with Costas Kekis

I met Costas in Salzburg, where we were roommates, colleagues and friends. We then lived in Vienna for three years, where we co-created the Trigger Track Collective and a duo, Ultra XYX, in 2012, which was presented at Palais Kabelwerk in Vienna, Zeitraumexit Mannheim, PAD Mainz, and Dampfzentrale Bern as part of Tanzfaktor.

Ultra XYX 2012
“The costume is queer. The scenery is selected. The lights are changing. The prop is elastic. The person is designed. The mood is huge. This work is ultramodern. That’s Eve. That’s Costas.”

A male-female dance duet does not necessarily have to end with a classic love story. Traditional gender roles are playfully embellished by presenting popular gender clichés with plenty of humour. This is an interpretation of the new, “ultramodern” form of the pas de deux in the third millennium. In trying to suppress our own heteronormativity, we end up creating a queer stage soap opera.

Concept, performance | Eve Chariatte & Costas Kekis
Musical collage | Costas Kekis
Studio residencies | Cargo 103, Tanzhaus Zürich

TOURING

Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna (AT), Performance Art Depot (PAD) Mainz (DE), Zeitraumexit Mannheim (DE), Dampfzentrale Berne in the frame of Tanzfaktor.