vasistas

Towards the research of a non identified scenic form

Created in 2005 by artists of different nationalities (France, Greece, Mexico), we share experiences of life abroad. The association itself is established between Athens and Marseille, searching to develop an international cultural and artistic network. We work for the research and experimentation on stage’s action.Vasistas's artistic team: Argyro Chioti, Ariane Labed, Naima Carbajal, Efthimis Theou, Petros Stathakopoulos, Isabelle Schneider.

Some axes of our working method:
There is little use of technical means, placing the emphasis on the actor/actress. The performances are made to adapt to all sorts of unusual places (garages, roof terraces, interior courtyards, caves), as well as stage theatres. They are conceived with an international public in mind: we organize the space in a way that favours intimate proximity with the public, through the use of several spoken languages, by exploring live instantaneous translation, and with the use of several disciplines (music, dance, theatre, performing).

We compose our original polyphonic songs, we use our mother tongues and personal experiences, orchestrating «moving images» in detail, creating a rhythm for our story, like a choreography in present time. We long for a stage language that we call «sensitive body language» arbitrarily.

Vasistas projects, directed by Argyro Chioti:
Get over it (Phaedras), 2006-07
Little Red Riding Hood-me and my wolf, 2007-08
Silence, 2008-09
Phobia: a spectacle, 2010

Vasistas collaborations:
Faust by Goethe (for the National Theatre of Greece, experimental project of collective direction – Blitz, A.Xafis, V.Mavrogeorgiou, G.Gallos and A.Chioti)

Kassandra by Benedetto Marcello (cantata with the ensemble Latinitas Nostra)