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Screening
NOWHERE Director’s Cut
Dimitris Papaioannou
March 2 2024, 9.00pm
Running time 42’
This year’s FOG program features the film version of NOWHERE – Director’s Cut, a National Theatre of Greece commission that Papaioannou originally devised for the theatre. Created, filmed and curated by the artist, NOWHERE was conceived as a site-specific project in which the performance space was itself choreographed by equipping the stage with new devices. A group of people tackled and challenged the space, measuring it with their own bodies and prompting a reflection on the nature of theatre itself as a machine that mirrors human life.
Painter, illustrator and now established choreographer, Dimitris Papaioannou captivates audiences around the world with monumental stage works in which each tableau is an aesthetic revelation. His theater fuses experimental dance, physical theater and performance into surreal, dreamlike and immersive shows. Papaioannou currently lives and works in Athens. His works have been presented at festivals and theaters in Europe, Asia, Australia, and America. Among many awards, he received the European Theater Prize (2017), two Emmy Awards nominations (2016), and two Olivier Awards nominations (2019, 2022).
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Credits
filmed and edited by Dimitris Papaioannou
additional filming: Kyriacos Karseras, Stelios Kamitsis
editing advisor: Matt Johnson / additional sound recording: Kostas Michopoulos
editing of the full performance – video co-commissioned by: Dance Umbrella Festival, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
with the support of: Teatro della Pergola – Firenze Saitama Arts Theatre, National Theater & Concert Hall (Taipei, Taiwan)
produced by: 2WORKS / Dimitris Papaioannou is supported by: Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall
international relations and communication manager: Julian Mommert
