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Standstill
with Chorotheatro Omada Pende
and Roula Kleovoulou (20’)
Choreography: Roula Kleovoulou in collaboration
with the dancers
Dancers: Arianna Markoulides, Milena Ugren
Koulas
Dramaturge: Chloé Melidou
Sound editing: C.C. Soundscape Studios
Costumes: Ase Lazarou
Light design: Panagiotis Manousis
“Movement is the freedom of the body; stillness, of
the mind.”
– Marty Rubin
The cliff is rising “...” The landscape is falling.
Falling upwards “...” You had one life only but
it was trampled by your fear of being hurt «...»
I am still, stillness is me. Only the cliff is rising.
Upwards. To the Skies? –
Pavlos Matesis,
Ili
Dasous, Gia Ora Anagkis
, page 95, Editions
Kastaniotis, Athens 2000.
Chorotheatro Omada Pende was founded in
1999. In the Fifteen years since its foundation it
has presented 30 projects, with participations in
the Contemporary Dance Platform, the Summer
Dance Festival, the European Dance Festival and
independent productions. Some of the projects
have been presented in London and Athens.
Together with other groups, Chorotheatro Omada
Pende actively participates in coordinated actions,
aiming at the establishment of institutions that
promote and develop the art of dance in Cyprus.
Chorotheatro Omada Pende is one of the founding
members of the Dance House Lemesos (2007)
and of the New Movement of Dance Companies,
Dancers and Choreographers of Cyprus (2004).
Since the foundation of the group, its main artists
and choreographers have been Roula Kleovoulou
and Chloé Melidou.
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Lightless
with Noema Dance Works and
AlexandraWaierstall (18’)
Concept / Choreography / Creation: Alexandra
Waierstall
Performers: Harry Koushos, Fotis Nikolaou,
Alexandra Waierstall
Sound: HAUSCHKA
Artistic collaborator: Marianna Christofides
Light design: Alexander Jotovic, Alexandra
Waierstall
Support: Yiangos Hadjiyiannis
Artisticcollaborator/photo:MariannaChristofides
Lightless.AminimalScience-Fictionwithhumans,
plants, objects and feelings. The choreography
and dance are located in the relation between our
protagonists, creating an alternate reality based on
rapture, flux and affects. ‘Lightless’ questions the
relationship between man and the environment,
ecology and theatre, archaeology and future
utopia, the visible and invisible. This work is
part of a choreographic study that will lead to a
full evening performance to premier in Tanzhaus
NRW, Düsseldorf Germany, in the fall 2015.
Alexandra Waierstall, born in England (1979)
and raised in Cyprus, is a graduate of ArteZ
Arnhem (The Netherlands), where she received
her master’s degree in Choreography. She has
received numerous choreographic awards both
in Cyprus and Germany, including the 2013
Most Promising Artist award from the City of
Düsseldorf. Alexandra’s choreographic work has
been selected and supported by networks such as
Aerowaves, Modul dance, IDEE - Initiatives in
Dance through European Exchange and Chin-A-
moves. In 2012, Alexandra was a finalist for the
Rolex Mentor and Protégé Award. She presented
her choreographic works in Europe, Canada,
Brazil, Korea and China. Between 2014-2016,
AlexandraWaierstall will be a FactoryArtist at the
Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf, Germany
For more information:
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Ιn the likeness of...
with Κonstantina Skalionta
(10’)
Choreographer: Κonstantina Skalionta
Dancers: Konstantina Skalionta, Typhaine Delaup
Visual Artist: Bea Bonafini
Costume Design: Bea Bonafini
Music supervision: Chriso Katsoni
Musician: Irma Vastakaite
Μusic: Traditional Cypriot Lullaby
Special Thanks to Domenique Vannod for her
artistic contribution in this project. Special thanks
to Bea Bonafini, Irma Vastakaite, Τyphaine
Delaup, Dominique Vannod for their substantial
contribution towards the project, to my family for
their constant and unconditional support.
A mother’s body: prison or home? A female duet
that explores the emotional bond between mother
and daughter, their need to identify with each
together, the complexity and endurance of this
relationship.
Konstantina Skalionta grew up in Limassol where
she took dance lessons at Frosso Hadjigeorgiou
Dance Studio. In 2008, she moved to London
where she studied Professional Dance and
Performance at the Central School of Ballet. Upon
her graduation, she continued her postgraduate
studies in contemporary dance at the London
Contemporary Dance School, from which she
graduated in 2012. She is currently working as a
freelance choreographer, contemporary dancer
and dance teacher. So far, her choreographic
work has been presented in platforms in the
United Kingdom, such as
Resolution!
(The
Place Theatre),
Kaleidoscopic
,
Women of
Mass Destruction 2
(Rich Mix),
Surrey Dance
Collective
(Glive Theatre),
The Friday League,
the Design for Dance Project
(Cochrane Theatre)
and festivals such as the Surrey Dance Festival
2014 and City of London 2011. Together with
Lucia Schweigert, they co-produced the artistic
platform “Kaleidoscopic”.
For more information: konstantina.skalionta@
gmail.com
I will dark you down
with Transfiguratio and
Αlexia Nicolaou (10’)
Choreography - concept: Alexia Nicolaou
Dancers: Alexia Nicolaou, Roza Maria Pantzis
Music: Dimitris Spyrou
Costumes - Light installation: RaissaAngeli
Photography: Constantinos Panayides
“What is light? Staring with a fearless eye into the
darkness”. (Ascetic N. Kazantzakis) We all hide
a bright and a dark side. It is a part of our dual
Standstill - Photo by Arsham Rafiei
Lightless
in the likeness of... - Photo by Arsham Rafiei
