Speaker
Description
The gravitational problem of three-bodies is formulated by two bodies moving around their common center of mass under their mutual gravitational attraction. Newton solved the problem completely, finding that the bodies can move on conic sections. The three- body problem is formulated when we add a third mass in the configuration. Up to present, the problem is still unsolved due to its chaotic character. The performance of the Three- bodies is based on the production of corporal movements of an actor, called object 1, under the influence of two other persons motion, called object 2 and object 3. Object 2 and object 3 move onto two vertical axes, while the hands of object 2 are used as a third axis, perpendicular to the plane formed by the other two axes. Purpose of the performance is the analysis of the produced place (topos) as a dynamical system where the borderlines of corporal and verbal actions are discovered within small time intervals. The second purpose of the performance is focused on the verbal reaction as secondary product of corporal reactions. The chaotic character of the human orbits create a derridean textual path.
Participants
Michalis Filippou
Sossana NIkolakopoulou
Irini Anagnostopoulou
Stage direction: Pavlos Soulis
Stage design: Chrysoula Glossidou
CV
Pavlos S. Soulis was born in 1976 in Patras. He studied mathematics at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Patras. In the same department he pursued postgraduate studies in applied mathematics and modern physics, specialized in Chaotic Behavior of systems with many degrees of freedom. He continued his research at the University of Trieste with a scholarship from the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). In 2021 he completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Theatrical Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens, receiving an award of excellence from the State Scholarships Foundation (ΙΚΥ). He currently teaches mathematics in secondary education and the class of History of Theater at the New Greek Theater drama school of Giorgos Armenis. His research revolves around the study of place in both dramatic and performance texts as well as the analysis of entropy in stage performance. He has organized workshops for professional actors and directors on the transition from order to chaos under the auspices of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Patras Municipal and Regional Theater (ΔΗΠΕΘΕ Πάτρας). Since 2012 he has been a regular collaborator of the theatrical group Little Things Orchestra.
