
Capture
Kosmas Kosmopoulos | Luna Park
Capture
Performance Dates:
- 10 Jun 2014: Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Main Hall, Athens (premiere) in the frame of the 13th Dance Festival of the Association of Greek Choreographers
- 14-15 Jul 2014: Studio "Oxo Nou", Chania, Crete
- 05 Sep 2014: "Ekfrasi Athina", a dance-theater festival organised by the Municipality of Athens and the Hellenic Centre of the International Theatre Institute
Capture is a dance performance based on the form of a research. It follows the stages of a research, starting gradually from the broad review of its context, continuing with the data gathering, the specification of the research field, the experimentation in identifying modifications to and impact on existing knowledge structures and factual frameworks of the research subjects, in our case, each one of us.
Five dancers explore their common reality from their own perspectives, creating thereby a case for the audience. It is, in its essence, a work about the concept of one becoming aware of their condition, free from any emotional subjective justifications, not any justifications whatsoever, and it is this exact knowledge they ultimately transmit. The audience in this piece is set in a position of receiving a kaleidoscopic pattern of information, which potentially adjuncts to a number of different hypotheses.
Definitions of Capture:
- The act of taking and holding someone as a prisoner or of being taken as a prisoner
- The act of getting control of something
- The act of putting information in a form that a computer can use or read
About the Performance
Capture challenges audiences to confront their own perceptions and the ways they process information. The performance is both an intellectual exploration and a visceral experience that invites multiple interpretations.
Credits
Concept & Art Direction: Kosmas Kosmopoulos
Curator: Gm Touliatou
Original Live Music: Anthony Palaskas
Costumes: Damian Makris
Production Assistants: Elpida Orfanidou, Kai Pichmann
Photography: Gm Touliatou
Performers: Maria Kandylaki, Evangelia Kimpizi, Eleni Lagkadinou, Marianiki Pagonis, Nikolaos Raptis (Konstantin Spyrou)
Produced by: Luna Park (2014) in co-operation with Weinmeisterhaus e.V., Berlin
Supported by: 14. Art Dance Studio, Cumana, Iris
Duration: 70 minutes