Zeppelin Bend (work-in-progress)

The term “zeppelin bend” refers to the creation of a tied knot with numerous applications: a type of joining that can be understood both metaphorically, as a tie that binds us to someone or something, and literally, as a knot. Andreou situates her duet within the logic of this “choreographed co-existence”; the intention being not to praise duality exactly, but rather to concentrate on difference as the prerequisite for exploring the fine ties that bind us somehow to the other and keep us fettered.

Andreou situates two basic concepts at the core of her work: free will, and the techniques and technologies that hide behind various body practices and cultures, be they new physical fitness trends, or meditation and self-exploration exercises – all the symptoms of discipline or self-help mechanisms that help us to discover the limits of the self, at times through the logic of conformity and at others through an insistence on freedom.

Katerina Andreou appeared at the Young Choreographers Festival 5 with her work “BSTRD”, a solo that explored the limits of “authentic” expression on stage and the bodily “truth” of the performer. As indicated by the title “BSTRD” – a vowel-less abbreviation of the word “bastard” – this solo resulted from her research into various music cultures (a mix of house music tracks) and dance idioms (freestyle) with the aim of revealing the amalgamatory process of bastardization that exists in every creative endeavor.