Have Nothing to Say

“At the end it is all about the relationship between how and what we say and how and what others will understand. If there was nothing to say nobody would say anything at all, but there is always something”.

Milena Ugren Koulas’ latest full-length choreographic work is about a journey of creating common principles and foundations for a movement language that could maybe connect or divide. After a long period of creating solo or duet works, Milena for her first time for this choreography collaborates with 9 Cypriot dancers. Together with some of the island’s well-known musicians they explore how we communicate our differences and similarities with movement and rhythm. In the “Have Nothing to Say” Milena questions: How distant are we? How close can we be? Can movement rhythm connect us? Are we, lonely or belonging? Unique or ordinary? Connected or disconnected? Accepted or rejected? Us, them or together being in a present moment?

Choreographer: Milena Ugren Koulas
In collaboration with dancers: Arianna Marcoulides, Katerina Tylliridou, Panos Malactos, Eleni O’Keefe, Viky Kalla, Ivi Hadjivassiliou, Rania Glymitsa, Fouli Stilianidou, Elena Gavriel

Music by: George Koulas
In collaboration with musicians: Vicky Anastasiou, Odysseas Toumazou, Marios Takoushis

Artistic coach: Sanja Maier-Hasagic
Adviser: Stella Eftychiou
Supervised by COMMA Master Choreography (Codarts&Fontys), The Netherlands

“HAVE NOTHING TO SAY” is sponsored by Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, program TERPSIHORI 2019.