Yia Yia (2000)

Yia Yia is Greek for grandmother. This creation is inspired by and dedicated to Yannis Adoniou's late grandmother. Yia Yia is an intensely physical and emotional suite of dances that relaes to the memories of a single observer as he travels backward in his life. This journey is guided by the senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste and the memories that they evoke. The musical landcape ranges from haunting melodies of Chopin to the spirituality of Coltrane and the nostalgia of Greek Rebetiko.

"... a gorgeous, heartfelt suite of dances set to faraway Chopin and sensual Greek folk rhythms, with live guitar riffs by Jethro DeHart."

~ Octavio Roca, San Francisco Chronicle Dance Critic

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Yia Yia
Dock11 - Berlin, Germany - July 2007
photos by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang

Yia Yia
5th Athens International Dance Festival - Athens, Greece - July 2007
photos by Keira Heu-Jwyn Chang

Yia Yia
Dance Mission Theater - April 2000
photos by Julian Cash Axolotl