Three iconic, short “ballet” works – L’après midi d’un faune (Paris, 1912), Grand pas classique (Paris, 1949), and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (New York, 1960) – are scrutinized, analyzed, and reconstructed as a choreographic collage, into a new staged proposition.
What constitutes a “dancing couple” at the present time? Repair is a quartet that puts emphasis on the notion of pas de deux and its different manifestations in the history of ballet. The ambiguous title, Repair, primarily denotes an intention of “restoring” the heterosexual duets and the choreographic strategies that identify them. It also implies, as a wordplay (“re-pair”), the “re-pairing” within the group. With meticulous technical precision and detail, the famous music compositions and choreographies are presented in a new “orchestration”. As such, a new relationship between them is forged, as composite aspects of the present piece.
Choreography: Dimitris Mytilinaios
Music: Lambros Pigounis
Lighting design: Dimitris Kasimatis
Costume design: Angelos Mentis
Make-up – Hairstyling: Ioanna Lygizou
Assistant to the choreographer: Elena Novakovits
Performers: Amalia Kosma, Pierre Magendie, Konstantina Barkouli-Gavri, Dimitris Mytilinaios
Production: howtomakeyourlifeharder
Executive production: Olga Tsatsouli
Funded by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports Supported by the NEON Organization for Culture and Development
*Dimitris Mytilinaios and Konstantina Barkouli-Gavri are SNF ARTWORKS Dance Fellows.