AURORA

AURORA
SPYROS KOUVARAS & SYNTHESIS 748 DANCE CO.

The choreographer Spyros Kouvaras and the Greek-French contemporary dance group Synthesis 748 Dance Co. return to PLYFA in Votanikos with their new work, presenting the piece “AURORA” for five performances from December 14 to 18. “AURORA,” the third part of the choreographic series “Sacred Bodies of a New Ecotopia,” draws inspiration from the plant world and the book The Three Ecologies by Félix Guattari, exploring symbiotic possibilities between nature and culture in a time of urgent ecological need. Spyros Kouvaras creates a choreographic meta-fiction, a techno-natural space that hovers between dream and reality, seemingly detached from the conventional space-time continuum. In a scenographic setting where primal and futuristic elements interact, the performers envision a dawning new era. Their bodies appear devoted to the perpetuation of their movements, and through the constant exchange of sensory stimuli between nature and humanity, they trace the outlines of an alternative “geology of existence.” “AURORA” is not merely a work about the environment; it is a self-contained environment—an emerging community of living beings that, approaching our world with poetic abstraction and imagination, raises reflective questions about the cultural reality we have shaped.

SYNTHESIS 748 DANCE CO.

Synthesis 748 Dance Co. was founded in 2010 in Paris by choreographer and dancer Spyros Kouvaras, with support from the CND—France’s National Dance Center. Since 2017, the company has been supported by the Ministry of Culture and is based in Athens. Synthesis 748 Dance Co. has developed an international presence, with its works presented in theaters, museums, galleries, archaeological sites, and festivals across European countries, South America, Lebanon, and recently at the CICA Museum in South Korea. Spyros Kouvaras’s choreographic research and practice draw inspiration from myth and posthumanist theories, focusing on social imaginaries and embracing utopian communities of both present and future. The dance vocabulary diverges from recognizable forms of contemporary dance and centers on the interactions of body, sound, and image, creating kinetic environments with a neo-ritualistic aesthetic.

The performance is presented with financial support from the Ministry of Culture.