SCENOGRAPHY OF ABYSS
“It was already 11:05 and the audience seemed tired, their attention slipping. The side door opened, an aquarium and a cocoon wrapped in black glistening foil were brought in, the atmosphere changed. Phones were put away, eyes fixed and short murmurs exchanged. Suddenly the plastic began to tear and the performer emerged, there was an audible gasp, the audience was magnetized. From above, overseeing lights and stage, I felt the space electrify. In the final red-lit moments, her gaze cut through the audience—and through me—as if the abyss we had created was staring back.”
ABYSS
ABYSS is a short solo dance performance directed and choreographed by Sabina Andrea Allen and performed by Xenia Argyri. Performed around and inside an aquarium, it explores how fear is experienced through the feminine body, weaving the myth of Medusa, contemporary movement, and experimental sound with opera vocals into a meditation on vulnerability, survival, and transformation.
SCENES FROM RUSALKA
Scenes from Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka | Music Theater Workshop
A cooperation between the Stage Design program at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin), the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, and the BSP Business and Law School
BARELY PERCEPTIBLE
Barely Perceptible is a duo show by Valia Lolidou and Kyklothymia presented at The Eye Altering Gallery.
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