Love in the Time of Climate Crisis
22.07 — 23.07.2023
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International performer Erini, accompanied on the piano and the Cretan lyre by Giannis Papadopoulos and Giorgos Kontogiannis respectively, joins forces with visual artist Vassilis Galanis and dancer Sophia Filippou on an interactive and improvisatory performance aimed at awakening audiences to the climate crisis. Prose and poetic texts by the awarded emerging poet Evá Papadakis accompany the performance. The performers sing adaptations of traditional Greek songs on stage, recall the past of the archaeological site, and using improvisation as a tool, imagine the present and the future awaiting us in terms of images and choreographies.
Through the performance, emphasis will be given on man’s relationship with nature, which has historically been an object of worship and an inspiration for creation. Besides, it is no coincidence that the numerous references made to nature in traditional folk songs aim at bringing out man’s love for it, love as a natural phenomenon, as well as the motif of man’s struggle for survival. The work explores the crushing effects of the changes brought about by climate crisis, starting with the displacement of populations and energy crises as a result of wars, and moving on to the tangible or intangible cultural heritage.
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