The 12th International Dance and Performing Arts Festival, Akropoditi DanceFest, under the name Age-fully-present, will take place this year from July 10 to 20, 2025, on the island of Syros! Our festival this year focuses on the active presence of the mature body in the performing arts.<\/p>\n
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Warning for Contemplation sections \u2013 Elenita Queir\u00f3z \u2013 Basis 56<\/p>\n
Brazil \u2013Switzerland<\/p>\n
Warning for Contemplation Sections is a dance manifesto exploring resistance, exhaustion, rebellion, and the inexorable truths of bodily finiteness. Queir\u00f3z\u2019s work investigates the interplay of struggle, wildness, collapse, mutual support, and the temporal nature of motion power. The piece confronts the societal demands placed on women, particularly the contradictions of motherhood and the cumulative wear of time, leading to both exhaustion and transformation. It advocates for resistance through stillness, contemplation, and raw expression, defying relentless expectations.<\/p>\n
The choreography integrates concepts such as Portrait, Landscape, and Collapse, reflecting the fragility and resilience of aging forms. Performers transform into fleeting landscapes and fragmented portraits, evoking timeless yet finite encounters with the audience. Wildness surfaces as a dormant, untamed force, magnified by the vulnerabilities of aging flesh yet persisting with primal energy.<\/p>\n
This work engages performers and viewers in a shared reckoning of connection, and motion\u2019s ephemeral power. Collapse becomes not just rebellion but an acceptance of finiteness, a paradoxical liberation that embraces riot, stasis, and collective vulnerability as acts of profound courage. Through this epic, transformative performance, Queir\u00f3z critiques systemic inequalities, offering a vision of collective radicalism and vulnerability as acts of rebellion.<\/p>\n
Credits<\/strong>
\nConcept, artistic direction, choreography, dance:<\/strong>\u00a0Elenita Queir\u00f3z
\nCo-choreography, dance:<\/strong>\u00a0Charlotte Mathiessen, Mara Natterer, L\u00e9a Thomen
\nDramaturgical advice:<\/strong>\u00a0Ted Stoffer
\nMusic composition:<\/strong>\u00a0Raoul Alain Nagel
\nCostumes:<\/strong>\u00a0Laura Oertle and Marisa Stutznegger \u2013 Oema Kost\u00fcme
\nLight design:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrik Rimann
\nProduction management:<\/strong>\u00a0Elenita Queir\u00f3z \u2013 Basis 56<\/p>\nDuration:<\/strong>\u00a060 min.
\nTrailer:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/elenitaqueiroz\/warningtrailer<\/a>
\nStarts at: 21:00<\/p>\nTicket prices: 12 & 10\u20ac<\/p>\n
Buy your ticket\u00a0 from Ticketservices.gr or Apollon Theater Box office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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