Photographs by Joe Smith
RU(i)NS
RU(i)NS
Choreography by Athanasia Kanellopoulou
Premiered as part of Tlieta(3)
The piece ”RU(i)NS” of the Choreographer Athanasia Kanellopoulou in collaboration with ŻfinMalta Dance Ensemble is a dance theatre piece which reflects fragments of our trembling, edgy world. Bodies in crisis, exiled, in search of the instant moment of their serenity. Moments of a shaken society that tries to resist and stay united. Bodies that are in search of the cell of their History, constructing the deconstruction.The landscape of a no-mans-land lies underneath us, within us. How many borders and lines must we cross to reach home? How many stones must we carry to build a new life? How many circles must we create to find the buried History?
This is a work that explores the cyclic pattern of creation and destruction, construction and deconstruction, of life and death as determined by man and the history of the world. RU(i)N is a work that is defined by ones sense of home that energetically draws us within a community that ultimately (through power) disrupts and destroys.
“I must Create a System,
or be enslav’d by another Man’s.
I will not Reason and Compare;
my business is to Create.”William Blake
Tlieta(3) is an evening of three works by female choreographers and composers. The evening is themed with the context of identity whereby the works collectively engage with notions of reflection, communication, construction, destruction and resistance. The role of the female choreographer against the tradition of male choreographers in dance is one of particular interest in contemporary discourse. A topic that has in some ways become a matter of urgency within the global dance industry, it highlights the ironically disproportionate visibility of women in dance when it comes to choreography.
ŻfinMalta will be presenting the works of the emerging choreographer Rachel Calleja, established dance maker Francesca Tranter and internationally acclaimed dance artist Athanasia Kanellopoulou. This trio of strong female voices will be reflected through their individual questions on identity, space, gender and their inherently Mediterranean sensibilities. The evening will also include sound scores by Jess Rymer (UK), Veronique Vella (Malta) and composer and sound designer Konstantina Polychronopoulou (Greece).
Duration: 20 minutes
Production team
Choreography: Athanasia Kanellopoulou
Music Composition: Konstantina Polychronopoulou
Rehearsal Director: Mavin Khoo
Costume Design & Making: Deborah Rossetto NO.ME