KINESIS DANCE somatheatro BOX4 at the Dance in Vancouver Festival
Kinesis Dance somatheatro is excited to perform BOX4 by Paraskevas Terezakis at the Dance in Vancouver Festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada (October 14 - 17, 2009). This work is inspired by his successful 1994 piece A Parcel of Men's Knowledge and is an exploration of tensions between four dancers in confined space; through obstacles, confrontation, and cooperation. It is about how we interact with each other in the selfish pursuit of our wants and needs and how this is influenced by the power and contradictions of the mass media. The creative journey of BOX4 is more than a re-telling of a piece but instead a continuation on the notion of confinement, possession, and dominance.
Artistic Direction and Choreography by Paraskevas Terezakis
Dancers: Caroline Farquhar, Mackenzie Green-Dusterbeck,
Manuel Sorge, Donald Taruc
Composers: Adam Basanta, Stefan Smulovitz, Vivianne Houle
Musician/Arranger: Adam Basanta
Lighting Designer: James Proudfoot
Scotiabank Dance Centre (
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Thursday October 15, 2009 at 9 pm
Friday October 16, 2009 at 7 pm
tickets available at www.ticketstonight.ca
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Kinesis Dance somatheatro at The Dance Centre's OPEN HOUSE
The Dance Centre and Kinesis Dance somatheatro present the premiere of Paraskevas Terezakis' ODD-ESSAY: Gleaming I & II as part of the Dance Centre's Open House from 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm on Saturday, September 19, 2009 in the Faris theatre lobby immediately following the PULSE:
Admission is free.
ODD-ESSAY: Gleaming I and II are impressionistic dance scenes in an elevator based on the love story of Penelope and Odysseus in Homer's classic the Odyssey. Penelope waits twenty years for the return of her husband Odysseus who has left to fight in the Trojan War. The elevator ambivalently represents the potency of their reunion and the distance that has grown between them over such a lengthy time. The closed, confined environment mirrors Penelope's state - her decayed and tangled body so used to being without Odysseus, resurrected with their reuniting.

Credits
Choreography/concept: Paraskevas Terezakis
Dancers: Alison Denham and Mackenzie Green-Dusterbeck; Melissa Beattie and Manuel Sorge
Lighting: Cass Turner
KINESIS DANCE somatheatro DANCE OUT LOUD Workshop
ADMISSION IS FREE. ALL ARE WELCOME
KINESIS DANCE somatheatro presents BOX4
Kinesis Dance somatheatro is excited to premiere our newly envisioned contemporary dance piece entitled BOX4 by Paraskevas Terezakis. This work is inspired by his successful 1994 piece A Parcel of Men's Knowledge and is an exploration about how men treat each other in the selfish pursuit of their own wants and needs. BOX4 expresses the tension between aggression, territoriality, and hostility as well as the quest for individual freedom and inner peace. The creative journey of BOX4 is more than a re-telling of a piece but instead a continuation on the notion of confinement, possession, and masculine dominance.
Artistic Direction and Choreography by Paraskevas Terezakis
Dancers: Donald Taruc, Manuel Sorge,
Caroline Farquhar , Nathaniël Siri
Composers: Adam Basanta, Stefan Smulovitz, Vivianne Houle
Musician/Arranger: Adam Basanta
Lighting Designer: James Proudfoot
Scotiabank Dance Centre (
in Vancouver, Canada
Thursday to Saturday, April 30th to
at
KINESIS DANCE somatheatro IN ROME, ITALY
DOL Workshop at the ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI DANZA ISTITUTO DI ALTA CULTURA



KITCHEN DECADANCE II
A second ‘interactive’ evening of Food & Wine
A big thank you to everyone who made KITCHEN DECADANCE II such a great success! Thanks to everyone for your support. The best party is always in the kitchen!
Here's some pictures of the evening:
KINESIS DANCE somatheatro NEW PRODUCTION: BOX4
(2008-2009 Season)
The new piece BOX4 (premiering in Canada at the Scotiabank Dance Centre April 30th, May 1st, and May 2nd, 2009) seeks to explore these ideas further with an all new cast, new lighting design, and new original musical score. Has our world become more fragmented and atomized than before? Are individuals more ‘boxed in’ nowadays because of advances in technology and the globalization of the world? Are we more aggressive and hostile to one another? Is it harder to find individual freedom and inner peace?
KITCHEN DECADANCE
An ‘interactive’ evening of Food & Wine
A big thank you to all guests and volunteers! Thanks to everyone for your support. A good time was had by all at KITCHEN DECADANCE!
Here's some pictures of the evening:
See you all at our next party!
2007-2008 SEASON FROM ABROAD:
Paraskevas Terezakis with the Turkish State Theatre: Romeo and Juliet
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2006-2007 SEASON ...AND SPEAKING OF ORESTES...
2006-2007 European Tour
…and Speaking of Orestes… performed in Athens & Zagreb in May and June
As an International co-production with Canada, Croatia & Greece it was presented by The Croatian Institute for Movement and dance, for the 23rd dance Week Festival in Zagreb, Croatia in Athens in kind association with Iros Angelos for The Greek Choreographer Associations Festival in Athens, Greece, and in Vancouver by The Dancing on the Edge Festival in association with the Dance Centre.
Freedom 55 Financial DANCE OUT LOUD Workshops with UBC and Downtown Public Library
INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY – Free workshop and Lecture in April
Guest dancer Tomasz Wesolowski, from Poland taught a free workshop at the Scotiabank Dance Centre as part of International Dance Day activities. His class specialized gymnastic techniques adapted for the dancer. Tomasz is performing in …and Speaking of Orestes… in July.
Kinesis dance somatheatro was also proud to present dance Critic and Historian, Andreas Rikakis, to lecture during International Dance Day celebrations. Mr. Rikakis is a much respected specialist from Athens who spoke on contemporary dance in Greece and its’ impact on the European scene. This free lecture also included videos of Greek companies and an open discussion session.
2005-2006 KINESIS DANCE somatheatro ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
METU Festival – Ankara Turkey, February 2005
Terezakis was invited to perform his recent work Conversation at METU, the largest festival of dance and theatre in the Middle East. Terezakis went with Vancouver dancer Carolyn Farquhar, Belgian Canadian dancer Anna Bussey and Belgian Actor Karel Deruwe to perform a work that was developed through his Belgian workshops in 2005. He also was invited to show his short film STORM, which was produced by Ravens West Films and Bravo Fact. STORM is an excerpt from his piece Shellshock made for film.
Following the METU Festival, Terezakis was invited to conduct a 5 day workshop with the actors and performers of the State Theatre of Turkey, Ankara. As a result of the success of this workshop, Paras has been invited to choreograph Hamlet for the State Theatre in 2006/07.
2004/05 SEASON – BUSY TIMES AT HOME AND ABROAD
MASK WORKSHOP: Vancouver May 2004
Kinesis Dance somatheatro and the Scotiabank Dance Centre co-hosted an international workshop event in Vancouver, Canada. Director Nikos Sakalides and Actor Iliana Panagiotouni, from Athens, and Director/Vocalist Costas Palamides, from Caracas, joined Kinesis Artistic Director/Choreographer, Paraskeavas Terezakis to conduct a workshop on the theatrical importance and techniques of the mask. The four day session employed both the contemporary dance vocabulary and the dramatic tools Terezakis has developed over the past years.
MASK & MOVEMENT: Em Cena International Festival, Brazil – August 2004

With momentum built during the Vancouver workshop, Terezakis and his colleagues re-grouped and conducted another intensive and highly productive workshop at the Festival. With 24 participants from Brazil, Latin America, Japan and Australia, the group had more time (and experience) to go deeper into the process and create an atmosphere of discovery and intense drama. Working again with international artists (and without the convenience of a common language), Terezakis was forced to get quickly to the core of movement using the body’s ‘voice’ and the mask as both generators and manipulators of expression.












