Guest performances

RELEASED

Released

Ioannis Mandafounis

The Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company was invited to this year's Lugano Dance Project with the new creation "Released".

Lugano Dance Project was born with the aim of producing every year new dance performances, created by established talents on the contemporary international scene, who take up the challenge to thoroughly develop a main theme, suggested by the territory hosting the festival.

After exploring the relationship that exists between art, body and movement, Lugano Dance Project has decided to further examine the relationship between the human body and architectural structures, by entrusting the creation of five totally new works to the same number of contemporary choreographers: Rhodnie Désir from Canada, Swiss/Belgian Cindy Van Acker, Ioannis Mandafounis, of Greek origin but based in Germany, the new artistic director of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Christos Papadopoulos also from Greece, and Nicola Galli from Italy.

Teatro San MaternoAscona (Guest performance)

  • Sun16.06.202411:00
  • Sun16.06.202418:00

Released

  • Choreography
    • Ioannis Mandafounis
  • Dance
    • Tänzer*innen der Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company

This site-specific creation was inspired by the extraordinary Bauhaus-architecture of Teatro San Materno. Due to its multipurpose use and the way it is situated in the landscape the building itself creates vastly different situations between intimacy and publicity.

The audience is taken on a ride through the location from the quiet indoors to the loud and overexposed outdoors. Divided into smaller groups they consecutively experience the sequence of scenes each from their own starting point. In line with the heritage of Teatro San Materno as a place of research and experimentation the performance utilizes Ioannis Mandafounis’ method of live-choreography which makes each show unrepeatable.

„Released“ at the Lugano Dance Project
Foto: Solène Schnüriger
Foto: DFDC
Foto: DFDC
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