TCH IN COOPERATION WITH THE 54th DIMITRIA FESTIVAL, DIRECTORATE OF CULTURE & TOURISM OF THE CITY OF THESSALONIKI
The performance is in English and Greek, with Greek supertitles
The director Elli Papakonstantinou and the contemporary experimental dance OCD Ensemble present at the 54th Dimitria and in the Thessaloniki Concert Hall two of their most sensational productions, which have been touring Greece and abroad for several years, garnering triumphant reviews from the critics. The ODC creates primarily hybrid works focusing on non-theatre spaces. These works, avant-garde performances that combine text, music, video and installations, broaden the boundaries between reality, political narrative and performance.
REVOLT ATHENΣ (at 20.00h)
A political performance that has been staged continuously since 2015. Far from the usual tourist image, this is a different guide to Athens, but also to Greece itself, within crisis conditions. Demonstrations and tear gas, criticism and poetry, activist communities and ancient mythology become confused in a production that blends actors, video and music in order to present the living reality of a place.
1st Prize at the BE Festival 2017 for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (Great Britain)
Special mention of the jury at the Puf Festival 2019 in Pula (Croatia)
Strobe lights will be used during the performance
Concept, Direction
Elli Papakonstantinou
Texts
Elli Papakonstantinou, Rosa Prodromou
Video, Installation
Pantelis Makkas
Set, Costume Design
Telis Karananos, Alexandra Siafkou
Music, sound design
Tilemachos Moussas
Lighting Designer
Olympia Mytilinaiou
Produced by
ODC Ensemble
Cast:
Rosa Prodromou, Tilemachos Moussas, Pantelis Makkas
THE CAVE (at 21.45h)
The Cave takes place in a dreamlike yet at the same time nightmarish environment advanced technology. Based on a popular Matrix-type theme, this is a contemporary reinterpretation of Plato’s famous allegory of the “Cave” from his
Republic, in which questions such as the relationship between reality and image. This “cyber punk opera”, in which shadow puppetry, new media, visuals and music are all performed in real time by a cast of five, this radical performance calls for critical reflection on fake news and post truth and people’s inability to see reality.
Prize winner at the Music Theatre Now 2018 competition of the International Theatre Institute
Strobe lights will be used during the performance
Concept, Libretto, Direction
Elli Papakonstantinou
Music composition, Orchestration
Tilemachos Moussas
Video Design, Real-time Video, Set and Costume Design
Pantelis Makkas
Shadow Puppet Designer
Tassos Konstas
Dramaturgical Collaboration
Stella Rapti, Tanja Diers
Assistant Director
Katerina Drakopoulou
Lighting Design
Olympia Mytilinaiou
Music Coaching
Anastasia Katsinavaki
Produced by
ODC Ensemble
Cast:
Blaine L. Reininger, Anastasia Katsinavaki, Vivi Petsi, Marilena Chrisohoidi, Pantelis Makkas
Anastasia Katsinavaki Piano
Marilena Chrisohoidi Santur
Blaine L. Reininger Pedals & effects