{"id":55245,"date":"2026-05-07T21:55:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=55245"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:01:28","slug":"mercury-rising","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/en\/project\/mercury-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"MERCURY RISING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>18.07 | 19:00 &amp; 19.07 | 22:00 [60\u0384]<\/h3>\n<p>KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON &#8211; ALTERNATIVE STAGE[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Tickets&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right-from-square&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1775688961340{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"dt-fancy-separator title-left text-big\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dt-fancy-title\" style=\"color: #0256F6;\"><span class=\"separator-holder separator-left\" style=\"border-color: #0256F6;\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"separator-holder separator-right\" style=\"border-color: #0256F6;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>Mercury Rising<\/em> emerges from a phenomenological excavation of language. Created in collaboration with and performed by Dawn Jani Birley, Rita Mazza and Lukas Malkowski, the performance charts both ancient and future non-linear languages, navigating the terrain between communication, gesture, agency, and physicality.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mercury Rising<\/em> positions the body as a volatile site of discourse\u2014a place where meaning is made, unmade, and transformed through movement.<\/p>\n<p>While inviting its audience to decipher an abundance of signs, the work also explores the slippery nature of interpretation and ultimately releases us from the need for the literal or the explanatory. Incorporating multiple sign languages, and created for all audiences\u2014including deaf and hearing audiences\u2014<em>Mercury Rising<\/em> addresses the complexity of human communication on the brink of a paradigm shift. 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#0256F6;\"><\/span>Credits<span class=\"separator-holder separator-right\" style=\"border-color: #0256F6;\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Choreography<\/strong>: Jefta van Dinther<\/p>\n<p><strong>Created and Performed by<\/strong>: Rita Mazza, Dawn Jani Birley, Lukas Malkowski<\/p>\n<p><strong>Costume and Stage Design<\/strong>: Cristina Nyffeler<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lighting Design<\/strong>: Jonatan Winbo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound Design<\/strong>: David Kiers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backdrop Surface<\/strong>: Gon\u00e7alo Sena<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dramaturgy<\/strong>: Gabriel Smeets<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artistic Advice<\/strong>: Maja Zimmermann<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technical Direction<\/strong>: Andrea Parolin and Fabian Bleisch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light<\/strong>: Fabian Bleisch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sound<\/strong>: Andrea Parolin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Management<\/strong>: Sven Neumann<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: Sarah De Ganck, ART 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