’ are we still by this effort in the 21st century, and how afraid are we of falling off again?”
Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Konstantinos Papanikolaou holds a post-graduate degree in dance from the University Paris VIII and a degree in Psychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. As a dancer and performer he has collaborated with Gerard & Kelly and Alexandra Bachzetsis off Greece, he has participated in the Munich, Lyon and Birmingham Biennales, and he has performed at the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Hellerau (Dresden), The Place (London), Mercat des Flors (Barcelona), etc. In Greece he has collaborated with choreographers Patricia Apergi and Tzeni Argyriou, with theatre directors Argyris Pantazara, Kirki Karalis, et al. In 2020 he presented the choreography Tonight and every night at ARC, while in 2021 and 2022 he presented The diving horse and A User’s manual at the Onassis Cultural Centre. He has received an award from ARTWORKS (2021) and he is a Fellow of the Artists Support Programme of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Concept, text, choreography: Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Set construction: Nicolas Diamantidis
Lighting designer: Marietta Pavlaki
Music: Carlo Rustichelli, Domenico Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, Cole Porter, William Schuman, John Lee Hooker
Performers/co-creators: Stavroula Siamou, Veatriki Kapnisi, Owen Ridley Demonick, Konstantinos Zografos, Sevasti Zafira, Christina Skoutela, Dimitris Matsoukas, Athina Geraniou, Thodoris Nastos, Konstantinos Papanikolaou
Production: Konstantinos Papanikolaou & Art Tik Tak
With the support of: MIR
With the financial support of the Greek Ministry of Culture
Premiere: MIRfestival 2023.
