It is a stage composition of Theatre, Dance, Performance and Music that encourages collective movement. What kind of relationship can the philosopher Plato, the goddess Aphrodite, an architect from Canada born in Venezuela, and a musician from Milos develop? What impact does the allegory of Plato’s cave have on the soul and intellect of each of them and what connects them to the sea? In what way will they manage to stage the story of a trip to the Cyclades that did not take place, in the orchestra of the Ancient Theater of Milos? A Poetic Passage from Darkness to Light through Love that is always transmitted, delivered with humor, lyricism and directness.

* The performance is dedicated to the memory of Jesus Ayala, Luisa’s father

Conception / Choreography / Direction: Filio Louvari

Architectural and Philosophical Research: Luisa Ayala

Original Music Composition & Interpretation: Giorgos Kavourakis

Texts: The Group and excerpts from Khalil Gibran’s poetry

Interpretation: Luisa Ayala (Louisa), Giorgos Geronymakis (Plato – Narrator), Filio Louvari (Aphrodite)

Oceanides: The Dance students of the Dance department of the Parents Association & Kidemonon Milos with teacher Filio Louvari (Antonella Ventouri-Bousdoukou, Maria Kavalierou, Chrysi Marinitsi, Vassiliki Melliou, Antonia Bakula, Lydia Terzaki, Eleftheria Batsi, Chrysoula Prevena, Aggeliki Tzambazaki, Erato Tsirigoti, Ioanna Tsirig Otis, Dimitra Apostolakou, Melina Alexandraki, Anna Veleta, Kyriaki Kyritsis, Marilia Malli, Kyriaki Petraki)

“Handmade” is a term of Byzantine iconography and means “Made not by the hand of man”, implying that something is made by another form of creative power. Images of the Virgin Mary. Church in Thessaloniki founded on the ancient temple of Aphrodite.
Care, worship, prayers, tributes. Shelter of refugees, altar of heathens, trophy of conquerors. It holds everything, it endures everything. Temple as body, body as temple. Thinking on the go. Aspects of femininity, moments and stories. Roles we dressed and undressed. The essence of our existence is also untouched. Unmade and Her invisible presence that assures “Go, I will be there”.

Xorography / Dramaturgy: Andromachi Dimitriadou Lindahl

Original Music Composition: Konstantina Polychronopoulou

Texts: Andromachi Dimitriadou – Lindahl and excerpts from the work of Dinos Christianopoulos

Interpretation: Andromachi Dimitriadou – Lindahl, Filio Louvari and the teenage dance student Kyriaki Petraki

*The work was presented as a solo performance at the Cyprus Choreography Platform 2022. In Milos it is presented in the form of a trio, where the archetypal female principle is interpreted by three women of different ages .