“Bless this Mess”: Dance performance by Katerina Andreou at Peiraios 260

Winner of the European Prix Jardin d’Europe 2016, the international Greek choreographer, dancer and musician Katerina Andreou, returns to the Festival with a performance supported by some of the most prestigious institutions of contemporary cultural production, theatres, and festivals.

In an attempt to regain strength but also a space of confidence for indispensable resistance, Katerina Andreou asks herself the question: how can confusion be turned into a tool, a strategy for creation? Bless This Mess, Andreou’s first group piece, expresses a person’s dynamic and irrepressible desire to move with others in order to find a stability of position, a voice that gives courage and energy, a sense of togetherness against chaos and isolation. This work leaves room for play that makes moments of relief and joy emerge.

12 July: Post-show talk with the artists

Artists

Conception – Choreography Katerina Andreou
Cast Katerina Andreou, Baptiste Cazaux, Melissa Guex, Lily Brieu Nguyen
Sound conception – Creation Katerina Andreou in collaboration with Cristián Sotomayor
Sound – Lighting Yannick Fouassier
Dramaturgy Assistant Kostas Kekis
Technical Director Thomas Roulleau Gallais
Production Manager Elodie Perrin
Thanks to Jean-Baptiste Veyret-Logerias, Laura Garnier
Production BARK
Co-production Kunstenfestivaldesarts Bruxelles, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, KLAP Maison pour la danse à Marseille, Maison de la Danse, CCN de Caen en Normandie, Next Festival, les Subs Lyon, ICI  CCN Montpellier Occitanie, CCN de Grenoble, CCNR, Centre chorégraphique national de Rillieux-la-Pape, ADC Genève
Residency Espace Pasolini, Kunstencentrum BUDA
With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Mécénat de la Caisse des Dépôts, DRAC Rhône Alpes

The performance was created in part at The Watermill Center – A Laboratory for Performance in April 2023.