Four dancers and a musician interact with stage props and set materials, composing a multi-coloured body collage. These characters, taken from Plato’s Symposium, breathe life into inanimate objects, smells and textures, “dancing” to express love beyond the human dimension. Human and non-human bodies build a choreographic dialogue of ironic mood and provocative proximity, exploring “what love is” in terms of qualities such as soft, liquid or light. Symposium translates into vivid moving images Plato’s praise of love as god, as a physical state, a spiritual quest and a social condition. Dance is the main representational language, transforming the mechanisms of written speech into (kin)aesthetic stimuli. Placing matter at its heart, the performance’s dramaturgical approach takes a neo-materialistic turn that suggests that we should perceive love as the choreography of the lifeless. The set props and stage materials become channels of love, of co-creation and sensory activation.
Co-produced by
SNAP Dance Company
Megaron the Athens Concert Hall
With the financial support of
The Ministry of Culture and Sports
Supporter
I. & R. Duncan Dance Research Centre
