Katerina Andreou
Zeppelin Bend
24.06.2023
Zeppelin Bend, taking the name of an end-to-end joining knot that was used to moor airships, is a duo. Katerina Andreou et Natali Mandila are putting together dances, actions and sounds that demand hardcore discipline and psychedelic imagination. In a world where staying ‘grounded’ or getting ’high’ seem to be often considered as survival methods, they try out both. While seeking moments of freedom, both performers try to maintain realness by focusing on their bodies in the act of doing.
· Katerina Andreou born in Athens, Greece, based in France, is dancer and choreographer. Her dance company BARK is based in Paris. She has created A kind of Fierce, which was awarded with the choreography price Prix jardin d'Europe 2016 in Impulstanz Festival in Vienna, and BSTRD in 2018, part of the Aerowaves selected works for 2019. As a dancer she collaborated among others with DD Dorvillier, Lenio Kaklea, Bryan Campbell, Dinis Machado, Emmanuelle Huynh, Ana Rita Teodoro.
concept/creation Katerina Andreou | performance Katerina Andreou, Natali Mandila| lights Yannick Fouassier | sound design Katerina Andreou, Cristián Sotomayor | sound collaborator Tal Agam | outside eye Myrto Katsiki | production, touring Elodie Perrin | production BARK | coproduction Les Spectacles vivants du Centre Pompidou, Onassis Stegi Athènes, Tanzquartier Vienne, Atelier de Paris / Centre de développement chorégraphique national, La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie, dans le cadre du dispositif Accueil Studio, CN D Centre national de la danse, accueil en résidence, Le Gymnase I CDCN, CCN2-Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble dans le cadre de l’accueil studio 2020, Far festival des arts vivants Nyon, Centrale Fies (dans le cadre de LIVE WORKS Act Award 2019) | with the support of BUDA Courtrai, RAMDAM UN CENTRE D’ART, Angers-CDCN, CDC de Grenoble, « Accueilli en résidence aux SUBS – lieu vivant d’expériences artistiques, Lyon » | BARK was supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.
