Anamnesis: Contemporary Ritual, Embodiment, and Archaeological Space
Lecture / Conference Presentation
Choreographer and researcher Apostolia Papadamaki presents Anamnesis, a practice-based research project exploring contemporary participatory performances in archaeological sanctuaries across the Hellenic world.
The presentation examines how dance, rhythm, sound, and spatial architecture can function as shared non-verbal languages that invite collective participation across cultures and generations. Drawing on the ancient concept of orchesis, the unity of movement (kinesis), word (logos), and music (melos), the work investigates how embodied ritual, procession, and audience participation can reactivate archaeological space as a living site of connection and shared experience.
The talk will be accompanied by video excerpts and photographic material from the performances.