Nowhere 2009

NOWHERE was created by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU in 2009 to inaugurate the renovated Main Stage of the Greek National Theatre in Athens. This central scene is dedicated to the memory of PINA BAUSCH. NOWHERE explores the nature of the theatrical stage itself, a spatial mechanism continually transformed and redefined by the human presence to denote any place, and yet designed to be a non-place. 26 performers measure and mark out the space using their bodies, pitting themselves against its dimensions and technical capabilities in a site-specific performance that can be presented nowhere else. conceived & directed by DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU music & sound design COTI K. artistic associate ZAFOS XAGORARIS lighting design ALEKOS YIANNAROS costume design THANOS PAPASTERGIOU assistant director & creative producer TINA PAPANIKOLAOU on stage PROKOPIS AGATHOKLEOUS, THANASSIS AKOKKALIDIS, PANOS ATHANASOPOULOS, MARIA BREGIANNI, ILIA DE TCHAVES-POGA, NIKOS DRAGONAS, ALTIN