A Boxer a Singer an Actor and a Dancer
An original theatrical play, written by George Panteleakis
A boxer, a soprano, an actor and a ballet dancer,
interpreting a freejazz essay on the introvert nature and isolation of a Boxer
“...behind any attempt to an expression that is called Art, there is a riddle”.
An obsessive freejazz audiovisual performance, theatrical premiere of the homonym original play written and directed by George Panteleakis.
Collaborators:
Nikos Papavranouzis Drums
Maira Milolidaki Soprano
Evita Pitara Ballet, modern dance
George Panteleakis Actor
Vasilis Paradisas Boxer
Apostolis Makris Boxer
Photography/Production Manager Eleni Tsoka
REVIEW "Maria Markouli/ It's my blender
"What happens when boxing meets Jazz, dance, singing and story telling. An extraordinary, pulsating performance. In the ring with Jazz beat. A rhythm that changes and ' paints ' its stories and doesn't stop from beginning to end.
....... It's like seeing movies one inside the other. Mankind-dreams, black days, synchronized through the work of a jazzman and the heartbeat of the Boxer. It's the failing American dream-with the blows and knockouts-when Martin Luther King fell dead from bullets and Marilyn would wake no more .
A Trip in a game with risky balance. Life itself. Ladies and gentlemen, "Jazz’n Boxing I tel ya", I hope to see the show again ".
Nikos Papavranou, drums
Elegy on the American dream and Boxing during the «Jazz age» era through the twentieth century. Political activism, freedom rights, Jazz and Boxing as the voice of Black America. An audiovisual arrangement in a centrifuge, obsessive drum solo!
George Panteleakis The Actor
Performances by soloists from different art genres with common denominator their obsession with their fields, collaborating in the pugilistic arena, through Jazz poetry. Poetry in which the poet meets a variety of forms, rhythms and sounds.
Evita Pitara the Dancer
Performances by soloists from different art genres with common denominator their obsession with their fields, collaborating in the pugilistic arena, through Jazz and poetry. Poetry in which the poet meets a variety of forms, rhythms and sounds.
Maira Milolidaki the Singer
A literary genre that draws it’s themes from the music itself.
Vasilis Paradisas the Boxer
A montage on a dream which is constantly postponed. An experience which does not imitate or replicate but rather creates its own reality. Interpreted with a noir aesthetic, an interpretation of recent history, being a product of Depression, War and uprise.
B.S.A.D. Rehearsing
A short documentary shot while rehearsing "A Boxer a Singer an Actor and a Dancer" for the premiere at MCF/June 2016 Shot and directed by Elena Τsoka
A Boxer a Singer an Actor and a Dancer
An avant garde performance with individualities that come together dramaturgically on stage during a real boxing match. An original theatrical play, written by George Panteleakis A boxer, a soprano, an actor and a ballet dancer, interpreting a freejazz essay on the introvert nature and isolation of a Boxer