8 May 2012 Dance Theatre: Kreutzer Sonata
The contemporary dance group Asomates Dynameis presented on May 8, 2012, in collaboration with ETHAL at Technochoros, the work Kreutzer Sonata by Ludwig Van Beethoven, conceptualized, directed, and choreographed by Mahi Dimitriadou-Lindahl, in collaboration with the dancers.
The set and costumes were designed by Elena Katsouri, and lighting by Panayiotis Manousis. The dancers were Elena Hadzidaki and Loizos Konstantinou, with musical interpretation from the 1995 recording by Martha Argerich (piano) and Gidon Kremer (violin).
“What is the relationship that a classical music work can have with contemporary dance, both in terms of dramaturgy and choreographic writing and interpretation? Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, filled with shifts between intensity and calm, has sparked many interpretations that depict the passion in human relationships. Our Kreutzer Sonata speaks without words about something we all recognize, a part of our soul that is sometimes trapped in passion, and whose violent release can lead to destruction. In our work, the dramaturgy of the sonata encounters and dialogues with the stories of the body. A man and a woman meet in a relationship, where each tries to fulfill their desires, exorcise their fears, endure their loneliness, impose their terms, or even destroy the other… Through conflict or union, loneliness, violence, or nostalgia, the dancers’ bodies search for one another on a hopeless path. The music, like a magical force, sometimes sweeps and leads the dance along its own paths, where the bodies impulsively or uncontrollably move like marionettes trapped in its vortex. At other times, the dance and the stories of the bodies take the lead, revealing their power and giving new meaning to the music. So much so that we can no longer hear this sonata without seeing: …this couple. In this room…”
