"One One One" has already taken place on streets and squares, in schools, hospitals and shopping centres. Now the performance by Ioannis Mandafounis is taking place in its largest version to date with around 50 dancers. Dancers from the ensemble, students from the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK) and non-professionals who took part in a workshop on this project in advance will dance together at various locations in Frankfurt.
The performance “One One One” takes place as a supporting program to the production “Join”, which celebrates its Frankfurt premiere on 10. October and in which 25 students of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK) are involved. “One One One” is almost paradigmatic of Ioannis Mandafounis' improvisational practice. The company is therefore taking the opportunity to bring the performance with the participating students to the city on a grand scale.
Various locations FrankfurtFrankfurt
- Wed16.10.202417:00
„One One One“ at the following locations:
DZ Bank, Westendtower (Mainzer Landstraße 58)
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Foyer, Building 4 (Nibelungenplatz 1)
Hauptwache, B-Ebene in front of Galeria
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Foyer (Eschersheimer Landstraße 29)
MyZeil, 1. Floor (Zeil 106)
Palmengarten Frankfurt, Palmenhaus (Siesmayerstraße 63)
Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Dinosauriersaal (Senckenberganlage 25)
Skyline Plaza, Erdgeschoss (Europa-Allee 6)
Universitätsbibliothek J.C. Senckenberg, Foyer, Bockenheimer Landstraße 134 - 138)
Price: without registration, free of charge
Duration: Attendance flexible
Admission is required for the locations Senckenberg Naturmuseum and Palmengarten.
One One One
- Concept, Choreography
- Ioannis Mandafounis
- Dance
- Tänzer*innen der Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company
- Tanzstudierende der jeweiligen Stadt
One chair, one dancer – that’s the point of departure for “One One One”. Whoever takes a seat becomes the focus of the dance, since the performers improvise based on impulses given by the person in the chair. They continue dancing for as long as eye contact is maintained by both sides. The result is a silent dialogue, an exclusive encounter and an opportunity to see dance through new eyes.
“One One One” is a unique interaction, one that also offers those viewing the scene an experience rich in emotional and choreographic nuances and developments. Initially created in 2015, “One One One” can be staged anywhere and has been performed in streets and squares, in hospitals, schools and shopping centers around the world.
Press reviews
"They are so close and approachable, the professionals. Contemporaries. The basic principle: everything here is momentary art, there is no orderly choreography."
"Instead of the usual count of "five, six, seven, eight", only "one" and "one" applies here. They improvise, dance the unpredictable. The only thing that is fixed is that their eyes look uninterruptedly into the eyes of a pair of spectators in the first row of chairs. Mandafounis' concept forges precious connections with this thought, which is also a feeling." – FAZ, Melanie Suchy