“AURORA”: Choreographic series by Synthesis 748 Dance Co.

Symbiotic possibilities between nature and culture in a time of ecological emergency

The choreographer Spyros Kouvaras and the Greek-French contemporary dance company Synthesis 748 Dance Co. return to PLYFA, in Botanico, with their new work, “AURORA”, which will be presented for five performances from 14 to 18 December.

AURORA”, the third part of the choreographic series “Sacred Bodies of a New Ecotopia”, is inspired by the plant world and the book “The Three Ecologies” by Félix Guattari, and explores the symbiotic possibilities between nature and culture in a time of ecological emergency. Spyros Kouvaras creates a choreographic meta-fiction, a techno-physical place between dream and reality, which seems to be disconnected from the conventional space-time continuum. In a stage space where primitive and futuristic elements interact, the performers imagine that a new era is dawning. Their bodies seem committed to the perpetuation of their movement, and through the constant exchange of sensory stimuli between nature and man, they trace the traces of an alternative “geology of existence”. “AURORA” is not only a work about the environment, it is a self-existing environment. An emergent community of living beings that, by approaching our world with a poetics of abstraction and imagination, raises reflective questions about the cultural reality we have created.

About Synthesis 748 Dance Co.

Synthesis 748 Dance Co. was founded in 2010 in Paris by choreographer and dancer Spyros Kouvaras with the support of the CND-French National Centre. Since 2017 the group is supported by the Ministry of Culture and is based in Athens. Synthesis 748 Dance Co. has developed an international career and its works have been presented in theatres, museums, galleries, archaeological sites and festivals in European countries, South America, Lebanon and recently at the CICA Museum in South Korea. Spyros Kouvaras’ choreographic research and practice is inspired by myth and metanarrative theories and focuses on the social imaginary, encompassing utopian communities of the present and future. The dance vocabulary departs from the recognisable forms of contemporary dance and focuses on the interactions of body, sound and image, creating kinetic environments with a modernist aesthetic.

Credits

Idea, Choreography, Stage Design.
Original Music: Thanasis Koumenteris
Dancers: Katerina Gevetzi, Stella Dimitrakopoulou, Eleanna Zoi,
Sofia Pouchtou, Elton Petri, Spyros Kouvaras, Elena Zoya, Elena Kouvaras, Sofia Pouchtou, Elton Petri, Spyros Kouvaras.
Performer: Korina Kotsiri
Korina Korios Koritos: Thomas Oikonomakos
Costumes: Kenneth Haarstring – Hoodie Lab
Choreographer’s Assistants: Mina Ananiadou, Angelos Papadopoulos
Visual Material: Yorgos Bakalis
Graphic Material: Danae Parouniadi
Communication Managers: Marianna Papaki, Nontas Douzinas

Production: Synthesis 748 Dance Co.