Private Song

'Typical women': the three performers start from the stereotypes of women, from which unfolds an original performance on role patterns. In Private Song, choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis, who is also on stage, looks at gender roles in Western society from her Greek background. She is guided by the popular songs from the rebetiko, the Greek blues from the 1940s that can be heard in the cafés, in squares and on streets. Bachsetzis cleverly interweaves the melancholic folk music with her themes and does so with a lot of humour and charisma. She looks beyond the surface, to patterns in popular culture. She covers a whole world, from the machismo of Greek folk music to the influence of famous Hollywood icons.

-|-Private Song is an intimate performance where the audience sits close to the performers, on the stage with the Great Hall as the backdrop. Gradually, the performance turns into a mini-concert. ‘The audience soon fell under its spell. It was very clearly about pain, suffering, the everyday, the human' - Tageszeitung.

In 2011, Bachzetsis made an impressive Julidans debut with A Piece Danced Alone. ‘Convincing and passionate,' the critics said. Because she explores the boundaries between performance, visual art and dance, her productions can be seen not only in theatres, but also at major museums, including the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum, Tate Modern, and MoMa.