Here Not Here: 20 minutes in the mind of Euripides Laskaridis and ELENIT
Available only on 29.01.2021 at Onassis Channel on YouTube
From the Onassis Stegi Main Stage to the Onassis Channel on YouTube. A year after the world premier of ELENIT in Athens, Euripides Laskaridis returns with a unique short documentary diving deep down the world of ELENIT's backstage rehearsals.
Photo still: Thanos Lekkas
"Here Not Here" was filmed at Onassis Stegi during the revival rehearsals of ELENIT a year after its Athens premiere, as the second lockdown prevented the restart of its international tour in Paris, where it was invited by the Théâtre de la Ville with the kind support of Fondation d’entreprise Hermès. Postponing the performances was a problem. "Here Not Here" was a creative solution.
In "Here Not Here" Laskaridis shares with us the preparation process of his team and his characters: a twenty-minute dive in ELENIT backstage and in rehearsals during the work’s revival. This elliptic backstage documentary had Eva Stefani as creative consultant, in collaboration with Pavlos Kosmidis, Emilia Milou, Fani Bitou, and Panagiotis Papafragkos.
Laskaridis has been described as “a tightrope walker who knows how to skillfully balance dream and imagination”; “a creator of an unfathomable yet familiar language, distant and moving”; “a charismatic artist who believes profoundly in the creative potential of spectators”. In this film, he talks about his process and the way he wants audiences to engage with what is happening here (the heart) instead of here (the mind).
Until we can abandon ourselves to the allure of a production that generously brings together and embraces humor and terror, let us enjoy this short film as a kind of haiku, filled with the power of an unforgettable production suspended between here and not here.
The short film will be available from 29th January at the Onassis Channel on YouTube.
“What is your problem?” is a leitmotif often encountered in the show. As many problems as we may have, this short film functions as a reminder of the importance and appeal of art to all of us, so crucial for social cohesion.
Photo still: Giorgos Poulios
Director: Euripides Laskaridis
Costume Design: Angelos Mentis
Original Music & Sound Design: Giorgos Poulios
Set Design: Loukas Bakas
Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Dramaturgy Consultant: Alexandros Mistriotis
Associate Movement Director: Nikos Dragonas
Technical Director: Konstantinos Margas
Creative Consultant: Eva Stefani
Filmed by: Pavlos Kosmidis, Emilia Milou, Eva Stefani
Editing & Sound Design: Panagiotis Papafragkos
Artistic Associate & Texts: Kyriacos Karseras
Title Design: Vasilis Marmatakis
Assistant Film Editor: Fani Bitou
Line Producers: Simona Fremder — EdM Productions & Nikos Mavrakis— TooFarEast
Performers: Nikos Dragonas, Konstantinos Georgopoulos, Amalia Kosma, Chara Kotsali, Manos Kotsaris, Euripides Laskaridis, Thanos Lekkas, Dimitris Matsoukas, Efthimios Moschopoulos, Giorgos Poulios and Fay Xhuma
Also appearing: Kostas Alexiou, Areti Antonatou, Giorgos Antonopoulos, Olga Vlassi, Thanassis Dakos, Anthias Balis, Dinos Nikolaou, Kostis Pavlopoulos, Ioanna Plessa and Yorgos Tsitsingos
A work by Euripides Laskaridis & the Osmosis Performing Arts Company
A production of Onassis Stegi and Théâtre de la Ville-Paris
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