Rembetiko

28 Sep, 2009

Rembetiko

2009-09-28T02:13:07-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , , , |

Rembetiko is not just a stylle of music, it is also a way of life an attitude that constanly questions authority in crative ways. The solo dance of the rembetes although based on traditional moves and technique is always breaking rulles and evolving as a living art. The Rembetika lyrics touch subject matter that is dangerous and threatening to normal law obeying citizens. The shadow theater of refugees of the lost lands of Asia Minor tell stories of living in

22 Sep, 2009

Rembetiko from Asia Minor to Greece

2009-09-22T12:16:53-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , , |

After Kemal Attaturk beat Eleftherios Venizelos Greek troups in Turkey there was an exchange of population of the two countries. All the Christians had to move to Greece all Muslims had to move in Turkey. The refugees that went back to Greece had to start all over because although they were prosperous they had to escape massacre with nothing except wat they would carry. Most of them carried liras (gold coins) a hand full of soil from their garden to

16 Sep, 2009

Rembetiko by Kunst-Stoff

2009-09-16T14:06:08-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , , |

Rembetiko is a type of music and lifestyle that was developed by the Greek refugees that lived for countless generations in Turkey and then were forced to move back to the motherland of Greece because of the threat of genocide. Yannis Adoniou Catherine Clambaneva and Leonidas Kassapides are exploring the style and importance of Rembetika by dissecting their own disciplines of dance, song and shadow theater and creating a new language so that the audience can feel in their heart

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