NON-STILL LIFE: A MOSAIC PORTRAIT OF DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU

Abstract

The original review essay “Non-Still Life: a Mosaic Portrait of Dimitris Papaioannou” offers a panoramic view of the work of the greek painter and choreographer Dimitris Papaoannou, from his artistic initiation to the international tour of Still Life, and it was written based on the analysis of materios form the press recording made available by the artist and texts developed by the author herself. The preceding presentation, “The Mosaic-Dimitris by Aikaterini Delikonstantinidou” giver support to the translation by pointing out relevant aspects of its process and organization in six items. In the “Preliminary Notes”, the figures of speech presented in the title are developed, which reiterate the author's objectives. The "Introduction" draw connections between art and life that will be further explored by the following item, “The Body at the Center of the Narrative". In “Large-scale work at sports events”, the artist's expectations and contradictions are discussed. In “Choreographies of Existence”, highlights the conceptual choreographic synthesis that develops from how the artist deals with the reception of his pieces, and finally the author reaffirms in the “Concluding Notes” the multiplicity and breadth of the choreographer's production, associating them to philosophical questions related to the the piece named in the title.

Keywords

Dimitris Papaioannou. Contemporary Greek Theater. Contemporary Theater Direction. Choreography. Physical Theater.