A performance conceived and directed in the framework of the great white flower of China concept and the city of Shanghai. Inspired by the Chinese fan dance, it is a 45 min piece choreographed for a team of six performers holding mirror fans while their faces are transfigured giving them a permanent grim. The motion is slow, the audience is mirroring in the fans and the performers are revealing themselves periodically, moving in a grotesque butoh-like manner.
“An imaginary presentation of post-punk Shanghai, Anna Papathanasiou’s choreography with movements mimicking the flying of birds completed a ritualistic religious atmosphere connecting with the spiritual world..”InStyle magazine“A deeply immersive live performance by Anna Papathanasiou”
InStyle magazine
“A deeply immersive live performance by Anna Papathanasiou”
Credits
Concept & direction: Anna Papathanasiou
Performers: Iris Fousteri, Vivi Boutati, Tonia Zikou, Nicole Dedousi, Artemis Palaska, Christina Karaboiki, Anna Papathanasiou
Costumes: 2wo+1ne=2
Props & shoes: Anna Papathanasiou
Presented at: Dimotiki Agora Kipselis
Duration: 45’
Documentation: Ero Adrakta
Editing: Nick Kouros
Special thanks to: Maria Maneta, Euripides Laskarides & Aggelos Mentis