Five choreographers; twelve young dancers; an artistic experiment. Rapidly Becoming is multiple things at once: a performance, a choreographic process, a methodology for collaboration, a framework for producing art, an educational project. The title alludes to the process of creation: the word rapidly renders the sense of rapidity and the dynamics during the creation of a play, while becoming denotes a process of continuous redefinition and evolution. Without an a priori set of themes or aesthetics, Rapidly Becoming will capture the process of creating a collective work, aiming to merge the five artists’ diverse voices into a seamless work of a common choreographic style, with an emphasis on the end product and a cohesive yet startling dramaturgy. The team of choreographers, along with new performers and other collaborators will collectively bring this work to life, employing body, movement, speech, sound, light, and the stage.

A choreographic workshop and a public space performance during the 20th Kalamata International Dance Festival, designed and implemented by the collective Syndesmos Chorou: Vasso Giannakopoulou, Iris Karayan, Maria Koliopoulou, Menti Mega, Mariela Nestora and Katerina Skiada. A public space performance and choreographic events appear during a promenade in the city of Kalamata. The research material contains oral stories, historical documents and contemporary practices performed by the residents, re-activated and assembled to create a performative event in the public space.