Dafin Antoniadou
Darkest White
Darkest White is the next chapter in the ever-evolving artistic universe of Dafin Antoniadou, a stage composition that sprouts from the intersection of ancestral memory and a fragmented vision of the future. Rooted in her Slavo-Macedonian heritage, the piece veers into a multilayered reading of the notions of displacement, survival, and the omnipotence of female presence, culminating in a tapestry of fragility and resilience.
The performance follows the pace of a ritual. At its core stands an enigmatic figure, a presence that embodies both the archetypal and the immaterial, guiding the audience through a cycle of birth, union, and death. Moreover, it bears the weight of collective memory, becoming the voice of those erased from the body of history while further transpiring as a spectral entity amid a bleak and emotionless digital space.
In this work, the artist explores the interchanging dynamics between power and sacrifice, forging a map of the land through song—a primaeval sound that has the capacity to transform reality. The thread that weaves together collective memory with a cosmological horizon lends the heroine’s journey a dimension of universal relief. Rich in symbols, Darkest White portrays the quest for absolute freedom suspended in a liminal space.
grape – Greek Agora of Performance, the successful Agora for the Greek Performing Arts of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, returns for its third consecutive year! Providing a platform for Theatre and Dance creators to showcase their works to representatives of international festivals, cultural institutions abroad, and the wider public, grape aims to systematically promote Greek artistic vision to the international Theatre and Dance scenes.
As part of grape 2025, 8 performances are featured in this year's programme from July 21 July 24.
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Duration 60΄
Peiraios 260 (Β)
- 21/07/2025 at 21:30
- 22/07 until 24/07/2025 at 20:00
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Opera | Music | Theatre | grape | subset | Dance | Education | Αναβίωση | Classical music | Performance | Contemporary music | Contemporary Ancients | Premiere | Greek Debut
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus | Little Theatre of Ancient Epidaurus | Peiraios 260 | Odeon of Herodes Atticus | Lycabettus Theatre | Greek Art Theatre Karolos Koun | Athens Conservatoire | Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre Pireos 254 Tavros
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