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The Great Tamer

Dimitris Papaioannou

Dates

Prices

5 — 45 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Wednesday-Sunday
Time
20:30
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

Early Bird presale from 28 March 2017 | 25 - 28 - 32 €
Limited Early Bird tickets - Up to 4 tickets per buyer

General ticket sale from 26 April 2017
Full price: 7 - 15 - 25 - 30 - 35 - 40 - 45 €
Reduced, Friend & Small groups (5-9 people): 12 - 20 - 24 - 28 - 32 - 36 €
Large groups (10+ people): 11 - 18 - 21 - 25 - 28 - 32 €
People with disabilities & Unemployed: 5 € | Companions: 10 €

Group ticket reservations at groupsales@onassis.org

Duration

1 hour and 40 minutes (no interval)

Involving 10 performers on stage, "The Great Tamer" takes shape around the notion that human life can be seen as a journey of discovery, an exploration for hidden treasure, an inner archaeological excavation for meaning.

Dimitris Papaioannou’s new project is under construction. Involving 10 performers on stage, the work takes shape around the notion that human life can be seen as a journey of discovery, an exploration for hidden treasure, an inner archaeological excavation for meaning.

In his thirty years of work Papaioannou has striven to create a universe on stage that could be described as a dreamlike absurd circus. Human bodies become battlegrounds, interacting with raw materials, fusing into hybrids, giving rise to optical illusions. His rootedness in the fine arts gives his performances a strong visual feel, as he juggles teasingly with art-historical references, various practices of expression and performing, and ideas about our origins. Dimitris Papaioannou aims at an utter simplicity of appearance that is far from simple to achieve. His intention is to shed light on the sacred in the mundane.

As an artist, performer, comic creator, choreographer, director and exhibition curator, Dimitris Papaioannou is always one step ahead. The legendary Edafos Dance Theatre which he founded and created with Angeliki Stellatou stirred up the Greek dance scene of the Eighties and Nineties with productions that inducted audiences into a highly personal visual universe. Then, riding the wave of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and the acclaimed opening and closing ceremonies which he oversaw as creative director, Papaioannou broke new ground with performances that attracted audiences in numbers near unprecedented for contemporary dance. The choreographer used cutting-edge technology to frame his personal artistic world in productions like "2 and INSIDE", but "Primal Matter" and "Still Life", which marked an opening up to international scenes, saw him return to a more pared-down aesthetic. Papaioannou continued to moves easily between the spectacle of opening ceremonies and more personal works whose gaze is fixed on the world as he knows it.

For more info on the tour: http://www.dimitrispapaioannou.com/gr/calendar

Photo: Julian Mommert

Parallel events

Thursday 1 June

After performance talk with Dimitris Papaioannou
Moderated by Giorgos Mitropoulos, journalist.

Saturday 3 June

Workshop with Dimitris Papaioannou

Credits

  • Conceived, Visualized & Directed by

    Dimitris Papaioannou

  • With

    Pavlina Andriopoulou, Costas Chrysafidis, Ektor Liatsos, Ioannis Michos, Evangelia Randou, Kalliopi Simou, Drossos Skotis, Christos Strinopoulos, Yorgos Tsiantoulas, Alex Vangelis

  • Set Design & Art Direction in collaboration with

    Tina Tzoka

  • Artistic Collaborator for Costumes

    Aggelos Mendis

  • Lighting Design in collaboration with

    Evina Vassilakopoulou

  • Artistic Collaborator for Sound

    Giorgos Poulios

  • Sound Design and Operation

    Kostas Michopoulos

  • Music

    Johann Strauss II, "An der schönen blauen Donau", op. 314

  • Music Adaptation

    Stephanos Droussiotis

  • Sculpture Design

    Nectarios Dionysatos

  • Costumes & Props Painting

    Maria Ilia

  • Creative & Executive Producer and Assistant Director

    Tina Papanikolaou

  • Assistant Director

    Stephanos Droussiotis

  • Rehearsals Director

    Pavlina Andriopoulou

  • Technical Director

    Manolis Vitsaxakis

  • Stage Manager

    Dinos Nikolaou

  • Assistant Sound Engineer

    Nikos Kollias

  • Assistant to the Set Designer & Set Painter

    Mary Antοnopoulou

  • Assistants to the Sculptor

    Maria Papaioannou, Konstantinos Kotsis

  • Production Assistant

    Tzela Christopoulou

  • Tour Manager & International Relations

    Julian Mommert

  • Executive Production Assistant

    Kali Kavvatha

  • Set Construction

    Lazaridis Scenic Studios

  • Costumes Construction

    Hasem Exsteshamnia, Efi Karantasiou, Litsa Micheli, Litsa Moumouri, Irina Propeygolova

  • Hairstyles

    Lemon Poppy Seed

  • Executive Producer

    2WORKS

  • With the support of

    ALPHA BANK

  • Air Carrier Sponsor

    AEGEAN Airlines

  • Produced by

    Onassis Stegi - Athens (Greece)

  • Co-produced by

    CULTURESCAPES Greece 2017 (Switzerland), Dansens Hus Sweden (Sweden), EdM Productions, Festival d'Avignon (France), Fondazione Campania dei Festival – Napoli Teatro Festival Italia (Italy), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (Luxembourg), National Performing Arts Center – National Theater & Concert Hall | NPAC-NTCH (Taiwan), Seoul Performing Arts Festival | SPAF (Korea), Théâtre de la Ville – Paris / La Villette – Paris (France)

  • A great thanks to

    Taso Papaioannou, Kyriakos Karseras, Dina Tsichli, Christos Perzos, Kostas Bokos (Studio 19), Nikos Makris, Kostas Charalampidis, Miltos Logiadis, Sophia Katsoulieri, Nikos Dragonas, Christos Xirafakis, Tony Testa, Vicky Kaminari, Katerina Papaioannou (KIWI TRAVEL EU), Maria Dourou, Euripides Laskaridis, Zacharias Stamoulos, Michalis Skitsas, Nasia Pletsi, Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Kostas Kakoulidis, Lefteris Karabilas, Pantelis Iliades, Asim Baig, Claire Verlet, Vicky Maragkopoulou, Giannis Sotiriou, Voula Michail, Alexandros Zafeiriou, Giorgos Koumentakis

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