No shape no shadow
Androniki Marathaki (dance), Vassilis Tzavaras (music) and Argyris Tsepelikas (Tai Chi) meet at KET for an improvisational set, exploring “no shape no shadow”, a phrase that comes from the world of Tai Chi and expresses the moments when all possibilities are open. Seeking silence in movement, sound and form in stillness, they gradually form a universe that resists change and leaves room for an alternative contemplation of what is happening around us.
Choreographer, performer and dance teacher Androniki Marathaki began her artistic research on choreography and choreographic improvisation with the support of the State Scholarship Foundation. Treating the very concept of dance with flexibility, she is interested in the various ways in which humans perceive movement and how they shape cultural forms and social relations in different environments. She has presented her research on movement flows, kinetic landscapes, landscapes shaped through relationships, the regulating mechanisms of the body and the sensory communication of self and communities. Some of her work was presented at TWIXTlab: art, anthropology & the everyday in collaboration with the Duncan Center for the Study of Dance. Her lecture is part of the electronic archive on art research in Greece.
Argyris Tsepelikas teaches Tai Chi and Qigong. At the same time, he films and directs documentaries. Since the age of seven he has dedicated himself to martial and healing arts. He founded the Wuji Center to share through Tai Chi his love of body, mind, movement and expression. Many documentaries in which he participated have been awarded in Greek and international festivals.
The musician, composer and improviser Vassilis Tzavaras is a founding member of Occasional Dream, Take the Money and Run, Project 37, 4+1, Silent Move, the theatre group Atonal, the artistic and educational group Gnous and AMKE weave. He has composed music for theatre performances and has performed in concerts in and outside Athens, with the groups Occasional Dream, Take the Money and Run, Silent Move and Storyville Ragtimers, among others. He has released 7 personal albums.