26.07 | 21:00 [40′]
KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON – ALTERNATIVE STAGE
“It’s better to burn out than to fade away”
Neil Young, 1979
Superstar, the new work by Ioanna Portolou and the Griffón Dance Company, is an electrifying work about excess. It explores the spectrum of identity, personal boundaries, and the pursuit of constant recognition within an insatiable system.
Inside a boxing ring and with the audience just a breath away, three female dancers create an otherworldly and feral concert, testing limits and transforming the stage into a voracious arena in which spectacle always takes precedence.
Drawing from an archive of pop images, concert movement material and narratives of personal destruction, Superstar attempts to engage with the inner contradiction hiding behind the spotlight, becoming an existential question of how far we can go – or dare to go – before we fade away.
CONTENT WARNINGS:
*The performance uses smoke and lighting effects (no strobe)
*Recommended for audiences aged 14+
Choreography: Ioanna Portolou
Music: Antonis Palaskas
Dramaturgy: Dimitra Mitropoulou
Costumes: Ioanna Tsami
Lighting Design: Ioanna Athanasiou, Tasos Palaioroutas
Assistant Costume Designers: Maria Alexandrou, Dimitra Stavridou
Production Management: Christina Polychroniadou
Performers: Ioanna Apostolou, Konstantina Barkouli, Theano Xydia
The performance was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture.
