Three Times Three #1

Curated by composer Spyweirdos (Spyweirdos), the monthly shows Three Times Three bring together people from the fields of contemporary dance and experimental music, in order to create a code between them, a language of communication that is valid as long as the meeting lasts.

Three musicians meet three dancers at a time. At the beginning of the evening, three random couples are drawn by lot and improvise for 15 minutes. The evening ends with all participants joining together for 30 minutes.

The first meeting of the season involves:

Savina Yannatou – voice

Andreas Polyzogopoulos – trumpet

Spyros Polychronopoulos – electronics

Emmanouela Pechynaki – dance

Christina Karpouzou – dance

Penelope Morout – dance

Savina Yannatou began her professional career singing in the ERT’s Third Programme programme “Here Lillipoupolis”, in collaboration with Lena Platonos (1978-81). Since 1994, with the band Primavera en Salonico, she has been performing songs from the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Since 1992 she has been involved in free vocal improvisation. She has composed music for the National Theatre, the National Theatre of Larissa, the Theatre of Neos Kosmos. She has also been teaching free vocal improvisation. Her discography includes around thirty albums (Lyra, ECM) with compositions by Greek and foreign composers, traditional songs from various countries, free improvisations and her own songs.

Andreas Polyzogopoulos, a trumpeter and composer, grew up in a small village in Ilia and began his musical journey playing guitar, until he discovered the trumpet at the age of 18. He studied jazz trumpet in Amsterdam and Brussels, where he won the Toots Thielemans competition. In 2008, he recorded his first album, “Perfumed Dreams,” with the Poly Quartet, which won the Motives For Jazz competition. He has released five solo albums, with the most recent being “Petrichor.” He has performed at major festivals and clubs worldwide and has participated in around 100 recordings. His compositions are inspired by nature and European jazz, emphasizing both rhythm and silence.

Spyros Polychronopoulos (aka Spyweirdos) is an assistant professor at the Department of Music Technology and Acoustics of the HMU. As a music composer, he has released over twenty personal albums. As a musician, he has presented numerous concerts in Greece and abroad.

Emmanouela Pechynaki is a dance arQst, educator, and videographer based in Athens. She graduated from the NaQonal School of Dance and holds a Bachelor’s in Primary EducaQon from the NaQonal and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2021, she earned a Master’s in Dance from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. Trained in contemporary dance, improvisaQon, capoeira, and acrobaQcs, she has collaborated with arQsts like Angeliki Trobouki, Danae & Dionysios, Thanos PapakonstanQnou, Lars Jan, Stavros Gasparatos, and les gens D’uterpan. She has performed at venues such as the Athens and Epidaurus FesQval, the Athens Concert Hall, and the Greek NaQonal Opera. Her films have been showcased at the Athens Video Dance Project and Dare Dance Digitalize.

Christina Karpouzou is a dance artist, improviser, performer, physical improvisation and contemporary dance trainer. She has collaborated with numerous fellow dance artists, musicians and sound artists, performing on live acts and presenting works in theatrical spaces, dance festivals across Greece and Europe, as well as in performance art spaces, art exhibitions and more. She is a creator, producer and artistic director of DOS a platform for improvisation based performance projects. She is the founder and artistic director of the new performing arts space in Kypseli DOS _space. She has a black belt in traditional kung fu Lily Lau eagle claw. She has graduated from the school of trainers launched by the ministry of culture and sports, with the diploma on martial arts from the Greek Wushu Kung Fu federation. She is an interior architecture and design graduate from Middlesex university – BA honours – London.

Penelope Morout is an interdisciplinary dance artist, intrigued by creating hybrid projects through the fusion of various performing and visual art mediums. Graduated from the National School of Dance (Athens) and the National Technical University of Athens – School of Architecture, with a Master’s degree in Theatre Practices from ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL), her artistic identity lies on a durational creative process, during which academic and artistic research are intrinsically connected with her movement practice. Penelope works constantly between Greece and abroad as a performer, choreographer, dance teacher and scenographer. As a filmmaker she has participated in exhibitions and video dance & dance animation festivals worldwide. She is the founder of CROSS IMPACT company.