Axel’s Just Dreaming by Anna Papathanasiou | In the context of Onassis New Choreographers Festival 8

Anna Papathanasiou created “Axel’s Just Dreaming” as a compendium of moving images, an album of “unreleased” material. A series of seven video portraits that depict imaginary characters in states of isolation and ecstasy.

Each image presents an existence that builds its own narrative within strict chronological and spatial constraints, inside a closed circuit, behind a screen or a pane of glass. Each existence is a small explosion that went to waste inside a taped-up gift box never delivered due to problems with the postal service. Repetitious movements bring to mind a kind of purgatory where mentally worked up beings make each day special, even if it’s all only an illusion.

A tableau vivant of a dive into the absurd.

Credits

Conceived, Choreographed and Performed by Anna Papathanasiou

Artistic Collaborator: Kostas Gkarametsis

Cinematographer & Light designer: Nikos Kouros

Original Music & Sound Design: Dimitris Papadatos

Associate Movement Director & Dramaturgy Consultant: Iris Fousteri

Costumes Design: Kostas Gkarametsis

Color Grading: Aggelos Mantzios – MetaPost

Technical Supervisor: Dimitris Mavroforakis

Special Constructions: Nektarios Theodonis

Assistant to the Artist: Iro Adrakta

Assistant to the Lighting Designer: Ifigeneia Gianniou

Production Management: Nikos Mavrakis & Christos Christopoulos – TooFarEast

Production Assistants: Konstantina Douka-Gkosi, Stergiana Tzegka

Photographers: Yiorgos Kaplanidis, Petros Chytiris

Gear by RGB Studios

We are deeply thankful to Euripides Laskaridis, for his wholehearted contribution and artistic guidance; Angelos Mentis, for his precious visual gaze; and Kimon Fioretos, for his dramaturgical support.

Special thanks also to: Axel, Katerina Gkoritsi, Kostantinos Karavatellis, Ioanna Karagouni, Meni Konstantinidou, Lena Kostopoulou, Grigoris Mavrakis, and Renos Politis.