SOFIA, 21-27 September 2009

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Wrong Movement dance company is coming to Sofia, while touring in the Balkan countries, to present her dance work “Harta” on 26 and 27 of September in Alma Alter Theatre.

Prior to these performances, Konstantin Mihos, artistic director of the company, is going to offer a workshop in "Contact improvisation and performance" to dancers and actors who would be interested to participate in the performances.

The workshop is free of charge, the participants must send resume to: 3elena@googlemail.com

Performances

26-27/9 8 pm

Alma Alter Theatre

Workshop hours

21-23/9 10-11.30 am

Rehearsing hours

21-24/9 12- 2 pm

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BUCURESTI

"Harta" performance

9 & 10 January 2010

National Centre of Dance Bucuresti

sala Ronda 7 pm

with

Mihai Albu, Teodora Aldea, Stefania Antonescu, Vlad Basilici, Andreea Belu, Adriana Butoi, Alexandru Calin, Ana Coltatu, Bianca Mihaela Condruz, Elena Copuzeanu, Arina Capatina, Catrinel Catana, Andreea David, Mihai Dragomir, Sorin Flutur, Maria Foundouli, Laura Gavrila, Fineta Grigorescu, Giorgos Kotsifakis, Loredana Marincas, Carmen Manac, Marian Miulet, Valeria Simona Ion, Ana Nedelcu, Virginia Negru, Delia Oniga, Catalin Popa, Mircea Popa, Agota Timea Szekely, Crina Zvoboda

Assistant choreographer: Iris Bami

Workshop Contact Improvisation and performance

12 & 13/12, 17.oo - 21.oo

National centre of Dance

Master class

12/12, 12.oo - 14.oo

National University of Theatre and Film

About the project “Harta”

“ Harta ” is the name of a dance project initiated by Greek choreographer Konstantin Mihos and Wrong Movement dance co.

The actual Harta was the main work that Rigas Velestinlis - Fereos (a Greek Historical figure of 18^th century, see below) published. Harta was a detailed map of Balkan Peninsula, projecting the pioneering vision of Rigas for a peaceful, free and democratic Balkan confederation, where all religions and nationalities have a place".

Our own project is not about making a representation of Rigas Velestinlis himself. It is using him as a pivot to a deconstructive process about history, identity, what makes each one proud of his-her country, common culture.

The participants would have the opportunity to answer to a simple question:
Nowadays, do you feel any kind of oppression?
Now, in your own life and body what makes you feel oppressed and what are you going to do about it?

In September 2008 the following letter was sent to dance organizations in all Balkan countries and through their network to many dancers-choreographers:

"Konstantin Mihos, choreographer and artistic director of Wrong Movement dance co, based in Athens is interested to create a new dance theatre work with dancers from Balkan countries.

He is looking to collaborate with dancers-performers with ability and performing experience in Contact Improvisation, New Dance techniques and interdisciplinary work. Participating dancers should be interested to focus and explore history of Balkans and cultural identity,

The dancers will meet in Athens and work through a guided process.

Rehearsing period will begin 18th of November 2008. First performance will take place in Athens in 6th December 2008.

The production cost (fees, travel expenses, accommodation) will be covered by Wrong Movement dance organization.

Dancers who are interested should communicate directly with Konstantin Mihos.

In order to meet potential performers a dance-working meeting will be organized in each country as soon as possible."

As a result of this open call in November-December 2008, ten dancers-actors-musicians from Greece, Bulgaria, Rumania, Albania, Serbia and Russia gathered in Athens, worked together and produced a dance - theatre performance "Harta" which was presented in Athens War Museum.

In September 2009 a group of 5 dancers of Wrong Movement Dance Company travelled up to Sofia. After a workshop by Konstantin Mihos, offered without charge to members of the dance community in Bulgaria, the participants joined the Greek dancers in a 50 minutes performance in Alma Alter Theatre.

Next stop of this trip to the countries of the Balkan peninsula was Bucharest in December-January 2009-10.

Final destination, Belgrade in spring 2010.

Rigas Feraios

Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis (Greek: Ρήγας Βελεστινλής-Φεραίος, Serbian: Рига од Фере, Riga od Fere; 1757—June 13, 1798) was a Greek writer and revolutionary, an eminent figure of Greek Enlightenment, remembered as a Greek national hero, the first victim of the uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.

Biography

Early life

He was born in the village of Velestino, Thessaly, near ancient Pherae (from which Feraios derives).

He learned about the French Revolution and came to believe something similar could occur in the Balkans, resulting in self-determination for the whole population in the peninsula; At this time he wrote the famous Greek version of La Marseillaise, the anthem of French revolutionaries.

In Vienna

Around 1793, Feraios went to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian Empire and home to a large Greek community. While in the city, he printed pamphlets based on the principles of the French Revolution, including Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and a New Political Constitution of the Inhabitants of Rumeli, Asia Minor, the Islands of the Aegean, and the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia — these he intended to distribute in an effort to stimulate a Pan-Balkan uprising against the Ottomans. He also published many Greek translations of foreign works, and collected his poems in a manuscript (posthumously printed in Iaşi, 1814).

Death

He was betrayed by Demetrios Oikonomos Kozanites, a Greek merchant,^[3] had his papers confiscated, and was arrested at Trieste by the Austrian authorities (an ally of the Ottoman Empire, Austria was concerned the French Revolution might provoke similar upheavals in its realm). He was handed over with his accomplices to the Ottoman governor of Belgrade where he was imprisoned and tortured.

Memorial plate in front of Nebojša Tower in which Rigas Feraios was strangled.

From Belgrade, he was to be sent to Constantinople to be sentenced by Sultan Selim III. While in transit, he and his five collaborators were strangled to prevent their rescue by Feraios' friend Osman Pazvantoğlu. Their bodies were thrown into the Danube River.

A statue of Rigas Feraios stands at the entrance to the University of Athens. There is also a statue of his in Belgrade at one end of the street that bears his name (Ulica Rige od Fere).

Rigas Feraios was also the name of the youth wing of the Communist Party of Greece (Interior), in honour of the poet. A split of this youth wing was Rigas Feraios - Second Panhellenic.

Rigas' image is depicted on the 0.10 Euro Greek coin.

Harta - Rigas Fereos

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