Join
Ioannis Mandafounis
In 2024, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Ioannis Mandafounis for the creation of Join with the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company. The program also supports the presentation of the piece at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris.
Join makes a simple and yet difficult attempt: How can dancers come together at completely different points in their personal and professional trajectory? How can an ensemble of professionals working at the highest level dance together with a group of students? How do people come together in their diversity? What connections are possible beyond a standardising and unifying norm? Join takes a step in this direction for dance. Students from the city where the performance takes place dance together with the ensemble of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company. The dramaturgy of the evening is determined by instant blackouts, which lend the scenes a sense of immediacy and constantly challenge the audience's perception.
Join is funded by the "Fonds Zero" programme of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. This is intended to support cultural institutions in trying out climate-friendly forms of production and new aesthetics with the lowest possible climate impact. The CO2-emissions are recorded during the process. Any emerging potential for cutting emissions is intended to make our working methods more sustainable in the future.
About the artist
Ioannis Mandafounis
In 2024, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting Ioannis Mandafounis for his new creation Join.