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WALL OF BABEL
2023

Three bodies on stage, confronting each other’s tongue; mother tongue.
They are in a state of constant translation; until words are not enough, until movement is not enough, until taste, music, memories are not enough.

 

Wall of Babel, is a multilingual piece interrogating concepts of identity, language, and translation. Taking the structure of the human cycle, the performance captures the challenges, humour and beauty of multilingual communication, venturing into non-verbal expression through movement and imagery. The audience does not always understand what the three bodies say, but it is present throughout.

 

Language: English, Greek Cypriot, Spanish, Mandarin

Running Time: 40 mins

Writer/Director: Nefeli Kentoni
Performers/Devisers: Melina Koutsofta, Santi Guillamon,

Pablo Temboury, Fatima Rodriguez, Kenny Lai, Nefeli Kentoni
Music Composition: Manos Stratis
Live Musicians: Elana Sasson, Manos Stratis
Production Assistant: Marita Anastasi
Photography: Justin Atkins

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2023: Resolution Festival, The Place UK

2023: Buffer Fringe Festival, CY

2023: Artos House, CY

2024: Sprint Festival - Camden People's Theatre UK

2024: Voila Festival, The Cockpit UK

"The piece is densely layered, so much so that as I write, I continue to find more tidbits and clever details buried within the performance." 

Liam Woodvine

"There were moments in Nefeli Kentoni’s Wall of Babel where I laughed out loud. Combining set and lighting in that ubiquitous pre-PowerPoint artefact, the Overhead Projector, was an inventive stroke of genius that underpinned another thoughtful piece, about language [...] A rare – if not unique – credit in contemporary dance!"

Graham Watts

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© 2019 Nefeli Kentoni

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