National Opera Ballet: 3 Rooms

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Her Ballet National Opera successfully completes the 2021/22 season with the presentation of a new ambitious production, with three choreographies of contemporary dance. ELS Ballet Director Konstantinos Rigos opens a creative dialogue on the modern language of dance with two of the most important forms of dance in the world, the leading Czech choreographer Jiri Killian and the internationally renowned Israeli choreographer Ohad Nahar. For four performances at 18, 20, 21 and 22 May 2022 at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the National Opera at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. The production is implemented with the support of the donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (ISN) [SNF] to enhance the artistic extroversion of the National Opera.

In the dance triptych 3 Rooms, the Ballet of the National Opera will present the new choreography of Konstantinos Rigos The equality of a childto music by the Artistic Director of ELS George Koumentakis, the emblematic choreography of Girzi Killian Petite mort and famous choreography Minus 16 of Ohad Naharin.

The pedal Tone for a Child

Choreography, scenery: Konstantinos Rigos
Music: George Koumentakis
Music direction: Loukas Karytinos
Costumes: George Segredakis
Lighting: Eleftheria Deko
Collaborating set designer: Mary Tsagari
With the dancers of the ELS Ballet: Christina Makridou, Popi Sakellaropoulou, Olga Zourbina, Danilo Zeka, Strato Papanousi, Igor Siatzko, Thanasis Solomos.
The Orchestra of ELS and students of the Higher Vocational School of Dance of ELS and the State School of Orchestral Art participate.
The Director of the Ballet of ELS Konstantinos Rigos presents a new choreography on the work of George Koumentakis The equality of a child. The work is based on Byzantine music and deals with the discovery of the world of nature and tradition. The new choreography of Konstantinos Rigos takes us to a black and white, dystopian, abandoned world, where the sign of a forgotten advertisement stands like a scarecrow on the distant horizon. The ground is grassy, ​​while some logs look like weapons of a forgotten clash. Adolescence, dreams and romance. Anxiety about tomorrow or anxiety about nothing. The boundaries of the world are changing, the whole world at our feet, the whole world above our heads. “Are our choices really ours or predetermined? The isokratima of a child is a work for a mixed group of ELS Ballet dancers and dance students. “Experience and knowledge towards roughness and sensitivity create a kinesiological risk”, notes Konstantinos Rigos.

Petite mort

Choreography, sets, lighting: Girzi Killian
Music: B. A. Mozart
Costumes: Yoke Fisher
The dancers of the ELS Ballet are participating: Areti Noti, Magda Koukou-Ferra, Daniele Pecorari, Angel Martinez Sanchez, Alicia Townsend, Zoe Schinoplokaki, Arie Beits-Vinue Seu, Algebou Segue, Jeju-Jagua Ségue , Danilo Zeka, Marita Nikolitsa, Giannis Gantsios, George Hatzopoulos, Margarita Costoglou, Ariadne Filippaki, Stelios Katopodis, Giannis Mitrakis.
The great Girzy Killian, artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater (1975-1999), premiered the Petite mort choreography in Salzburg for the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death. For this work he choreographed the slow parts of the popular piano concertos no. 21 and 23 of Mozart. The choreographer states: “This conscious choice should not be considered provocative. It’s my way of acknowledging the fact that I live in a world where nothing is sacred and where barbarism and arbitrariness are at the forefront. ” Aggression, sexuality, energy, silence play an important role in the choreography, after all Petite mort (Little Death) is used to describe orgasm in French and Arabic.

Minus 16

Choreography, costumes: Ohad Naharin
Lighting: Avi Yona Bueno (Babi)
The dancers of the ELS Ballet are dancing: Giovanka Zaric, Elena Kekkou, Magda Koukou-Ferra, Margarita Costoglou, Marita Nikolitsa, Areti Noti, Marta Rivera de Miranda, Eleftheria Stamou, Zopaoun Alocho Tio
Vangelis Bikos, Manes Alberti, Giannis Gancios, Angel Martinez Sanchez, Giannis Mitrakis, Arie Bates-Vinueza, Jauma Deulofeu-Segi, Elton Dimrocci, Daniele Pekorari, Giorgos Hatzora.
With music from Dean Martin to mambo, child and traditional Israeli music, the top choreographer and artistic director of the famous Bacheva Dance Group (1990-2019) created Minus 16. Naharin is the creator of the Gaga method, a unique kinetic language, which pushes dancers to exceed their limits. Minus 16 removes boundaries between audience and dancers in a unique, unpredictable way.

Ticket prices: € 15, € 20, € 30, € 35, € 42, € 50, € 55, € 70
Student, children: € 12
Limited visibility: € 10

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