Georgia Tegou & Kristina Pulejkova: Homecoming
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Tue 01 Apr 20258:00PMQuays Theatre
Band A Standard £20.00 Band B Standard £18.00 Band C Standard £18.00
Choreographer and stage director, Georgia Tegou’s work approaches 'Dance-as-design', intertwining choreography with design to create immersive visual environments. Drawing inspiration from architecture, sculpture, visual arts, science and philosophy, she explores the symbiotic relationship between dance and spatial arts, seeking to encapsulate nuances of the human condition. The performances and installations are created through collaborative processes resulting in experiences that blend contemporary dance, visual physical theatre and performance art. Her work has been presented by organisations such as Dance Umbrella International Festival, Sadler’s Wells, the Royal Opera House, Onassis Stegi, the Greek National Opera, the Venice Biennale of Architecture, The Place, ZfinMalta National Dance Company, Southbank Centre, The Whitechapel Gallery among others. It has received acclaim and has been described as 'Visually evocative' (Eckhard Thiemann - The Lowry) ‘Dreamlike (The Times), 'Tremendously clever’, ‘Admirably Strong’ (Sanjoy Roy), ‘work that’s shifting and challenging dance and its intersectionality to broaden access to wider communities’ (Dance Umbrella). She has choreographed two official music videos for dance-pop cult favorite Róisín Murphy and she has directed fashion editorials. She is a Higher Education Academy Fellow, she was recognized with an ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’ by the University of Roehampton and she guest lectures globally. She is currently an artist in residence at Somerset House Exchange, a programme supporting extraordinary interdisciplinary practitioners.
Kristina Pulejkova is a visual artist based in London, UK. Her interdisciplinary practice is informed by science and technology. Kristina’s work explores how the use of technology might lead to greater forms of sustainability in human-nature relationships.Working across moving image, sound and installation, she aims to build subjective narratives based on scientific data and principles. In her work, she tends to imagine voices from creatures, objects and even atoms to inhabit non-human perspectives. Through the use of immersive technology, her works often deal with environmental issues, telling personal stories that place audiences at the centre of the scene, allowing for a protagonist’s perspective and a different way of seeing.
Kristina holds a Magisterium Degree (BA + MA) in Painting and Animation from the University for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria (2012) and an MA Degree in Art and Science from Central Saint Martins, London, UK (2014). She is the recipient of the inaugural FLAMIN Fellowship by Film London (2017). Kristina’s works have been exhibited/screened at the Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, AT; National Gallery, Skopje, NMK; MoCA, Skopje NMK; The Science Museum, London, UK; MAN Museum, Sardinia, IT; The V&A, London, UK; MAK, Vienna, AT; Project Space Kunsthalle, Vienna, AT; Het Glaspaviljoen, Eindhoven, NL; Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, NL; Art COP21 Paris, FR; Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; Art Licks Festival, London UK; Lewisham Art House, London, UK; and Royal College of Arts, London, UK amongst others.
Credits
Concept, direction, choreography, visual design: Georgia Tegou & Kristina Pulejkova
Performers in the VR experience: Edd Arnold, Xan Dye, Synne Lundesgaard, Akshay Sharma, Anna Smith
Performers in the live theatre performance: Xan Dye, Arran Green, Kimberley Harvey, Synne Lundesgaard, Akshay Sharma, Artemis Stamouli
Music composition & sound design: Vincent Cavanagh / The Radicant
Costume designer: Justin Smith / Jsmith Esquire
Lead creative coders - Visual artists: Uncharted Limbo Collective
Lighting designer: Jackie Shemesh
Associate lighting designer and production manager: Joe Hornsby
Rehearsal director: Artemis Stamouli
360 videography: Shivani Hassard
Holograms videography: Jackie Read
VR animation: Dave Norton / Limbotech
VR consultant and interact machine learning researcher and developer: Clarice Hilton
Creative producer: Linda Pēterkopa
Producing consultant: Lia Prentaki
Assistant creative producer: Marita Anastasi
Commissioned by the place
Supported by the lowry, fact Liverpool, dance east, London south bank university, south east dance, studio Wayne McGregor and Russell Maliphant studio
Supported using public funding by arts council England
Accessibility partners: Candoco dance company
Initial research supported by choreodrome residency at the place and light moves festival of screendance - studio light moves
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