Kordax

Kordax (or Cordax) has been a satirical and comic dance of ancient Greek comedy, sometimes also described as licentious, obscene and provocative. The word sounds also pretty similar to the term chorda (Latin) or khordé (Greek), which leads us into the world of musical instruments (e.g. quatuor à cordes). Therefore the composition is a grotesque ballet conceived for string quartet, where the virtuosity reaches paroxysm and the theatricality of body and voice is pushed to the point of subverting the traditional dynamics of a concert: the triad musicians-dancers-audience is here dropped, leading the performers to merge the different roles.