1st Cyprus Choreography Showcase Comes to Rialto

The new institution of the Cyprus Choreography Showcase aims primarily to offer to Cypriot choreographers the opportunity to present their works to artistic directors and organizers of contemporary dance festivals from abroad, and to enhance their efforts for international promotion and possible retraction of their works abroad. The 1st Showcase will feature eight contemporary dance works that have been choreographed and distinguished over the last two years, giving to dance friends a second chance to watch them.

Program Saturday March 7

11:00 Fotis Nikolaou: Tamata (50')

Alone and defeated, six men embark on a quest to find their new faith. Set against a timeless and solitary background, where memory becomes a nightmare and the present a deep wound, they struggle to rediscover their body, their own truth... their light.

Concept - Choreography: Fotis Nikolaou

Music: Dimitris Spyrou, Set design: Elena Kotasvili, Alexis Vayianos, Costumes: Constantina Andreou, Lighting design: Panayiotis Manousis

Photos: Pavlos Vrionides, Amanda Protidou

Dancers - Performers: Anastasis Karachanidis, Ilias Bageorgos, Fotis Nikolaou, Giannis Economides, Alexandros Stavropoulos, Dimitris Spyrou

19:00 Ariana Markoulidou (bytheway productions): Loitering (40')

LOITERING means to stand or wait somewhere without obvious purpose.

We are waiting for something to happen.

We are waiting for something to change.

All we do is walk in anticipation.

The earth is about to explode...

Concept/Choreography: Arianna Marcoulides

Performers: Eleana Alexandrou, Arianna Marcoulides

Stage Design and Making of Set: Eva Korae, Sound Design: Panos Bartzis

Light Design: Aleksander Jotovic

20:00 Alexandra Waierstall: Venus Un/seen (Draft One) 35'

A solo that focuses on the invisible, the perceptible and the unforeseen, transforming it into states of renewal, courage and transcendence.

Concept/Choreography: Alexandra Waierstall
Performer: Karolina Szymura
Sound: HAUSCHKA, Artistic collaborator: Horst Weierstall
Lighting design: Alexandra Waierstall, Giorgos Lazoglou

21:00 Andromachi Demetriadou Lindahl (Asomates Dynamis): Mountain (extract) (20')

Α dance work about stamina, compassion, spiritual quest.

An intimate voyage of personal elevation that signifies both the quest for meaning and the human desire to encounter oneself and the other...

Concept / Choreographic Direction: Andromachi Dimitriadou Lindahl

Music: Konstantina Polychronopoulou, Set / Costumes: Elena Katsouri

Light Design: Giorgos Lazoglou

Dance / Co- creation: Loizos Constantinou, Fouli Stylianidou, Ivi Hatzivasiliou, Kyriakos Ierodiakonou

Program Sunday March 8

11:00 Panagiotis Tofi: Through me, THEM- (20')

A choreographic piece that has been created having as point of departure the movement response of women, submitted through one-minute videos after an open call. Participants were asked to share their unique, personal experience regarding male dominance, loss and isolation, through bodily movement.

Concept/Research/Choreography/Performance: Panayiotis Tofi

Music Composition: Jakub Otčenášek (cello), Antonis Antoniou (electronic music)

Voice/Narration: Panayiotis Tofi, Costume/Stage Design: Rea Olympiou - George Yiannou, Lighting Design: Panagiotis Manousis, Photography: Theodora Iacovou (promotion), Pavlos Vrionides (performance), Camera/Editing: Suzana Phialas

11:40 Arianna Economou (Echo arts): Sketching a dance-The World of Cyprus with Women (40')

This choreographic research project draws inspiration from the sketch "THE WORLD OF WOMEN" by Adamantios Diamantis (1900 - 1994) which the painter never got to develop into the desired monumental work in oils, as he had successfully done with his "THE WORLD OF CYPRUS" that focuses on the men of the island.

Direction and Choreography: Arianna Economou

Music Coordination and Conducting: Vasiliki Anastasiou, Music Supervision and Arrangements: Andreas Papapetrou, Dramaturgy Advisor: Alexandra Waierstall

Creative Collaborators / Dancers: Arianna Marcoulides, Georgia Constantinou Clark, Konstantina Skaliontas, Viky Kalla

Choir: Vasiliki Anastasiou, Myrto Aristidou, Anastasia Prokopi- Taki, Maria Afxenti, Elina Josephidou, Theofano Papachristou, Christina Papamichael

Stage and Costume Design: Chara Savvidou, Visual and Video Artist: Yiannos Economou, Lighting Design and Stage Manager: George Lazoglou, Production Manager: Pantelis Georgiou

19:00 Elena Antoniou: WISH (51')

Elena Antoniou invades Rialto Theatre with the synergy of five other female artists. Shortly after her performances at Athens Festival and Onassis Stegi in Greece, she is back to questioning time as a construct, freedom as a convention and individuality as a prerequisite. She renegotiates the personal boundaries and highlights wish-ing, as the only way out of any subjective restraint. "The sole responsibility of the beholder is that of his infinite freedom".

Conceived and choreographed by Elena Antoniou in collaboration with the artists Elena Agathokleous, Eleana Alexandrou, Elena Gavriel, Elena Kallinikou, Arianna Marcoulides. Music/Sound Design: Stavros Gasparatos, Art Direction / Costumes: Christos Kyriakides Dramaturgy: Odysseas I. Konstantinou, Light Design: Vasilis Petinaris, Makeup Artist Andrea Costi, Photo: Stelios Kallinikou, Assistant Composer: Georgios Mizithras Graphics: Despina Rangou

20:15 Roula Kleovoulou (Chorotheatro Omada Pente): humanland (21')

I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies

I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s

My brain hurt like a warehouse

It had no room to spare

I had to cram so many things

To store everything in there...

David Bowie "5 years"

Choreography: Roula Kleovoulou, Dancers: Arianna Markoulides and Milena Ugren Koulas
Dramaturgy: Chloe Melidou, Tango coaching: Aggeliki Agathokleous
Music: Original soundtrack by Chris Charalambides (www.soundscape-studios.com)
Costumes: Arianna Markoulides, Make-up: Panayiotis Hadjiflourentzou
Lighting design: Panayiotis Manousis, Photo credit: Pavlos Vrionidis

Rialto Theatre, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March @ 11.00 & 19:00
Information / Reservation: 77 77 77 45
Tickets: €10 (daily) € 15 (for 2 days)
E-ticket: www.rialto.com.cy