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Aerites Dance Company

Aerites Dance Company was established in April 2006, by Patricia Apergi and Dimitris Chalazonitis. The art of dance, in the case of Aerites, is not only about “morphology”, type of ‘’movement” or “means of expression”. The group focuses on experimenting and producing performances based on theoretical, dramaturgic and movement research. The aim of Aerites Dance Company is to create artistic actions as a result of the synergy between dance, performing arts, poetry, theatrical practice and new technology.

www.aerites.com

Last project in residence

Planites (2013) picks up where d.opa! and Era poVera left off. They maintain the spirit of navigating the urban labyrinth. The collective mind and body of the city is the raw material from which the team draws. This time, however, these elements are re-evaluated so that the concepts of the streets and wandering (dérive) include the foreigner, the immigrant, and those who travel either by choice or by necessity. They speak, then, of the chosen path and of the one where civilizations blend and are created through their mediators: people. In the Planites project, the face of the streets changes. They become a place for wandering and for seeking a better tomorrow—a melting pot of the foreign and the separate, the embodiment and incorporation of force and exile.

Residency archive Graner

  • 2013 · collaboration with Modul – Dance · Planites