Program of the Day // 24.7.16
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF MESSENIA / <<MYTHICAL DANCES OF MESSENIA>>
BARBARA KANE CHOREOGRAPHS AND THE MUSEUM GUIDES US TO THE EXHIBITION
Archaeological Museum of Messenia
24.7.2016 / 12:00
MYTHICAL DANCES OF MESSENIA
Barbara Kane choreographs and the Museum guides us to the Exhibition
Tanagra
Choreography: Isadora Duncan
Dancers: Françoise Rageau, Sandra Voulgari, Meg Brooker, Julia Pond
Music: Arcangelo Corelli, ‘La Folia’ Violin Sonata, op. 15, no 2
Air Gai Lento Air Gai
Choreography: Isadora Duncan
Dancers: Julia Pond & Sandra Voulgari
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigenia en Aulide, no 7
Danseuse de Delphes
Choreography: Lisa Duncan
Dancer: Françoise Rageau
Music: Claude Debussy, Preludes for piano, book 1, L 117: L
Minute Waltz
Choreography: Isadora Duncan
Dancers: Julia Pond (19.7), Meg Brooker (24.7)
Music: Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in D flat major, op. 64, no 1
20 years of Tears
Choreography: Barbara Kane
Dancer: Sandra Voulgari
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigenia en Tauride
Entrance of Priestess
Choreography: Barbara Kane
Dancers: Meg Brooker (19/7), Julia Pond (24/7), Françoise Rageau, Sandra Voulgari
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigenia en Tauride
Chorus of Priestess
Choreography: Isadora Duncan
Dancers: Meg Brooker (19/7), Julia Pond (24/7), Françoise Rageau, Sandra Voulgari
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigenia en Tauride, Act II, no 18
Barbara Kane presents choreographies by Isadora Duncan, by her female students, as well as her own pieces, all inspired by ancient Greece. Early-20th-century dance engages in dialogue with the exhibits of the Archaeological Museum of Kalamata in a performance that casts new light on modern dance’s principles. Enjoy a vibrant fusion of the past and the present, modern dance and ancient art – a unique experience.
Barbara Kane
Barbara Kane discovered Duncan dance in 1968, thanks to a book by one of the great modern-dance pioneer’s adopted daughters, Irma Duncan. Barbara Kane went on to study under famous Duncan dance teachers in New York, including Lillian Rosenberg, Julia Levien, Hortense Kooluris. She was a member of Isadora Duncan Centenary Dance Company from 1976 to 1979. In 1979, Barbara Kane moved to England and in 1985 created her own dance company, Isadora Duncan Dance Group, with the support of Jetty Roels and Françoise Rageau.
Today, Barbara Kane is a pre-eminent Duncan dance teacher, having studied during her European apprenticeship, under students of Lisa and Elizabeth Duncan (Duncan’s adopted daughters, who had founded schools in Prague and Paris), and in 1990 had the honor to study in Moscow under the successors of the great dance school founded there by Isadora.
Kane’s Isadora Duncan Dance Group specializes in Duncan’s group dances, and primarily seeks to foster teamwork.
In collaboration with the Archaeological Museum of Messenia.
Co-organised by Ephorate of Antiquities of Messenia.
Duration: 75΄
Reservations: 6976 696411, Maria Kelepouri
EUROPIUM / ROOTLESSROOT | ΛΙΝΤΑ ΚΑΠΕΤΑΝΕΑ & JOZEF FRUČEK
Kalamata Dance Megaron – Main Hall
24.07.2016 / 22:00
EUROPIUM / ROOTLESSROOT | LINDA KAPETANEA & JOZEF FRUČEK
Concept & Direction: RootlessRoot - Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Fruček
Set Design: Jozef Fruček
Music Composition: Vassilis Mantzoukis
Dramaturgy: Martin Kubran
Sound Engineer: Christos Parapagkidis
Light Design: Sofia Alexiadou
Costumes: Isabelle Lhoas
Created and Performed by: Manuel Ronda, Jacob Ingram-Dodd, Hyaejin Lee, Paul Blackman, Linda Kapetanea
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Produced by: Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens & RootlessRoot
Co-produced by: JoJo-Oulu Dance Centre, Oulu City Theater
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Europium poses the question of our collective identity and, by extension, of European identity. With allusions to the historical event of the wreck of the Medusa (1816) on the West African coast and the cannibalism that occurred among the crew on the raft, the performance paints a marginal and questionable future of Europe and its values. In an atmosphere of mounting tension, intense physicality, dialogue with the audience and choreographic images, Europium contemplates our precarious future, individuality and alterity, values and the efforts to defend them, as well as the conflicts that inevitably occur.
Duration: 75΄
Linda Kapetanea, a native of Kalamata, and Jozef Fruček from Slovakia, established RootlessRoot in 2006. Their works have been performed in many major festivals around the world (UK, Czech Republic, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, Canada), and have received many prizes and accolades: Best Performance of the Year and Audience Award 2015 – Czech Dance Platform 2015 for Collective Loss of Memory, Herald Angel Award 2009, special commendation from the Total Theatre Awards 2009 for 100 Wounded Tears and Aerowaves Award 2008 for Sudden Showers of Silence. The group's projects are grounded on a highly dynamic, intuitive and strong language of movement, often inspired by mythology, symbolism, history and social concepts. This creates a scenic landscape that combines pure physicality with expressive content, explosive movement with dramatic imagery, giving the group a recognisable and internationally acclaimed artistic identity.
Linda Kapetanea is a graduate of the State School of Dance. Supported by a scholarship by I.K.Y she continued her studies at the Merce Cunningham Studio, at the Movement Research and at the Dance Space in New York, where she collaborated with Irene Hultman. As a performer she has been collaborated with several companies in Greece (Choreftes, Sine Qua Non et. al) and in 2002 she was awarded by the Ministry of Culture the Best Interpretation Award. In 2002 she became member of Wim Vandekeybus's company Ultima Vez and performed at the productions Blush, Sonic Boom και Pure, as well as in the dance films Blush και Here After. During 2006-2012 she was member of the teaching faculty of the State School of Dance.
Jozef Fruček graduated from the Academy of Music and Theater of Bratislava, completing his PhD Thesis in 2002. From 2006 - 2011 both Frucek and Kapetanea were on the teaching faculty at the Athens State School for Dance. Since 2012 Frucek is member of the teaching personnel of the University Ludwik Solski State Drama School
of Krakow in Poland.During 2002-2005 Frucek was a member of Wim Vandekeybus’ Ultima Vez, creating Blush (stage and film versions) and, Sonic Boom. He has participated in dance productions, experimental and research projects in Greece and internationally, He has been awarded as best new choreographer.
For the last seven years, Jozef Fruček and Linda Kapetanea have been developing the research program of Fighting Μonkey - an applied methodology of martial arts in the education of dancers, actors and movement practitioners. They regularly give workshops at international festivals and professional dance schools in Greece, USA, Asia and Australia.
www.rootlessroot.com.
Thanks to: the Mayor of Kalamata Mr. Panagioti Nika, Mr. Panago Fournaraki, Mrs Vicky Marangopoulou, Mrs. Chara Mantzouki, Mr. Giorgo Mantzouki, Mrs. Soula Kapetanea and Mr. Dimitri Kapetanea.
Europium was created at the studio of the Kalamata Megaron.
Produced and tour supported by The Onassis Cultural Centre
