A dance work inspired by the slow melting of glaciers and the intensity of life. In Christos Papadopoulos’ choreography, bodies synchronize in an endless rhythm and gradually form a dreamlike, otherworldly landscape. Larsen C is a quiet yet unstoppable metaphor for the transition of bodies and life.
My starting point and inspiration is usually a moment: a fleeting impression that lasted only a little while. Something small, perhaps insignificant, that I am not sure truly happened or that I imagined. Yet it stays with me and persists.
Then comes the struggle in rehearsal to trust this small thing and call it important: to defend it and give it time; to try to give it form without violating it, and then to wait. Finally, to trust the process until it reappears before me more complete, filtered through the imagination of others.
It is a waiting for a moment you hope will come. As it is in life.
Concept – Choreography: Christos Papadopoulos
Music and Sound Composition: Giorgos Poulios
Set Design: Kleio Boboti
Lighting Design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
Costumes: Angelos Mentis
Dramaturgy: Alexandros Mistriotis
Assistant Choreographer: Martha Pasakopoulou
Assistant Set Designer: Filanthi Bougatsou
Production Management: Rena Andreadaki, Zoi Mouschi
Tour Lighting Managers: Alexandros Mavridis, Evina Vasilakopoulou
Tour Technical Direction: Angeliki Vasilopoulou-Kampitsi, Marilena Kalaitzantonaki, Stefania-Ilektra Pantavou
Tour Management: Konstantina Papadopoulou
International Distribution: Key Performance
Dancers: Antonis Vahis, Chara Kotsali, Georgios Kotsifakis, Sotiria Koutsopetrou, Maria Bregianni, Tasos Nikas, Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
A work by: Christos Papadopoulos // Leon and Wolf
Production: Onassis Stegi
With the support of: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, as part of the New Settings Program
Under the auspices of: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
Co-production: A-CDCN, Théâtre de la Ville, Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Julidans, Romaeuropa Festival, Théâtre Jean Vilar de Vitry-sur-Seine, Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri and Festival de Otoño de la Comunidad de Madrid
In collaboration with: Département du Val-de-Marne and Lavanderia a Vapore choreographic residencies projects
Tour support: Onassis Stegi’s Extraversion programme