Repertoire

• Shellshock
• Affiliations 2: Ariadne
• Affiliation 1: Daedalus and Icarus
• Unruly Body
• Café Nocturne
• A Parcel of Men's Knowledge
• Arena

Shellshock

The work itself is in four parts and explores the various kinds of conflict, passion and violence that are at the core of human nature.

“Choreographer Paras Terezakis throws such a head-spinning mix of material into his ambitious Shellshock that audience members might succumb to a light case of the title disorder...”
- The Georgia Straight, Vancouver

The work itself is in four parts and explores the various kinds of conflict, passion and violence that are at the core of human nature. "We construct an elaborate mask of deception that disguises the truth behind our actions," says Paras Terezakis, Artistic Director and Choreographer of Kinesis Dance. "By constructing a world in which we blame someone else for our insecurities and fears, we violate what is inherently beautiful within our own lives and the lives of others."

Inspired by the myth of the Trojan War and the very human characteristics that story embodies, Terezakis has constructed a unique work that engages the dancers in a fierce battle between the physical and the emotional components of transformation. “I have carefully and deliberately used text to support a narrative, a thread of story that supports continuity by holding together the emotional theme,” he says.

Artistic Direction & Choreography: Paras Terezakis

Part One: PHOS/Light
Part Two: AESTUS/Heat
Part Three: KATEGIDA/Storm
Part Four: SHELLSHOCK/Trauma

Hecuba: Andy Thompson, Colleen Wheeler
Cassandra: Shauna Elton, Anne Cooper
Helen: Caroline Farquhar
Paris: Walter Kubanek, Farley Johansson

Lighting Designer: James Proudfoot
Video Creators: D-Anne Trépanier, Gordon Wong
Sound Design: Noah Drew
Music Composition for Phos: Ted Hamilton
Set & Costume Concepts: Paras Terezakis
Set Consultant: Yvan Morissette
Costume Designer: Andrea Hiestand
Production Stage Manager: Larisa Fayad
Length: 80 minutes

* Phos was first created for the Kokoro International Dance Festival
* Aestus was created for the Chutzpah Festival

Affiliations 2: Ariadne

Affiliations 2: Ariadne is about self-imposed exile in a labyrinth of our own making. The struggle to emerge from the maze of our own fears is the catalyst which leads to freedom.

Artistic Direction/Choreography: Paras Terezakis
Performers: Rhonda Lee Cooper, Michael Whitfield, Walter Kubanek, Alison Denham
Visual Concept: Paras Terezakis
Composer: Ted Hamilton
Lighting: Jean-Phillipe Trepannier
Length: 20 minutes

Affiliation 1: Daedalus and Icarus

Affiliation 1 is the choreographer’s interpretation of the poem Daedalus by Angelos Sikeliano. Loosely based on the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, the piece is a metaphor for the relationship between two men, specifically a father and son. The story centres on issues of power and trust, unmet expectations, disappointments, conflicts, the loss of trust and the attempts to regain and rebuild trust and finally, reconciliation and resolution.

Artistic Direction/Choreography/Visual Concept/Costumes: Paras Terezakis
Performers: Alvin Erasga Tolentino and Wen Wei Wang, Walter Kubanek
Composer: Ted Hamilton
Lighting: Jean-Phillipe Trepannier
Length: 10 minutes

Unruly Body

Sensuous and emotional choreography that reveals the impact of isolation and the symptomatic fear of loneliness in society.

Artistic Direction/Choreography/Visual Concept/Costumes/Set: Paras Terezakis
Performers: Rhonda Lea Cooper, Pascal Desrosiers, Fiona Macdonald, Raymond Milne, Kim Tuson
Composer: Jeff Corness
Lighting: Ian Arnold
Length: 51 minutes

Café Nocturne

Combines video and emotionally charged choreography to explore the mystical turbulence of love and desire.

Artistic Direction/Choreography/Visual Concept/Costumes/Set: Paras Terezakis
Performers: Rhonda Lea Cooper, D’Anne Kuby-Trepanier, Daelik, Raymond Milne, Alvin Tolentino
Composer: Jeff Corness
Lighting: Barry Hegland
Length: 55 minutes

A Parcel of Men's Knowledge

The all-male cast explodes, turning sublime tenderness into pure, raw aggression as they do battle with rage and fear.

Artistic Direction/Choreograph/Visual Concept, Set, Costumes: Paras Terezakis
Perfomers: Pipo Damiano, Daniel Lauzon, Ron Stewart, Alvin Tolentino, Daniel Lauzon and Edmond Kilpatrick
Music: RIchard Winddeyer
Lighting Barry Hegland
Length: 50 minutes

Arena

What first drew me to Walls (Arena) was the repetitiveness and the stubborness of the performance. The dancers relentlessly throw themselves against the wall, and in so doing present a mad view of the world as a place of non-communication, of indifference, of interference, of hostility. This dystopia is a lot closer to a real presentation of the urban experience than any of us would like to admit; it says many important things about the human condition – its decay, its lack of community, its rampant individualism, its competitiveness.

Artistic Direction/Choreography/Visual Concept/Costumes: Paras Terezakis
Performers: Sofia Kallinikidou, Lucia Tjara, Theofanis Kafousias, Alkis Kormas
Music: Astor Piazzolla
Length: 6 minutes
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