Dribbles and Triplets | youth dance

6/11/2018 -22/5 /2019 | 52 performances in basket ball courts and schools all over Greece.

Produced by the Onasis Cultural Centre as part of the 2018/19 educational program for youths. 

The Onassis STEGI heads out to… sports stadiums! Specifically, to the basketball courts and covered sports halls of schools and municipalities in ATHENS and the Greek provinces. The performance by the choreographer Medie Megas initiates schoolchildren into art’s big questions in an original and ground-breaking way: by bringing them face to face with the exciting world of sport. “Driples & Triplets”​ appropriates the format of popular survival reality shows and talent contests to subvert both to devastating and hilarious effect.

Forget about winners and losers, about sports fanatics and the commercialization of physical skill, the stereotypes of beauty and bodily HEALTH. They do things differently in the arts. Art’s not about points; it’s about other things. Or, as the graffiti artist wrote: “poetry’s an extreme sport”.

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You are holding your ticket. The space is ready. There are a lot of people in the audience, all in their places. Here are the protagonists too, ready to do their best! You are clapping your hands. What will happen? What are you going to watch? Will it be a match or a show?