Jukstapoz Company - Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman - The Art of Dying

(c) Mike Rafail

Founded in 2010, the Athens-based Jukstapoz Company has performed at festivals and theatres around the world. The groupΆs choreographic style is strikingly cinematic and borrows from physical theatre. The Art of Dying, a solo piece inspired by Hieronymus BoschΆs The Garden of Earthly Delights, conveys the fragility of human existence through subtle humour and surrealism. Dance, multimedia and live music will capture the transient beauty of that final moment before life comes to an end. The performance examines the procedures of 'dying well'. Within a garden where both decay and life reside, the protagonist builds a landscape full of microcosms of both joy and corruption. Dutch minimalist musician  and New York-based Jozef Van Wissem – who has won the Soundtrack Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Jim Jarmusch film Only Lovers Left Alive – has composed the original music.

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Choreography: Christine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman (Jukstapoz)
Performing: Christine Gouzelis
Music: Jozef Van Wissem
Costumes: Angeliki Tsirou
Sound Design: Jeph Vanger / Chris Parapagidis
Lighting: Perikles Mathiellis
Scenographer: Dimitris Nasiakos
Assistant choreographer: Maria Doulgeri
Production Assistant: Marilena Dara
Creative Producer: Lena John Gomez / Delta Pi
Funded by: The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports
Co-produced by: Athens & Epidaurus Festival - Kalamata Dance Festival - Jukstapoz Company

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Jukstapoz Company was founded by Christine Gouzelis and Paul Blackman in 2010. The Athens based couple collaborate, tour and teach in several international platforms, educational and cultural institutions in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Christine Gouzelis is an acclaimed dancer that has performed under top choreographers including Jasmin Vardimon, Wim Vandekeybus, Anton Lachky, David Zambrano and Pascal Rioult. She was Awarded with the DanceWEB scholarship in 2004, she received later the 50 Days/Costa Rica 2010 scholarship. She is a teaching member of the State School of Dance. The last couple of years she was an Artist-in-Residence in Hong-KongΆs Dance Academy and she was nominated for Best Choreography and Best Ensemble in Hong Kong Dance Awards for Hong KongΆs Dance Academy production Fragile Matter.