Persephone reconsiders her fate
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Description
Persephone Reconsiders Her Fate, a site specific performance, was presented by PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER (PWDT) in a world premiere on July 7 and 8, 2023 at the Ship Graveyard-VLYCHA, as part of Mystery 89 Elefsina By Night. Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, artistic co-directors of the legendary PWDT , known for their "provocatively subversive, engaging, ironic and deeply moving" work and site-specific dance performances around the world, choreographed 11 dancers of the PWDT and students of the University of Maryland, based on the idea and artistic direction of Eleftheria Deko. The dance performance was accompanied by a five-minute light show entitled "Eleusis" designed by Eleftheria Deko, as well as the special lighting of the performance. The Daughter-Persephone is reintroduced to us to unravel all the facets of her personality before she dives into the realm of dead ships, before she travels to the amorphous seas of the unconscious and is reborn, before she returns to Mother Earth, giving us her wisdom, the inner knowledge that brings harmony, through the ethereal cycle of diving and reentry.
During their first visit to Elefsina on the 22nd December 2022, the choreographers gave a four-hour masterclass for adults and teenagers from the city of Elefsina and the area of the Thriassio field with an interest in contemporary dance. In November 2023, Persephone Reconsiders Her Fate received the international Best 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 2022 award at the LIT Awards. PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER's participation in the Eleuthera Civic Capital was supported in part by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International, a program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Significant financial support was provided by the international Creative Collaboration and Research program of the University of Maryland's School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, the Madden Chair and the Maya Brin Institute for New Performance, and the Friends of PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER.
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Artists
Ελευθερία Ντεκώ(Eleftheria Deko), Sara Pearson, Patrik Widrig, Σταύρος Γασπαράτος(Stavros Gasparatos), Sam Crawford, Νεφέλη Μυρτίδη(Nefeli Myrtidi), Βασιλικη Γώγου(Vassiliki Gogou), Angad Kalsi, Tzveta Kassabova, Stephanie Miracle, Connor Voss, Nneka Onyima, Ryan Smith, Shekinah Brown, Charlene Cowan, Charlotte Macko, Layla Nordrum, Brian Wilson, Αθανασία Λάζου(Athanasia Lazou), Αφροδίτη Νέρη(Afroditi Neri), Μαργαρίτα Παντιώρα, Ατελιέ Τσιούνη(Margarita Pantiora, Atelier Tsiouni)
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Stages of Implementation
Masterclass: 22 December 2022,
Rehearsals in Elefsina: 22 June- 6 July 2023,
Premiere: Friday 7 July 2023,
Performances: 7 & 8 July 2023 at 21:30
Partners
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, University of Maryland - School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Madden Professorship, Maya Brin Institute for New Performance, Friends of PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER, ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΕΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ ΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΕΡΔΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (DELTA PI PRODUCTIONS & ARTS MANAGEMENT)
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General admission: 5€
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Keywords
Χορός/Dance, Ενεργοποίηση παραμελημένων ζωνών/Activation of negleted areas, Πανεπιστήμιο/University, Ίδρυμα Mid Atlantic Arts /Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Διεθνές πρόγραμμα Δημιουργικής συνεργασίας και έρευνας της Σχολής Θεάτρου, Χορού και Περφόρμανς του Πανεπιστημίου του Maryland/University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ International Program for Creative Collaboration and Research, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής/United States of America, Θάλασσα/Sea, Οργανισμός Λιμένος Ελευσίνας/Elefsina Port Authority, Τοποειδής/Site-specific, Masterclass/Masterclass
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