On Bodies Festival 2024 | THURSDAY 16/5

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ON BODIES FESTIVAL | 16-19 MAY 2024

DANCEHOUSE LEFKOSIA

Dance House Lefkosia organizes the On Bodies festival 2024 which takes place on the 16th – 19th of May 2024. On Bodies is one of the most significant dance and performance festivals in Cyprus, with various contemporary performance practices that use choreography and the body as a medium of artistic exploration. Through its 16 years of existence, it has given the opportunity to many creators and groups of the island to take their first artistic steps and present their work to a wide audience.

For 2024, the theme of the festival is HEALING: the process of treating a wound, the support in overcoming a trauma, the recovery to a pain-free mental or physical state. Dealing with trauma, and more specifically with collective trauma and its residues, is something that needs attention and understanding, especially in areas that have experienced conflict and aggression, such as Cyprus.

This year’s programme includes proposals from young and established artists from Cyprus and abroad that will take place on the main stage, in the garden and outdoor space of Dance House Lefkosia, as well as in collaborating venues.

In the frame of the festival and in collaboration with EDN – European Dance Development Network and Dance Gate Lefkosia- Cyprus we will have the Atelier Healing: Becoming Well Again with talks, discussions, workshops, curated walks and performative happenings.

Organizer: Dancehouse Lefkosia

Main Sponsor: Deputy Ministry of Culture – Department of Contemporary Culture

Supporters: Dance Gate Lefkosia-Cyprus, EDN – European Dance Development Network, Goethe-Institut, CYENS – the studio, Kyriakides Piano Gallery

Mobility Collaborator: Centre of Performing Arts MITOS

Media Sponsor: ΡΙΚ

Tickets: €14/ €10* per day

*students, pensioners and friends of the DH Lefkosia

PROGRAMME

Thursday 16/5 – the Studio, 17:00-22:00

Lia Haraki (CY) – Body Unmuted – 40′ *

16+

Friday 17/5 – Dance House Lefkosia and neighborhood,19:30

Elisavet Panagiotou (CY) – childhood leftovers – Bodies on Stage – 22’

Apollo Anastasiades (CY) – (W)holeman – Bodies on Stage – 15’

Eliane Roumié (GR/SY) – 25km – Bodies in the Garden and Film – 27’

Physical Plastic and Aneesha (CY/US) – She was (16+) – Bodies on Stage – 30’

Saturday 18/5 – Dance House Lefkosia, 19:30

Sotiris Sotiriou (CY) – Silent Resilience – Bodies on Stage – 20’

Stali Symeon (GR) – Eternally Alive – A2 – Bodies on Stage – 30’

Elias Klark and Hannah Badura (CY/PT) – υπνοβάτης – Βοdies on Stage – 20’

Nefeli Kentoni and Maria Papacharalambous (CY) – fsssssssssssss BOOOMMMM!!!!!! – Bodies in the Garden – 25’

PARTY

Sunday 19/5 – Dance House Lefkosia, 19:30, 18+

Alexis Vassiliou (CY) – ΣΑΚΡΑ – 40’ **

André Uerba/ SHORT HOPE (PT/DE) – Æffective Choreography – 90’

Ongoing

Ria Alexandrou – Ephemeral Symbiosis pt.I : Flumen Publicum – Bodies in the Garden – throughout the festival – as part of the mobility programme with the Center of Performing Arts MITOS.

*Body Unmuted is a 40-minute audio walk. Each person enters the space every 7 minutes on a first come, first served basis/booking system that takes place on site. The audience will have access to the soundscape via QR-code and need to bring their own smartphone and headphones. There will be support and guidance for the connection and smooth transition to the performance. Tickets only the entrance: 10 euros/ 8 euros (reduced price).

**Please note that the performance contains full frontal-nudity and the performers will be in close proximity to the audience members.