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  • The driving force behind this project was the love I feel for Yorgos Koumendakis. His request that I artistically direct a concert of his music was the only thing that could make me break my period of isolation and rest after my Olympic experience. Before was, in the main, a musical event, and my role was to dress it with subtlety and elegance, making reference to some images drawn from my previous works when the corresponding music was performed. Editing footage from DRACULA (1997) and THE STORM (1997) for three screens with Matt Johnson was great fun. We tried to capture the essence of the works, while remaining quite liberated from the storytelling. Having not revisited my past work in a long time, selecting images from before for BEFORE proved to be a rather painful experience. I could clearly see which mistakes I did not want to repeat. The two nights at the Ancient Epidaurus Little Theatre were very sweet.
2005 / BEFORE / A CONCERT OF WORKS BY YORGOS KOUMENDAKIS PERFORMED BY THE EDAFOS DANCE THEATRE
 
Production: Athens Festival
90 minutes
Première: 1 July 2005, at the Ancient Epidaurus Little Theatre (Epidavros - Greece)

Director: Dimitris Papaioannou
Soloists: Elena Kelessidi (soprano), George Emmanouel Lazaridis (piano), Sergiu Nastasa (violin)
Performers: Olia Lazaridou, Fotis Nikolaou, Dimitris Papaioannou
Camerata - Friends of Music Orchestra, conducted by Miltos Logiadis
Choir Ensemble, directed by Antonis Kontogeorgiou
Video: Matt Johnson
TV Director: Athina Tsangari