Lenio Kaklea
Age of Crime

Paris-based choreographer Lenio Kaklea has been commissioned by the Athens Festival to create Age of Crime, on the occasion of the Greek War of Independence bicentennial. The artist draws on vampire figures in order to comment on how customs and rituals build a kind of imaginary community. Based on first-person Ottoman narratives of the Greek War of Independence, she reveals how a nation seemingly cleansed from the influences of the Ottoman occupation is, in fact, fraught with tension.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, all performance dates are subject to change

 

Directing - Choreography Lenio Kaklea

Assistant to the choreographer Dimitris Mytilineos

Lighting design Loren Palmer

Music - Technical directionÉric Yvelin

Costume design Olivier Mullin

Dramaturgical support Lou Forster

Performers Maria Bregianni, Venetsiana Kalampaliki, Konstantinos Karvouniaris, Georgios Kotsifakis, Dimitris Mytilineos, Maro Stavrinou, Sania Strimpakou, Joanna Toumpakari, Yiannis Tsigkris

Presentation text Tassos Koukoutas

Production managers Goodheart productions (Greece) & abd (France)

Produced by the Athens and Epidaurus Festival