“Three bodies on stage, confronting each other’s tongue; mother tongue. They are in a state of constant translation; until words are not enough, until movement is not enough, until taste, music, and memories are not enough.
Wall of Babel is a multilingual piece interrogating concepts of identity, language, and translation. Taking the structure of the human cycle, the performance captures the challenges, humour and beauty of multilingual communication, venturing into non-verbal expression through movement and imagery. The audience does not always understand what the three bodies say, but it is present throughout.”
--Nefeli Ketoni
Running Time: 40 mins
GOOTO Festival,
Pengzhou Culture Centre
Pengzhou, China
Writer/Director:
Nefeli Kentoni
Performers/Devisers:
Melina Koutsofta, Santi Guillamon,
Pablo Temboury, Fatima Rodriguez, Kenny Lai,
Nefeli Kentoni, Ludo Tagariello
Music Composition:
Manos Stratis
Live Musicians:
Elana Sasson, Manos Stratis (first version)
Lighting Design:
Itching Tian