«Addio addio amore. A piece for Pina»

Direction – Choreography: Daphnis Kokkinos The solo performance «Addio Addio Amore», is going to take place on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 of July 2014, at 21:00, at Carob Mill Art & Cultural Centre (Charoupomillos), Panormo. In a passionate and moving dance theatre performance, Daphnis Kokkinos, collaborator of Pina Bausch for 24 years, reveals the stories, experiences, anecdotes, exchanges and dreams that he shared with Pina in this tribute to her work and life. During the performance, Daphnis is collaborating with a dancer during a short tango on stage. «Addio Addio Amore», is an homage to Pina in which Daphnis raises a glass ‘chin, chin..’ and stimulates the audience with situations of humanity in his continuing exploration of human vicissitudes. His performance is an offering for all Pina gave in love, respect, humour and artistry to her colleagues, performers and the world. His first solo work is full of compassion, respect, humour, imagination and care. A passionate and emotional performance or better, a one-way ticket to a reflective journey through Greece, Japan, India, France, South America, and most importantly, life itself. “I don’t care that much about how people move, rather than what deeply moves them”. This phrase of the German choreographer Pina Βausch sums up her own model of creation or her own way of perceiving her art. Her aesthetics is mainly based on a philosophical perception of human existence and she urges us to define the source of “emotion” by amending the form and substance of her work, beyond aesthetic laws and academic categorizations. Right after the performance, an open discussion of Daphnis with the audience will follow. Daphnis Kokkinos is born in Heraklion of Crete in 1965 –he is the youngest of six brothers. At the age of 15 he decided to study ballet. His parents were supportive until the end of his studies. He graduated from the Greek National School of Dance in Athens. After one year of dancing at Zouzou Nikoloudi’s chorus, he traveled by train for three whole days with destination the Tanztheater Wuppertal of Pina Bausch. Since 2002 he had been the assistant of the legendary choreographer. After her death, in 2009, he is responsible for the rehearsals of the Dance Theater. For the last twenty years he has been travelling around the world, performing on stage or preparing the works of Pina Bausch: Iphigenie auf Tauris, Sacre du printemps, Kontakthof, Arien, 1980: Bandoneon, Two Cigarettes in the Dark, Viktor, Ahnen, Palermo-Palermo, Tanzabend, Bamboo Blues, Agua, Masurca Fogo, Danzon, and more. He participated as performer in the movies: Ηable con ella of Pedro Almodovar, Pina of Wim Wenders and as choreographer in the movie Zenne the Dancer. His first personal work, entitled Addio Addio amore is dedicated to Pina Bausch. The performance is organized by : «Epimenides» Cultural Society of Panormo (www.panormo.com)