Danae Papadopoulou

Frag-m-ile plays on the duality between "fragile" and "mile" to highlight the restricted space, whether real or figurative, that makes a body fragile in relation to itself, to others, or to the space imposed on it. I was inspired by the scores of American choreographers such as Anna Halprin and Trisha Brown, exploring their approach to engaging the audience in a participatory manner. Through scores that alter space, I aim to deepen the understanding of the body's state, observing how its movement is impacted or even hindered by constraining spatial conditions.

My goal is to continue these experiments in order to create a series of scores that can be used both as exercises and as choreographic installations. I would like to offer workshops open to a non-professional audience, where we can test score prototypes and discuss the lived experience. I am particularly interested in observing our interaction with space and with others under specific spatial and temporal conditions indicated by the score. It is a project inspired by the tragic accident involving the collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Tempi, Thessaly, in central-eastern Greece on the 28 february 2023. This incident resulted in the death of 57 people, 23 of whom were under 30 years old.