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Dance-Banoptikon, is a hybrid form of performance that emerged through the collaboration of the Dancevacuum collective and the media arts collective PersonalCinema. The dancers are mainly migrants that are living in Athens, having experience of the daily problems of exclusion, discrimination and violence, which they express on scene in partnership with Greek dancers.
Through this performance we aim to combine the game with everyday reality. Dancer's bodies are moving continuously from the "state of avatar" in the daily reality of people that are struggling to survive and vice versa. “There are moments that we forget who we are and what happens around us. There are moments that define our evolution and often overwhelm us. There are moments that the game is us and we are the game. Who may provide answers? We are challenged to play as supposed to and to react as we are supposed to. The dialogue between real human bodies and digital entities could possibly lead to an altered state of consciousness beyond that which is permitted. Maybe?”
at Deree College, Athens, 2015.
The dance group dancevacuum, in collaboration with Personal Cinema presents the performance DANCE-BANOPTIKON. Concept-Choreography: Vicky Vasilopoulou. Dancers: Artzi Barouxi, Marianna Kallia, Abduol Nazari, Omar Rose, Vicky Vasilopoulou. Saturday, 21 December 2013, 10pm, at FREE SELF-MANAGED THEATER EMBROS