Dresden

Here is There

Here is There

Ioannis Mandafounis

Could human life be completely different from what we know? Cloning, time travel, immortality, teleportation - science fiction poses this question in ever new variations. What characterizes human beings? How do they live together? What is subject to change and what is not?

Each fictional scenario leads to its own ethical questions, which always reflect the ambivalences of real life. Inspired by such approaches, Ioannis Mandafounis tackles the limits of our imagination in his next ensemble work for the big stage.

Hellerau - European Centre for the ArtsDresden

  • Fri19.06.202620:00
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Here is There

  • Choreography
    • Ioannis Mandafounis
  • Dance
    • Dancers of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company

The piece is part of the longer-term development being pursued by Mandafounis as Artistic Director of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company. The ensemble works on the basis of his methodology, which enables the dancers to create a new choreography live on stage from their bodies, movements and actions, in every performance and new moment on stage.

In addition to this focus on improvisation, Mandafounis repeatedly undertakes unusual experiments in his productions: be it that he combines improvised dance with narrative dramaturgies, or focuses on collaboration with dance students, or allows the audience to get very close to the ensemble in a changing performance with different stations. "Here Is There" will also be part of this exploration of the boundaries of what a dance evening can be.