ODD 2024 - Parallel Program
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Tickets
Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to submission through a participation form that will be available on Monday, 5th February, at onassis.org.
Language
The masterclass will take place in English, without interpretation.
Introduction
The dance continues with undiminished intensity as part of the Onassis Dance Days 2024 program. Renowned choreographer and dancer Damien Jalet, known for his impressive choreographies, will give a masterclass on Friday, February 23. Additionally, the DIY, handcrafted science fiction film "Cabin 9," the first short by dancer, choreographer, and Onassis AiR Fellow Yiannis Nikolaidis, will be presented on the Onassis Channel on YouTube from February 26th.
Program
Friday 23 February | 14:30-17:00 | Galaxy Studio (Galaxia 2, behind the building of the Onassis Stegi)
Iconoclastic choreographer and dancer Damien Jalet (Belgium/France) is internationally acclaimed for his monumental choreographies that serve as visual installations―from “Skid,” in which 17 performers defy gravity by dancing on a ten-meter sloping platform to the seminal piece "Chiroptera" with 154 dancers on the façade of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. He has also worked as a choreographer for Madonna, Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Anima” films, and has collaborated with such artists as JR, Thom Yorke, Marina Abramović, and Iris van Herpen.
In line with this year's theme of Onassis Dance Days, which highlights the relationship between music and choreography, Damien Jalet's masterclass at the Onassis Stegi will focus on his creative collaboration with composers such as Fennesz, Tim Hecker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Thomas Bangalter, and Thom Yorke. He will talk about specific approaches, whether the music is pre-existing or is composed during or after the choreographic composition. Jalet will illustrate those different examples with a series of videos and drafts taken from his work archives. A participatory part of the workshop will also include an exploration of a series of rhythmical scores, giving the participants a sense of how a relatively simple notation canvas can lead to sculpting time in a complex way.Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to submission through a participation form that will be available on Monday, 5th February, at onassis.org.
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Photo: Rahi Rezvani
Planet [wanderer]
Available on the Onassis Channel on YouTube from February 26th at 12:00 pm
“CABIN 9” (12΄, 2022) is the first short film by dancer and choreographer Yiannis Nikolaidis, a project initially funded by the Greek Ministry of Culture during the pandemic era. It is the product of research into the application of choreographic methods and practices in the field of cinema. The film was shot in an isolated country house in Varympompi in March 2021 and was completed in the framework of the Onassis Fellowship under a production by the Shampoo films company.
What we have here is a DIY, handcrafted science fiction film.
Amid a dystopian winter, a man and a woman dressed in leather survival outfits live isolated in a country house shelter, seeking ways to communicate and coexist. As the film’s director puts it remarkably well, “They could both be the first or the last men and women of this world.”
The film completed its festival run by earning an honorable mention at the Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) 2022 in New York.
Still from the movie "CABIN 9"
Creator's note
This project’s starting point was the question of how organized human movement could be used as a narrative medium in a motion picture. Cinema mostly works with images and dialogue to unfold the narrative; therefore the “omission” of the dialogue was a true challenge for my research.
Driven by a wish to experiment with the materiality of both film and dance, I attempted to devise a new narrative approach, based on the observation and practical understanding of human movement. My aim was to highlight and systematize the way of recording the – often imperceptible – diversifications that comprise what we call body language. Cinema as a medium is equipped with tools that can easily penetrate the most delicate nuances of bodily expression.
The film’s script is structured following the form of a choreographic script. In other words, the standard format of writing a script is not employed, but is rather transformed into a personalized form of scribbles, ideas, and sensations that serve the choreography and are highlighted by the bodies themselves and their very movement. The principle of improvisation provided the foundation of the world of the script and the dramaturgy, which was built during the shooting. The footage that was interesting or served the evolution of the plot was thoroughly rehearsed until we reached the desired effect.
Film credits:
Written, Directed and Produced by:
Yiannis Nikolaidis
With:
Maria Breyianni
Christos Strinopoulos
Cinematographer:
Harry Patramanis
Music, Sound Design, Re-Recording, Mixing:
Manolis Manousakis
Producer:
Eleni Asvesta
Editor:
Miltiades Christides
Costume Designer:
Ioanna Tsami
Sound on Set:
Konstantinos Stylianou
Color Timing:
Manthos Sardis
Titles:
Michalis Neromyliotis
Thanks to:
Griffon Dance Company, Yuri Averof, Efi Averof, Rea Apostolidi, Christina Polychroniadou, Yorgos Valais, Fotini Nikolaidi, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
A research project in the field of classical and modern dance under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture 2020-2021
Under the Onassis Fellowship
A Shampoo films Production
@copyright Yiannis Nikolaidis 2021
