A group of mature adults dance and narrate through movement and words.

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This constitutes the springboard

for exploring how we construct

within time

what each of us defines as ‘self’

at each moment in an ongoing exchange

with body practices,

the people we meet in our life paths

and with society.

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The project “What about you? Have you been constructed?”

examines the body as an archive

that stores, remembers and creates

the “I”, “You” and a common identity of ours. 

As part of a transaction

within the spheres of public and private life.

The city as the canvas of our relationships and dreams.

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The project's weekly community dance meetings explored 

movement improvisations,

somatic exercises

and

choreographic structures

resulting from the participants' narratives.

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The final piece resulted through 

co-creation with the participants,

each unique movement language

and

each moving imprint of the stories on her/his body.

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The final performance and installation utilised a soundscape constructed by a patchwork of the performers' personal narratives and recordings by the participants and the choreographer of private and public life situations our bodies spend much time in (fx public transport, kitchen noise etc). You can find the personal narratives of the performers here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-399277961/sets/what-about-you-have-you-been

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Recordings part of the International Archives of Popular Music (AIMP) of the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva (MEG) were also used for the musical accompaniment of the performance.

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Special thanks to FLUX Laboratory for inviting me to conduct this residency.

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Huge thank you to Cynthia Odier, Athina Deligianni, Christina Dilari who full-hearted supported me through the residency.

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The deepest gratitude to the performers:

Argiro Papastergiou, Clemence Barret, Dimitris Stavropoulos, Katerina Zygopoulou, Rita Roussou, Sofia Kalantzopoulou, Soysy Arkouli and Maria Kanellopoulou for her narrative contribution.

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