This research proposal is a duet by the singer Mary Denaxa and the dancer Zoi Efstathiou.
Mary Denaxa comes from the field of folk music while Zoi Efstathiou is a contemporary dancer of the ROSAS Dance Company for the last 5 years. They create a performance, by forming an alloy of 2 different elements of art, dance and singing.
This is a research based on a text which is focused on the concept of mourning; written and gradually deconstructed by both artists, over the period of 20 days. The main aim is to investigate the primary stimulus, which focuses on breathing and movement. The basis of the performance originates from activating the strings of the voice, starting by different parts of the body, either to produce sound or movement.

Idea: Zoi Efstathiou

Idea and Text Development: Mary Denaxa, Zoi Efstathiou

Choreography: Zoi Efstathiou

Interpretation: Mary Denaxa, Zoi Efstathiou, Marina Kladi, Electra Vossou

Dramaturgy and Assistance: Ellada Damianou

External Eye: Malvina Androni

Sound: Traditional song from Thraki »Siko mana mou» and an original composition by Mary Denaxa, Chiquilin De Bachin-Astor Piazzolla by Nathan Wouters

Sound engineering: Spyros Spyrou

Animation-Video Design: Eleftheria Papadoyanni

Light Designer: Panagiotis Tomaras

Photo credits: Alkis Lagopoulos

Filmmaker –editing: Parissis Panou

Supported by Flux Laboratory Athens