Pontic Cantada – TETTTIX, Old Fortress of Corfu

24 & 25 August, Old Fortress of Corfu

Production: EN EXALLO

Genre: Music

Time: 21:00

Duration: 70′

Pre-booking for 24th August 

Pre-booking for 25th August 

The cicada (tettix in ancient Greek) is by nature associated with the process of transformation when it turns from a nymph into an adult. In the movement-based music performance Pontic Cantada the contemporary music ensemble TETTTIX (with a triple t) presents its own imaginary version of the forced “transformation” of a society.

After the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the Treaty of Lausanne, a part of Pontic Greek refugees settled in Corfu. The mingling of populations, mutually influencing one another, forced the two parties to reconsider their beliefs and habits.

Through drama and satire and in a quasi-vaudevillian mood, TETTTIX and Eugenia Demeglio (choreography / movement) transform the kemençe and the mandolin into a new entity, in a context where otherness evokes reflection and stigmatisation and is at the same time refreshing, invigorating and inspiring.

Creative team

Movement, stage direction: M. Eugenia Demeglio

Lighting: Eleni Choumou

Composition, coordination: Nikos Ioakeim, Stamatis Pasopoulos

Singing: Natasa Tsakiridou, Amalia Tsekoura

Musicians: Rhea Pickios (bassoon), Katerina Konstantourou (keybords), Charis Pazaroulas (bass guitar), Panagiotis Ziavras (percussion)