Kythera – Australia
Dates
19.07 — 20.07.2022
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Description
A musical documentary – a farewell ceremony of people leaving their homelands to unknown destinations.
Kythera is a special place, whose modern history has been defined by migration and refugee flights. The performance is a compilation of stories, songs, photographs and other material from the island’s local population. It was on this material that the musical documentary – a “farewell” ceremony was based.
Kythera – Australia is a dirge-like original musical work centered around the human voice that offers the redemptive recollection of the relationship of people with their land, and the separation from it. A belated ceremony of relief and memory. A big timeworn Goodbye.
Contributors
Artistic direction/ dramaturgy/ voice: Erifili Giannakopoulou
Musical composition/ live electronics / Voice: Nikos Galenianos
Stage direction / narration / voice: Eirini Georgalaki
Accordion / live electronics/ voice: Stamatis Pasopoulos
Sound engineering: Brian Coon
Poster design: Manolis Charos
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