Concept
and Choreography: Vangelis Legakis
Performed by: Naomi Deira
Composition: Matthew Orange
Lighting Design: Vangelis Legakis
‘Aphanisis’ – in Greek – means the act of making something absent; meaning to disappear. This dance focuses on the contrasting essences of absence-presence, silence-sound, and wholeness-nothingness to reveal the negative space – the void that surrounds us – and alter perceptions, feelings and substances.
CV
Vangelis Legakis studied dance theatre and choreography at the Laban Centre in London. Since 2004 he has been visiting regularly The Forsythe Company with which he performed in 2006 the piece ‘Human Writes’ in Frankfurt. Also he danced pieces by Lea Anderson and Scott Smith as well as he has been performing in his own choreographies. He has formed The Van – L Dance Company with which he has been touring his productions in Europe. His choreographies include ‘The Beginning of Something’, ‘Aphanisis’, ‘Octave Stance’, ‘In Between and Around Liminal Places’, and ‘En-Pour -Soi’ (In-For-itself) have been performed so far in UK, Denmark, Czech Republic, Greece, and Belgium.
Vangelis has strong influences by Rudolf Laban, William Forsythe, martial arts, philosophy (phenomenology), and neuroscience through which he has originated new ways to approach dance practice and choreography. This has led him to create his own dance language and a methodology for creating dances - Methodology of Transcendental Choreology. He has participated in research projects with neuropsychologists working on EEG bio feedback for enhancing performance and has been researching rigorously, as well as applying in his work, the affects and effects of emotions and feelings to improve performative aspects.
