Inauguration of the Onassis Stegi

The Onassis Stegi is coming to town and opening its doors to the public over a 2-day inauguration, on 11 & 12 December featuring artists who will be appearing during the 2010-2011 season.

The program is the same on both days and features:

ORCHESTRA OF COLOURS / Dimitri Mitropoulos, "Hyppolytus"

Main Stage / 18:00-18:40
Narration: Filareti Komninou, Nikos Psarras / Choral coaching: Melina Peonidou / Artistic oversight: Yannis Sabrovalakis / Direction: Vassilis Nikolaidis / Conductor: Miltos Logiadis

Dimitri Mitropoulos composed his "Hyppolytus" for the National Theatre of Greece production directed by Dimitris Rontiris at the Theater of Herodes Atticus in 1937. It is a superb example of the way in which the great composer and conductor approached ancient drama through a modern musical idiom. In choosing this work to inaugurate both the Onassis Stegi’s musical program and our collaboration with the Orchestra of Colours, we are also honoring one of Greek music’s greatest figures in this, the 50th anniversary of his death.

LORENDA RAMOU – Pierre Boulez, "12 notations" / Dimitris Dragatakis, "Antiques"

Upper Stage / 18:00-18:30

Pierre Boulez’s "12 notations" are a series of pianistic haiku written just after the end of World War ΙΙ in 1945, when the composer was 20 years old. Violent outbursts coexist with a lyrical inwardness and influences from the musical trends of the era. The eight miniatures that together comprise Dimitris Dragatakis’ "Antiques", which were inspired by copies of ancient sculptures made by Grigoris Semitekolo and dedicated to the pianist Nelly Semitekolo, reveal unexpected parallels with Boulez’s work. However, if the 12 notations are entirely representative of their era, "Antiques" provides a bridge between its era (1972) and a distant, primeval past on the verges of myth. A special piano concert by Lorenda Ramou.

MANDAFOUNIS/ ZARHY: "Y-HUE"

Upper Stage / 19.30-20.00
Choreographed & performed by Ioannis Mandafounis & May Zarhy

A production based on "HUE", a work tracing the borders between presence and absence performed by seven of William Forsythe’s dancers in Frankfurt in 2007.

BIJOUX DE KANT: "Colours"

Main Stage / 20:00-20:45
A performance based on Goethe’s "Theory of Colours"
Translation: Pavlos Klimatsakis / Conception, direction, set design: Yannis Scourletis / Music: Kostas Dalakouras / Video: Efthimis Theodosis / Dramaturgy: Katerina Konstantinakou / Assistant Director: Pericles Pravetas / Assistant stage designer: Savvas Artopoulos / Assistant costume designer: Deo Liakoura / Communication: Aris Asproulis / Cast: Katerina Misichroni, Dimitris Passas, Galini Hadzipaschali

Bijoux de Kant, a company which has worked systematically with Romanticism and with Goethe in particular, here presents its version of the Theory of Colours and puts a singular company of traveling players on stage. An alternative biography of the German poet in which music and video both have crucial roles to play.

KANIGUNDA THEATRE COMPANY: "City-state" (a work in progress)

Upper Stage / 20.30-20.45
Dramaturgy: Kanigunda Theatre Company / Direction: Yannis Leontaris / Sets & Costumes: Thalia Istikopoulou / Lighting: Maria Gozadinou / Assistant Set & Costume designer: Georgia Bourda / Cast: Maria Kehagioglou, Maria Maganari, Rebecca Tsiligaridou, Anthe Efstratiadou, Efthimis Theou

The core materials and structure of "City-state", a production the Kaniguda Theatre Company will be staging in April 2011, here stand revealed. An extract with the rhythms and the ‘feel’ of a performance.

adLibdances: "Oh! Deep Sea-Corpus IV"

Upper Stage / 22.00 - 22.30
Choreography: Katerina Papageorgiou, alias Kat Válastur / Dramaturgy: Nikos Flessas / Music: Thomas Mahmoud / Costumes: Benjamin Klunker / Performers: Ligia Manuela Lewis, Kiriakos Hadjiioannou

"Oh! Deep Sea-Corpus IV", the second work in Katerina Papageorgiou’s "Odyssey" project, is inspired by the Lotus Eaters episode. What does ‘forgetting’ mean, and how necessary is it in an era which forces you to know who you are?

STAVROS GASPARATOS: "Music for the stage"

Main Stage / 22:00-22:30
Stavros Gasparatos: piano, electronics / Anastassis Missyrlis: cello / Dionysis Vervitsiotis: voilin / Themis Symvoulopoulos: vibraphone, percussion / Yiorgos Poulios: electronics

A thirty-minute concert with older incidental compositions by Stavros Gasparatos for the theater and for dance, along with premiers of works which prefigure his collaboration with Angeliki Stellatou in "seven deadly sins" at the Onassis Stegi in March.

ΕVA AND THE APPLES

Ground Floor / 22:30-24:00
Eva Kotanidi: vocals / Manos Loutas: bass / Giorgos Zervos: guitar & vocals / Kostis Vazouras: brass & vocals / Pantelis Benetatos: piano / Marios Ioannou: drums

EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY BY STRATOS KALAFATIS AND LIA NALBANTIDOU

Exhibition hall -1

YELP DANCE COMPANY: "Bitesize YELP"

Foyer 4th Floor
Choreography: Mariela Nestora / Music: ILIOS / Costumes: Antonis Volanakis, Konstantinos Zamanis, Tatiana Suhoruhov

Characters from different works in the YELP company’s repertoire, 2001-2010, meet unexpectedly in the Onassis Stegi entrance and foyer. The meeting evolves into a dialogue between architecture and dance.

ΜEDEA ELECTRONIQUE: "Monotony"

Exhibition hall -1
Concept: Manolis Manousakis & Michael Larsson / Direction: Michael Larsson & Lokey / Writing: Michael Larsson & Manolis Manousakis / Music: Manolis Manousakis / Video Art & Animation: Lokey, Christos Laskaris / Installation & Set Design: Christos Laskaris / Sound installation: Thodoris Zioutos, Manolis Manousakis / Actors: Maria Goula, Yannis Evangelidis / Curator: Elli-Anna Peristeraki / Surround Mastering: Studio 19 - Kostas Bokos / Production: Medea Electronique

Medea Electronique’s audiovisual sculpture installation "Monotony" was inspired by Constantine Cavafy’s poem of the same name and Raoul Vaneigem’s "The revolution of everyday life". The Medea Electronique art company —their name a clear allusion to New Media— was founded in 2006 by independent artists who express themselves in a range of artistic idioms including music, sculpture and video art.