Maria Sideri is a performance maker based in London. Her research is focused on movement, gesture and voice in different temporal and spatial boundaries and is greatly influenced from her anthropological studies. Her investigations rely on the body in possession or in objectification as an "other". She is experimenting on how through performativity the body's physical limits change through a process of interaction with other bodies that perform actions and carry out specific tasks.
Maria Sideri holds a BA in literature and classical studies from the University of Ioannina in Greece and an MA in anthropology from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She danced for the collective Marchepied based in Lausanne, for the compagnie Cie Filibert Tologo (Geveva) and collaborated with the composer Pete Ehrnrooth for the festival des Musiques Electroniques and the Festival de l'aube in Geneva. Lately she has performed for Lea Anderson, Jonathan Burrows and is going to perform for the new commission of Tino Seghal in the Tate Modern for the Unilever Series. She is currently finishing her MA in Creative Practice in Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance, London.
“Being a stranger between humans”.
The Bull in Deptford Bridge.
How to change the physical limits of a body through a process of interaction
to be continued…
the artistic duo Danai Pappa and Maria Sideri with the sonic artist Kostis Kilymis will present the piece “Play Light Down” as part of Agony Art on the 23rd June at Chisenhale Dance Space, London. The work is based on the idea of the human body as an agent of electricity. Two dancers and one musician, all of them on stage, introduce a series of games where the physical presence undergoes transmission, generation and storage of power.
Listening as a way of acting and engaging with the world. (Salome Voegelin).
Card postal for the dance performance ” Because it’s all about friction”.
Follow the instructions on the card postal and send it to somebody you want.
The instruction is:
Look at the person next to you and describe what she or he does by using the first person.
Ensure that the jar and the cap are undamaged before feeding.
Stir the contents and serve in a room temperature.
Place your hope on a clean cotton or on a clean fingertip then rub gently.
Gently smooth on entire body.
Spread the hope on the floor, move it around with the broom, the sponge mop or the hand.
Reseal the hope after usage and store the hope facing down in order to avoid drying out.
Renew after 24 hours.
Doll protecting a grapevine from the birds. Is this “other” body that scares them?
