When is a body considered capable of dancing? What are the necessary skills he should have? To what extent are bodies considered 'perfect' for dancing? Is there an ideal body? And if the emphasis is mainly on skillfully dancing bodies, then how would different bodies, people with disabilities, of different ages and abilities dance?

The choreography focuses on the above questions in order to further explore the aspects concerning the able and the incapable body, the young or the older body, that is, the body that is not necessarily acceptable to go on stage. “What can a body do?” asks Gilles Deleuze drawing his question from two statements by the 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch de Spinoza: “We do not even know what a body is capable of...” and “We do not even know what senses we are capable of feeling, nor the extent of our power.”

The proposed survey borrows its title from the photographic work of E. J. Muybridge, 'Dancing fancy' from the 1887 book 'Human Locomotion'. With humor, he seeks simplicity in movement in a fairy-tale fictional universe.

Contributors: Choreography: Maria Koliopoulou Dramaturgy Consultant: Betina Panagiotara Vocal Instruction - Voice Dramaturgy: Anna Pagalou Sound Design: Yiannis Isidorou Lighting Design: Thomas Oikonomakos Costume Design: Eleftheria Arapoglou_Digitaria Artistic collaboration: Mariza Vinieratou Photos: Nikos Nikos Dancers: Katerina Avramopoulou, Katerina Gevetzi, Loukiani Papadaki Production Director: Cultopia Production: Prosxima Dance Company

Funding: Greek Ministry of Culture & Sports 2022-2023 and Culture Moves EuropeThe 'Culture Moves Europe' programme is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe Institut. This project was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed here do not in any way reflect the official view of the European Union.

Supported by Dance Research NRW, a scholarship of the NRW KulturSekretariat — funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen.With the kind support of “IJula — intersektionale Jugendlabore im Veedel”, a project of the RRCGN funded by the program “Demokratie leben!” of the German Federal Ministry for Family, Older Persons, Women and Youth. Additional funding comes from the Youth Ministry of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the DOHLE Foundation and the European Solidarity Corps.

More: https://www.mariakoliopoulou.com/dancing-fancy

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