'YOU WALK....' JULY 3-4TH 2021 PREMIER

‘You Walk..’ is Demy’s next work, for Theatre enCorps Collectif, larger in vision and
scope. The work takes as inspiration the lyrics from Lauri Anderson’s song “You
walk...and you don't always notice it, but you're constantly falling. With every step...you fall…” to explore hidden blocks that continue to hamper the road towards inclusivity and diversity; diverse bodies are becoming visible to society’s eyes yet invisible to its infrastructure, “when dancers do not see ‘themselves’ represented in the wider dance infrastructure they are subsequently left questioning if they ‘belong’ there” Marsh (2016). The project addresses Demy’s commitment to questioning hidden normative structures in contemporary choreography. She is interested in pursuing action that dismantles attitudes that invisibly work against inclusive and diverse dance practice. ‘You walk…” turns to the access and inhabitation of space of the dancer with diverse abilities. The project asks: how do we actively construct a space for diverse bodies to be made present and visible, with agency and participation in the creation of our contemporary society? Given this, the
project moves away from the proscenium to develop an immersive performance where the audience will navigate an interactive space with the dancers constructing and deconstructing possibilities towards change. The project began rehearsing remotely in November 2020 and will have an online premier 3rd-4th July. is set to be presented to the public from the 7th-10th January 2021. 

Concept and choreography: Demy Papathanssiou
Performers: Demy Papathanassiou, Ana Sánchez-Colberg and Ersi Ladaki
Composer: Menanto Chamberlain
Scenographer: Ana Gabriea Webb-Sánchez
Video: George Vlahonikolos
Stage Manager: Eleanna Giasemi
Production: Ana Sáchez-Colberg & Theatre enCorps
Live Stream Broadcast: Jason Dupreé
You Walk has been produced in part with a very small grant from the Ministry of Culture of Greece, under its Festival and Multidisciplinary Arts funding strand 2020. We would also like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their kind support to realize the work: Viepa Innovating Packaging & Robotic Systems, Robotsys Ltd, Manousaridis Bros C.O., Savvas-Mech. Baumarket S.A., Stathopoulos Stefanos, and Kritsoni Foteini.