LOUD WHISPERS

LOUD WHISPERS

Loud Whispers is the third part of Athanasia Kanellopoulou’s choreographic trilogy, which focuses on the female gaze. Four powerful performers ‘whisper’ sounds, incomprehensible words, and sacred prayers as they strive to exist, to connect, and ultimately to live within shifting predetermined frameworks. Lovers and mothers, perishable yet sacred figures, converge into the very same person. Elements such as the natural, the supernatural, the silenced, the rebellious and the desired, all find refuge within the body that moves.

Using references from Lauren Groff’s literary world and especially her novel “Matrix” (Polis publications), the choreographer crafts a timeless realm where women’s agonizing need for the essentials of survival unfolds alongside their fight for an authentic self. The successive transformations of the four bodies mirror the change of the social body across mixed eras, generating an urge that breaks through and reflects on what is consolidated within the stereotypical narratives. Illuminating the eternal cycles of creation and rebirth, in the imaginary and real staged world of image hunting, the speed is transformed into a deliberate pace of vital flow, celebrating the strength of women but also of every person of every era who strives, evolves and ultimately lives within the collective in their own, unique way.

Athanasia Kanellopoulou

Athanasia Kanellopoulou is an Athens based choreographer, dance performing artist and practitioner, who owns a very rich history of collaborations, with acclaimed choreographers and Dance Institutions around the globe. She creates her own methods from teaching into choreographing, filming, writing and collaborating with various artists from different disciplines.

She has studied with a scholarship Classical and Contemporary Dance in London and New York, Spanish Literature and Culture and Traditional Lute. Over 18 years she has lived in Europe and collaborated with prestigious Choreographers and Companies worldwide. Among others are: the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, where she toured with the company as a guest dancer in many festivals worldwide (2002-2008), Les Ballets C de la B/ Koen Augustijnen (2008-2010), Jasmin Vardimon Company (2006-2008), Gregor Zoellig/Stadttheater Osnabruck (2003-2005), Rafaelle Giovanola- Cocoondance (2010-2013), Alexandra Waierstall (2012-2014). 

Alongside touring and creating works for her own company, Athanasia creates different projects internationally. She has choreographed more than 25 works, and many of them have been presented in important festivals worldwide, She lives in Athens and she is teaching Improvisation, Choreography and Repertoire Works at the School of the Greek National Opera and at the National School of Dance (KSOT). In 2018, she founded the company ”Athanasia Kanellopoulou Performing Arts”, a platform of cultural and artistic exchange.

www.athanasiakanellopoulou.com

With the financial support of the Ministry of Culture