MOS
concept, choreography, set and costume design, video editing: Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
audio technical support, live sound design: Vasilis Zlatanos
dramaturgy: Elena Novakovits
lighting design: Eliza Alexandropoulou
tour lighting design: Eliza Alexandropoulou, Tzanos Mazis
video engineer: Efthimis Tikellis, Konstantinos Asimakopoulos
wooden constructions: Miltos Athanasiou
photography: Pinelopi Gerasimou, Patricio Cassinoni
production management: Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
tour management: Cultόpια and Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
produced by: Onassis STEGI
performed by: Georgios Kotsifakis, Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
duration: 44’
premiere: Onassis New Choreographers Festival, 2019
special thanks to: Eleni Tzarou, Thanos Daskalopoulos, Alexandros Tomaras
“MOS” is a scenic game operating in among the conspicuous and hidden relations that exist between movement, sound, and image, amplifying narratives that arise out of the mutual interplay and co-existence of seemingly incongruous archival sources, thus bringing visibility to elements that cannot easily be seen, or heard.
The word/acronym “mos” has more than 20 definitions. Here are just a selection:
make optical splices / microphone off stage / microphone out of service / minus optical signal / minus optical stripe / minus optical sound / missing of sound / mit ohne stimme / mit out sprechen / mixer out smoking / motion on screen / motor only shot / motor only sync / music on side / muted on screen / muted on sound / muted optical stripe…
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou is a dancer based in Athens. She graduated from the Greek National School of Dance and is currently studying at the Ionian University’s Department of Audiovisual Arts. Her research focuses on the relation between audiovisual media and movement. She has collaborated with such artists as Iris Karayan, Christos Papadopoulos, Dimitris Papaioannou, Alexandra Waierstall, Ermira Goro, Katerina Andreou, Lenio Kaklea, Sofia Mavragani, Tzeni Argyriou, Patricia Apergi, Andonis Foniadakis, Harry Koushos, Ki omOs kineitai, Maria Koliopoulou, and the Sinequanon dance company, performing in Greece and beyond. She was awarded the Artworks – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship in 2019. For her video project “All She Likes Is Popping Bubble Wrap”, premiered at the Onassis New Choreographers Festival 8, she was awarded the FIVideodanza Festival Sound Design Award. She co-created the video dance “Battle of Fishes” which won the Best Cinematography Award at the InShadow Lisbon Screendance Festival. She presented “MOS” at Onassis New Choreographers Festival 9. Recently, the short version of "MOS" entitled “Coconut Effect” won one of the four prizes at the Danse Elargie competition organized by Theatre de la Ville in Paris, and was re-staged for ten dancers from the Paris Conservatoire. Paraskevopoulou’s “MOS” was selected by Aerowaves, while she recently premiered her solo “All my Love”, both touring across Europe.
Truly captivating
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