Part of: Onassis Dance Days 2024
Dance

We All Need Therapy | Panos Malactos

Dates

Tickets

5 — 8 €

Age Guidance

16+

Venue

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Friday 23 February
Time
18:00
Venue
-1 Stage
Day
Saturday 24 February
Time
19:30
Venue
-1 Stage
Day
Sunday 25 February
Time
18:00
Venue
-1 Stage

Tickets

Type
Price
Full price
8 €
Reduced, Friend & Groups 5-9 people
6 €
Groups 10+ people
5 €
Neighborhood residents
7 €*
Unemployed, People with disabilities, Companions
5 €

*Onassis Stegi Neighbors can purchase their tickets only at the Onassis Stegi Box Office from Wednesday to Friday, between 12:00 and 18:00. Access from the “Artists Entrance” on Galaxia Street.

Onassis Stegi Friends presale: from Saturday, 27 January, 17:00

General presale: from Friday, 2 February, 17:00

Information

Information

Sensitive Content.

Strobe lights and loud Dolby Surround sound will be used during the performance.

On Saturday, 24th of February, the “We All Need Therapy” performance will be filmed. Attendants on that day will be asked to sign a copyright permit before entering the venue.

Language

The performance is in English without Greek surtitles.

Duration

40 minutes

Introduction

A panic attack confession takes the shape of public psychotherapy, on the border between dance, performance, theater, rave, confession, and group therapy.

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Photo: Pinelopi Gerasimou

“I was never concerned with psychotherapy before. I didn’t believe that panic attacks even existed. Until it happened to me,” notes the Cypriot choreographer and performer, inviting and challenging us to an utterly confessional “rave as therapy happening” with him and musician Die Arkitekt live on stage.

A dancer in the permanent ensemble of the internationally renowned dance theater group Peeping Tom, Panos Malactos, who gave a sample of his work two years ago in Onassis Stegi, choreographing the performance “We Are in the Army Now” by Elias Adam, is now presenting his own work for the first time as part of the Onassis Dance Days.

Revolving around the meandering subject matter of mental health, Panos Malactos creates this piece drawing inspiration from his journey through trauma, acceptance, and healing. Like life, “We All Need Therapy” is a state of fun, admission, (self)care, stress, and sharing. For this new project, Malactos dives into Die Arkitekt’s music universe, seeking peace and relief in the darkest timbres. Panos Malactos and Die Arkitekt co-exist on stage to deliver and challenge this bold statement: WE ALL NEED THERAPY.

Blurring the lines between dance, performance, theater, rave, confession, and group therapy, this piece engages the audience in such a way that each viewer feels safe and free to share (optionally) their own story. A multidimensional, performative, and unpredictable experience that fathoms the vast depths of human emotions while exposing the viewer to the rawness of the Western contemporary human condition.

Blurring the lines between dance, performance, theater, rave, confession, and group therapy, this piece engages the audience in such a way that each viewer feels safe and free to share their own story.

Credits

Choreography
Panos Malactos
Performance
Panos Malactos and Die Arkitekt
Music Production
Die Arkitekt
Dramaturgy
Ody Icons
Lighting
Vasilis Petinaris
Costumes
Orestis Lazouras
Production Management
TooFarEast
Co-production with
Cyprus Choreography Platform
Commissioned & Produced
Onassis Stegi

Special thanks to Christos Polymenakos (Body/Word Performance Writing Mentoring)

We would also like to thank Kostas Chaidos, Christos Papamichael and Melina Sofokleous for their help and support.

Supported by the Onassis Stegi “Outward Turn” Cultural Export Program.