Venetsiana Kalampaliki

PHRASES

Phrases investigates the subtle space between the things that we see and those we don’t. Reconsidering tools of accessibility, Venetsiana Kalampaliki uses text and movement as her basic tools to build a narration that travels from the very inside of the body to the extended environment that we share. By applying the simple acts of sitting, standing, stepping and jumping, the stage is transformed into a moving text, proposing multiple ways of perceiving what is seen and what is heard, what is done and what is said. With a wide range of descriptive elements, from anatomical mechanisms of movement to dictionary definitions the performance navigates the audience to factual yet fictional landscapes.

^{concept, text, performance: Venetsiana Kalampaliki | composition: Andys Skordis | singing voice: Kristia Michael | text editing: Sofronis Sofroniou | german translation: Sean Keller | scenography: Anthoula Bourna | text choreography: Venetsiana Kalampaliki, Xenia Koghilaki | artistic collaboration, outside eye: Xenia  Koghilaki, Dimitris Mytilinaios | assistance: Friederike Hansen | teaser: Marina Skoutela | thanks to: Quiplash / Amelia Lander-Cavallo, Filippos Vasileiou}

^{The audio description in english is part of the performance and is done by the choreographer and performer Venetsiana Kalampaliki.}

K3 Studiotalk: Venetsiana Kalampaliki from Tanzplan on Vimeo.

Venetsiana Kalampaliki

works in the performing arts field as a dancer and choreographer based between Hamburg and Athens. She is a graduate of the Greek National School of Dance, the University of Athens, and the Athens School of Fine Arts. Her interdisciplinary work combines text, voice, and movement, focusing on the body in sociopolitical contexts of accessibility and inclusion. Her works have been presented at festivals such as Holland Dance Festival and Onassis Stegi. She collaborates with Rimini Protokoll, Jenny Beyer, Antje Velsinger, Anna Konjetzky, Lenio Kaklea and Iris Karayan amongst others.

In 2021–22, she was a resident choreographer at K3 – centre for choreography and attended international residency programmes in Chile and South Korea. She coordinates K3’s Professional Training programme and is involved in the European project Dance Well.

^{(Status: 2025)}