In Flux an erratic tale
Aris Papaioannou (Greece)
25.07 | 22:10 | Mikis Theodorakis theatre
Tickets: 17€ regular – 14€ student, unemployed | For all performances of the evening
Aris Papaioannou was born in 2003 in Athens Greece. He graduated from Art School of Gerakas (2021), finished the Greeks National Opera preparatory section department (2021) and also graduated from Greek National School of Dance (KSOT) with a distinction (2024). Currently at the 3rd year of Ballet Junior de Genève (2024-2025). Signed with internship contract at Scapino Ballet Rotterdam for the Season (2025-2026).
He has collaborated with various artists and choreographers including Marne van Opstal, Chloe Albaret, Valentin Goniot, Merel Lammers, Alan Lucien Øyen, Andonis Foniadakis, Patricia Apergi, Daphnis Kokkinos, Eva Georgitsopoulou, Athanasia Kanellopoulou, Thanos Papakonstantinou, Artemis Ignatiou.
He has attended various seminars and workshops with artists such as Christos Papadopoulos, Ching-Ying Chien, Douglas Letheren, Lea Ved, Asuza Seyama, Evangellos Poulinas, Etsuko Akiya, Anton Laachky, Adi Zlatin, Eva Georgitsopoulou, Tzeni Argiriou, Tugce Tuna.
Finally he has created his first piece “In Flux an erratic tale” wich was presented in “Young Choreographers 2024” from Greek National School of Dance (KSOT) at Polychoros Municipality of Athens Anna & Maria Kalouta.
What are the boundaries between light and darkness, between the clear zone of consciousness and the opaque area of the unconscious. There are no boundaries in this gray, unknown zone that lies between them. Only gates. There is not specific form of being. Only flux, fluidity, uncertainty, transitions and erratic shapes. There lie fears, hopes, primitive drives from which emerge constantly changing shapes and representations. Then comes the word. The tale. “Four fingers make a palm”. The “Rose Tree” of the Irish poet. The word creates a “form”, an ephemeral shape, tangible but always bound to glide into the other side of the gate. And the ship sinks into the gray, fluid zone where all premices and assumptions implode, trying to be reshaped, groping around the thick fluid liquid. Is death the ultimate fusion of duality? Between what is seen and the “picture”, there is always a sinking ship full of deep vague sounds and resonant uttered words.
Concept: Aris Papaioannou
Choreography: Aris Papaioannou, in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Danae Vasilakakou, Marilia Grantza, Aris Papaioannou, Pavlina Platsi, Alexandros Ripol Kandylas
Music Composition: Periklis Siountas
Narration: Nikolas Seymour-Stathopoulos and Aris Papaioannou
Singing: Kalia Mavrofti, Periklis Siountas
Lighting: Christos Tziokas
Artistic Coordination: Maria Adamopoulou
25 July | 22:10 | Mikis Theodorakis theatre
Aris Papaioannou – In Flux an erratic tale
