Return

Dates

02.07 — 03.07.2026

Start Time

20.00

Description

Return is a dance and music performance for three female dancers and one musician on stage that explores the contemporary human condition through the concepts of the cycle and the ruin. The work approaches the body as an agent of memory and relation, as part of an ongoing process of return and redefinition. Through movement, sound, and materials, a ruin-like field emerges, shifts, and reassembles itself, tracing a path from the individual to the collective.

The composition unfolds through fragments of movement, sound, and action—small events that appear, transform, and re-emerge in new configurations. Rather than following a linear narrative, the work is built through successive encounters in which singular elements acquire meaning through their relation to a larger whole.

The archaeological site of Maroneia functions as a landscape in dialogue with the performance, rather than as a mere backdrop. Parallel temporalities appear and coexist without merging one another, while the personal is repositioned within the collective. Return is not a search for a mere point of origin, but an encounter with the other, the body and the shared space, where movement, transformation and coexistence become a common experience.

Contributors

Choreography
Mina Ananiadou
Music
Dimitris Lolis
Assistant choreographer
Sofia Pouchtou
Co-creation, performance
Maria Vourou, Daphne Douli, Mina Ananiadou
Dramaturgical consultancy
Iro Vasalou
Video, photography
Alekos Bourelias
Production
Anana collective
NPO

AMKE: CIVIL COMPANY FOR THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Information

The Ministry of Culture offers free admission to the events of “All of Greece, One Culture 2026”.
Advanced booking is necessary.
Audience members are only requested to pay for the entrance fee to the archaeological site (€5).

Duration

50'

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