“If you don’t thrive in a place, think about whether it’s not your fault but your environment’s.” The group Stereo Nero Dance Co. with the performance “The Teardrop”, follows the life of the inhabitants of Mastichoria of Chios and analyzes their connection with the life cycle of “the tree that tears”. Through poetic images and kinetic patterns, they observe the unique characteristics of the local microclimate and investigate the creation of the corresponding culture. Focusing on the ever-changing weather system, the performance questions the fragility of human-non-human symbiosis and the loss of inscribed collective experience. Studying the present condition, through testimonies, archival material and cultural references of Chios, and in the light of an ongoing climate change, the performers create a community with new characteristics, coming from the future. The familiar intertwines with the unfamiliar as they trie to find their place in emerging environments.

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Creative team, Research, Concept:
Evi Souli, Marilena Georgantzi, Kostas Theodorakis
Direction-Choreography: Evi Souli
Scenography-Artistic Curation-Masks: Marilena Georgantzi
Research Manager – Production Organization: Kostas Theodorakis
Performers: Themis Hatzi, Elsa Siskou, Maria Vourou, Mickes Glykas
Music Editing-Composition: Jan Van Angelopoulos
Photo Editor: Stephie Grape
Graphic Design: Giorgos Zartaloudis

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Supported by Hellenic Ministry of

Culture and Sports, 2023

All of Greece, One Culture 2023

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Concept, Set Designer, 2023