Program Dance in the city
20.07 | 21:00
Kalamata Main Square
IRO KONTI / MNIM DANCE CO.
MODULUS OF RESILIENCE
“We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen or those earned. We are really talking about humanism.” — Εxcerpt from Gloria Steinem’s speech (1971, Washington, DC)
Modulus of Resilience is an ode to the value of effort. An effort that awakens the individual’s ability to self-determine, to construct their own identity, and to create, guilt-free, the multiple roles they perform.
Present-day stories of women from around the world, who have lived and been confined within a collapsing social model.
Women who faced challenges, found the strength to resist, and ultimately survived a system of rules that dictated their behavior, position, and status, come together on stage celebrating the culture of resistance and faith in new (non) norms and principles.
Admission to all Kalamata Main Square performances and side events is free for all.
- Concept, Choreography & Performance: Iro Konti
- Original Music: Orestis Zafeiriou
- Photos & Videos: Panos Iliopoulos
- Line Producer: MNIM Dance Co.
IRO KONTI
Iro Konti was born and raised in Athens. She is a graduate of the Greek National School of Dance and the Law School of the Democritus University of Thrace. As a dancer, she has collaborated with choreographers and directors such as Romeo Castellucci, Russell Maliphant, RootlessRoot (Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Fruček), Alleyne Dance Co., Jasmin Vardimon, Jenny Argyriou, Yiannis Kakleas, Marianna Kavallieratos, Ermira Goro, Fotis Nicolaou, Alexandros Stavropoulos, Anton Lachky, and Jukstapoz Dance Co, performing in Greece and abroad. In August 2020, she presented her first solo work titled Numbed Emotion at the 26th Kalamata International Dance Festival. She has choreographed theatrical productions by K. Markellos, and has also worked as an assistant choreographer for Konstantinos Rigos, artistic director of the Greek National Opera Ballet, on the productions The Nutcracker and MicroDances.
Her practice focuses on exploring the different ways in which we can use speech and physicality to create an abstract yet highly specific language.