A body, outwardly at rest and inwardly vibrating. What processes does the energy go through until it breaks through? How does it change as the body matures?
In his latest production MELLOWING the Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos works for the first time with the dancers of the Dance On Ensemble and incorporates their body knowledge and experience into the creation. Together they dedicate themselves to the contradictory states of concentration and fullness, tenderness and unconditionality, pulsating power, speed and calmness.
Christos Papadopoulos’ works are fed by an intensely observant approach to movement and often unfold a lively and meditative power. His attention is focused on the minimal shifts of perception, the perpetual, often unnoticed and yet powerful movements that are ever-present in nature, in everyday life, within physical phenomena and political contexts. His debut Elvedon (2016) was inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves and captures the continuous undulation of the sea. This was followed by Opus and his third choreography ION, an artistic exploration of the phenomenon of ionization and its underlying forces of attraction and repulsion. In his latest work, Larsen C, he turns his attention to the micro-phenomena of movement, this time inspired by the popularised iceberg of the same name, which lost a large part of its surface in 2017.
More info on Dance On Ensemble website.
Premiere: January 26-29 2023 — Radialsystem, Berlin
Choreography: Christos Papadopoulos
Artistic Director Dance On Ensemble: Ty Boomershine
Dancers: Ty Boomershine, Javier Arozena, Alba Barral Fernández, Ziv Frenkel, Anna Herrmann, Emma Lewis, Gesine Moog, Miki Orihara, Tim Persent, Jone San Martin, Marco Volta, Lia Witjes Poole
Choreographic Assistant: Georgios Kotsifakis
Music: Coti K
Lights: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Costume: Werkstattkollektiv
Technical Director: Martin Beeretz
Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
Coproduction: Onassis Stegi und Centre chorégraphique national de Rillieux-la-Pape / direction Yuval PICK, im Rahmen des accueil-studio Programms.
Supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.