In the framework of ERASMUS+ programme, Kinitiras Youth group in collaboration with Crooked House Theater (Ireland) brings together ten young people in order to create a performance that will take part in the Performing Arts Festival “Ragaire” *(Ireland) using their own tools and points of view.
An original idea of Kinitiras Artistic Network for Performing Arts and a collaboration with the Goethe-InstitutAthen,the French Institute of Greece, the Flux Laboratory Athens, realized with the support of the Franco-German Cultural Fund.
Part of the residency is realized with the kind support of J.F.Costopoulos Foundation and the French Institute of Bukavu (DR Congo).
Transition ECB was designed in May 2020 as a residency for dance artists working from their current place of living, in the flesh, from a distance while also employing widespread digital media and the involvement of online channels and communities, always complying with the current local and international health and safety regulations. This version of the residency came as an update to the original residency, Transition, planned to take place in Athens in March 2020, canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Transition I Enter Communities of Body, International Community Dance Residency (Transition ECB) was designed by Christos Polymenakos in May 2020for Kinitiras Artistic Network for Performing Arts as a residency for dance artists working from their current place of living. They would be working in the flesh, from a distance also employing use of widespread digital media and involvement of online channels and communities, always complying with the current local and international health and safety regulations.
Wherever you are on Friday 18/12, 2-5 p.m.(UTC+2) we will come to you, to watch together the works in progress created by our artists in Athens (Greece), Berlin (Germany), London (United Kingdom), Bukavu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Paris (France). Blaise, Emilie, Marilena and Patricia will be joining us! The webcast will be available on Kinitiras website.
Concept, Choreography and Performance: Blaise Mangitukulu
Poet/Writer/Collaborator Artist: Thierry Nkinzo Le Juif
Singer/Percussionist: Ciza Ntamushigo Joseph
Co-director/ Danser: Darel Longundu
Concept, Choreography and Performance: Patricia Woltmann
Camera and editing: Karl Ingar Røys
Choreographic Assistance: Maja Zimmerer
Creator, Director, Choreographer: Marilena Sitaropoulou
Assistant Choreographer: Korina Kokkali
Cinematography, Editing, Stills: Christos Symeonides
Dancers: Jessica Onyinyechi Anosike and Korina Kokkali
Music: Calum Perrin
concept and performer: Emilie VAUDOU
videographer: Rosalie LUST
artistic collaborator: Louis SÉ
translation: Georgia ZACHOU and Panagiotis TRIPOLITSIOTIS
With the exceptional participation of: Cédric DJEDJE
and: The cows from Honfleur (France), The bull from The National Park Penēda-Gerês (Portugal)
Dance is everywhere and dancing never stops. Dance, because we are reborn!
Get ready for a series of international Community Dance events by dance artists responding to the challenges of today using their creative power. Blaise Mangitukulu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Emilie Vaudou from France, Marilena Sitaropoulou from Greece and Patricia Woltmann from Germany work in the flesh, remotely and online to create workshops and works in progress that express and enrich the community. .
