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Through this solo we seek to negotiate loss as a fact of our times, as a political and social phenomenon that makes our existence a priori a condition of defeat, a condition where we have lost even our very selves.
The image that forms the starting point of the solo is a woman entering her home, while she has just been informed of a loss she has suffered. It is never clarified what is lost, what is mourned. As the solo progresses, the woman gradually experiences each of the five stages of grieving the loss (as formulated by psychologist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, which are denial, anger, bargaining, grief, and acceptance). For each stage she experiences, her realistic action transforms into a dance, while the space around her gradually deconstructs.

Ticket cost: Regular: 10 euros. Student, Unemployed, over 65, disability, “Companion” (professionals and students in the field of dance, theater, music, visual arts): 5 euros.
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The project is implemented with the financial sponsorship of the Ministry of Education and Culture 2020, as a dance project.

Other collaborators: Psychotherapist Christos Karapiperis under whose supervision the physical research workshop on the subject of Loss was also held with the participation of A-year students of the Drama School of DIPETHE Patras, Paulina Yontsari, Thanos Triantafillou, Stavros Papadopoulos, Thanos Dimopoulos, Katerina Papandreou, Marialena Skaroni.

Warm thanks to: Christina Spiliotopoulou, Georgia Lebesi, Irini Apostolatu, Magda Korpi, Saltimbagos, Nikos Garozis, Costas Gougas, Savva Stroumbo, Parthenopi Bouzouri, Mavoli Peppa, Maria Kartavou, Sofia Mavridi.