Modulus of resilience

Iro Konti (Greece)

23.07 | 22:00 | Mikis Theodorakis theatre

Tickets: 17€ regular – 14€ student, unemployed | For 2 performances

Iro Konti was born and raised in Athens. She is a graduate of the State School of Dance and the Law School of Democritus University of Thrace. As a dancer, she has collaborated with choreographers and directors such as Romeo Castellucci, Russell Maliphant, Rootlessroot (Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Frucek), Alleyne Dance Co., Jasmin Vardimon, Jenny Argyriou, Yiannis Kakleas, Marianna Kavallieratos, Ermira Goro, Fotis Nikolaou, Alexandros Stavropoulos, Anton Lachky, Jukstapoz Dance Co., among others, performing in Greece and abroad.

In August 2020, she presented her first personal work, titled Numbed Emotion, and in July 2024, she presented her second work, Modulus of Resilience, as part of the 30th Kalamata International Dance Festival.

She has choreographed movement for theatrical productions by K. Markellos and E. Vlachou and has worked as an assistant choreographer with the artistic director of the Greek National Opera Ballet, Konstantinos Rigos, for the productions The Nutcracker and Microdances. She has also collaborated with Ermira Goro for the production Plan B for the Greek National Opera Ballet.

“We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen or those earned. We are really talking about humanism.” – Excerpt from Gloria Steinem’s speech (1971, Washington DC)

The Modulus of Resilience” is inspired by the book White Torture by Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi and serves as an ode to the value of effort.

This effort awakens an individual’s capacity for self-determination, empowering them to construct their own identity and embrace the multiple roles they play without guilt.

The present-day stories of women who have lived and been confined within a collapsing social model are embodied through the performer.

Women who have faced immense challenges, found the strength to resist, and ultimately survived a system of rules that dictated their behavior, position, and status, come together on stage to celebrate a culture of resistance and a faith in new (non) norms and principles.

Concept, Choreography & Performance: Iro Konti
Original Music: Orestis Zafiriou
Photos & Video: Panos Iliopoulos
Line producer: MnIM Dance Co.

23 July | 22:00 | Mikis Theodorakis theatre

Iro Konti – Modulus of resilience

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