{"id":55317,"date":"2026-05-08T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=55317"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:04:56","slug":"maldonne","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/kalamatadancefestival.gr\/en\/project\/maldonne\/","title":{"rendered":"MALDONNE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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23.07 | 22:00 [55\u2019]<\/h3>\n

KALAMATA DANCE MEGARON – MAIN STAGE[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_btn title=”Tickets” shape=”square” align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right-from-square” css=”” add_icon=”true”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1775688961340{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column]

<\/span>Description<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”zoomIn” css=””]In Maldonne<\/em>, the first ensemble performance by French rising star Le\u00efla Ka<\/strong>, a playful yet powerful portrait of femininity emerges. Five dancers in long floral dresses move in a controlled and synchronised way, their movements tuned to breaths and voices. But what begins as delicate synchronisation soon turns into a chaos of lip-syncs and movements that complement and repel each other. Vulnerability and rebellion become intertwined in an unruly, expressive choreography.<\/p>\n

The dresses, forty items from second-hand shops, play a key role. They are not only worn but also transformed: knotted into phalluses, used as whips or as supports to cling on to while Leonard Cohen\u2019s Dance Me to the End of Love<\/em> plays. The dancers represent women hanging laundry, gossiping or being pregnant.<\/p>\n

But nothing is what it seems. Le\u00efla Ka question’s female identity, by constantly turning it upside down. Each transition is marked by a costume change, creating a mosaic of images and stories.<\/p>\n

The title Maldonne<\/em> comes from card games and refers to an incorrectly dealt hand, forcing the game to start all over again. For Ka, it symbolises the position of women in society: much has been achieved, but inequality remains. At the same time, the title also refers to Madonna, the iconic pop star who embodies female strength and rebellion. The performance offers a poetic and sometimes ironic look at the roles and expectations imposed on women.<\/p>\n

Maldonne<\/em> quickly established itself as an international phenomenon, touring continuously for three years\u2014from a sold-out Olympia in Paris to Colombia, and from the United States to Serbia.<\/p>\n

CONTENT WARNINGS<\/strong>: *1 sec. nudity (bottom) + loud noise (15 min)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1778162695723{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column]

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