A Greek choreographer and Norwegian composer collaborate in this dance performance based on the myth of Medea.
With dances choreographed by Olga Papalexiou of Greece to music by Ole-Henrik Moe of Norway, the performance follows the traces of Medea from the Black Sea in the North to Corinth in the South. Visual and musical elements of ancient Greece are blended with the contemporary language of music and dance.
Olga Papalexiou studied at the Agrafiotou Ballet Institute in Greece (1980-1984) and the renowned National Ballet Institute in Budapest (1984-1986), and was engaged as a dancer at the National Theatre in Thessalonika, Greece. She has performed in dances choreographed by Daniel Lommel and Maurice Bejart, including Le Sacre du printemps, The Drunken Boat, The Boat of Crazy, Kyres and Dionyssos. Olga Papalexiou was awarded the Norwegian Ballet Association’s dance grant in 1999.
Ole Henrik Moe (born in Oslo 1966) has composed chamber and orchestra music, performed in concerts and on radio and television in Norway and abroad. He has contributed both as composer and performer (as we shall hear in his work "Tre Persefone Persepsjoner) to a number of "crossover" projects, as well as appearing as a jazz violinist. Ole Henrik Moe is a renowned improvisor and has participated in theatre productions and modern dance performances.
Source: MIC
The performance is supported by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, the Fond for Lyd og Bilde, the Norwegian Cultural Council, and organized under the auspices of the Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Institute at Athens.