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.
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.
