SPYROS KOUVARAS
(GR)
Natura Morta (a dance less)
20′
Sunday 26.11 | 22:00
In a secret wood
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From mourning to catharsis. From trauma to cosmogony. A ritual eclipse for all that is lost. A prayer for the rebirth. A dark rave to bid farewell.
For MIR 2023, in the context of FOND AFFECTIONS, in a haunting landscape, Spyros Kouvaras presents an excerpt from his work Natura Morta (a dance less).
Two bodies stand suspended in the transition of time from mourn to ecstasy. They lead us from lament to catharsis and from trauma to cosmogony. A ritual eclipse for what we lost. A prayer for what will be born. A dark rave of farewell.
In Natura Morta (a dance less), Spyros Kouvaras signs a work about loss, about “lost natures”. A choreography which acts as a reminder of time for the inescapable fate of man and the vulnerability of the material world. Paying a tribute to composer Giorgos Kouvaras, his brother and constant collaborator, who passed away prematurely last spring, the choreographer introduces a liminal space-time in which a dance ritual unfolds, at times as a contemporary dirge and at times as an archaic rave. In a post-apocalyptic environment, two dancers suspended in grief and ecstasy, trauma and healing, pay a last farewell, seeking a moment of eclipse for other possible worlds.
“Two bodies, remains of a primitive rave, stand suspended in a liminal space-time between lament and ecstasy. Like modern shamans, they create a ritual of transition from mourning to catharsis, seeking with their dance an eclipse that will transform the trauma of nature into a cosmogony”.
Spyros Kouvaras
Spyros Kouvaras is a choreographer and dancer based in Athens and Paris. He studied graphic design and art history at AKTO in Athens, contemporary dance and choreography at the National Dance Centre of France and at Studio Ménagerie de Verre in Paris, where he lived for twelve years, founding his company Synthesis 748 Dance Co. His work embraces utopia, often using myth as a choreographic tool to create contemporary rituals. He has choreographed fourteen dance works and site specific projects for his company which have been presented in theatres, contemporary dance festivals, museums, galleries and archaeological sites in France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Argentina, Colombia, Lebanon and most recently at the CICA Museum in South Korea.
Concept, choreography, scenography: Spyros Kouvaras
Original music: Giorgos Kouvaras
Artistic collaborator: Korina Kotsiri
Performers: Christina Karayanni, Spyros Kouvaras
Dramaturgy, assistant choreographer: Stella Dimitrakopoulou
Lighting designer: Thomas Ikonomakos
Poem by: Maria Lappa
Photos: Stratos Yannatsis
Visual material: Giorgos Bakalis
Communication: Maria Tsolaki
Παραγωγή/Production: Synthesis 748 Dance Co.
Created with the financial support of the Greek Ministry of Culture for 2021-2023.
Supported by the Centre National de la Danse (France) and the Centre Culturel Hellénique in Paris.