ATITLON - A work by Antonia Economou

ATITLON - A work by Antonia Economou

June 11, 12, 13, 2024

Contemporary Theater

After the first sold-out performances, the dance theater piece UNTITLED by Antonia Economou will be presented for a second cycle of performances on June 11, 12, and 13, 2024, at the Contemporary Theater (45 Evmolpidon, Gazi).

An invisible hand paints and the ghosts of the creator appear in flesh and bones. In a haunted locus of conflict and discord, he stands as a mere spectator. A painting slowly appears in three dimensional form and is immortalized “inside” the white canvas. The distorted figures that emerge leave behind traces and imprints of their journey, documenting on the canvas a love story that progresses from beginning to end. Like an incomprehensible chaos that, much like nature itself, creates order.

A figurative allegory for the universal need of humans to create through the body, whose memory, and as memory, is always condemned to return to the wounds it believes it has forgotten.

Choreographer Antonia Economou writes: "ATITLON began in 2019 and the creative process was interrupted due to lockdown. During this period, I started experimenting with moving images, using cinematic and visual means. These processes inspired me to create the new version of ATITLON, reapproaching it through new lenses beyond the choreographic aspect. In collaboration with Constantine Skourlis, we created a new score with the aim of having sound, light, moving bodies, and the visual space in constant dialogue, 'moving' together towards a static image, a painting, a black and white universe. ATITLON, for me, represents a multidimensional world that nurture a story about love, conflict, memory, and trauma."

Credits

Concept - Visual Space - Direction - Choreography: Antonia Economou
Original Music: Constantine Skourlis
Music: Vivaldi "Pieta-Sacred Works (for alto)"
Assistant Choreographer: Irini Damianidou

Muse | Xenia Stathouli
Narcissus | Pavlos Lykoudis
Chaos | Nikos Tsolis
Eros | Orestis Alexiadis
Dancers: Xenia Tambourlou, Alexandra Drandaki, Klaus Shehaj, Irini Damianidou

Scenography: Lydia Lambropoulou
Lighting Design: Vangelis Moundrichas
Costumes/Special Constructions: Konstantinos Chaldaios
Assistant Costume Designer: Iris Myrsini Sideri
MUA: Petros Tingas
Assistant MUAs: Stamatis Theocharis, Angeliki Glavina
Filming/Film: Christos Adrianopoulos
Design: Zoe Kravvariti
Halldorophone: Konstantinos Chinis
Piano: Christos Sakellaridis
Sound: Nicolas Kazazis
Production Organization: Lydia Lambropoulou
Communications Manager: Katerina P. Trichia
Production: ERGO

With the Support of the NEON Organization for Culture and Development

We would like to thank the following people and artists for their collaboration, material creation, and support: Konstantinos Katsoudas, Petrina Giannakou, Dimitris Tsikoukas, Danai Morfoniou, Heraklis Kotsarinis, Christiane Lange, Adrianos Efthymiadis, Giannis Theodorakis, Achilleas Charitos, Orestis Mavroudis, Periklis Skordilis, Hero Eirini Daskalaki, Spyros Christakis, Elina Demirtzioglou, Myrto Stolidi, Margarita Tontisaki, Chrysanthi Fytiza, Iris Katraki, Kris Radanov, Project 8, Edgen Lame, Elisavet Zacharakis, Giorgos Papazoglou, Epameinondas Kitsios, Nelson Eskioglou, Nikolas Kazazis, Aglaia Pagona, Stella Pagaiti.

Short biography of Antonia Economou:

Antonia Economou is a choreographer, director, and performer. Through her practice, she creates short films, dance theater performances, performances, and multimedia exhibitions, constantly experimenting with expressive means of representation and moving images in different creative fields. She explores themes such as decay, deterioration, and the idea of the human psyche as a labyrinth balancing between the real and the imaginary. Her short film "I Wonder, I Confess I Wonder" travels to international festivals around the world and has been selected for the Indie Shorts Awards at the Cannes Festival. She studied dance and choreography at the London Studio Centre and is a graduate of Art History (BA Hons Degree, American College of Greece).

https://antoniaeconomou.com/about