Limassol, Cyprus. Nea Kinisi’s 23rd Summer Dance Festival opens on June 5 with three days of dance, audio-walks, screenings and performances at the Limassol Municipal Gardens and the seafront. Eight artistic proposals will be presented free of charge.
Programme focus
This year’s programme presents the body as a site of listening and relation, shaped by the rhythms of the garden, the city and human and more-than-human coexistence. The festival moves between noise and silence, instruction and improvisation, and intimacy and collectivity.
It also frames choreography as a way of sharing space, attention, care and presence. The programme includes a dedicated hub at Kafeneio tis Giorgias, snacks by Shuffle Bakes, a line-up of dance-film screenings and a vinyl set at G-Spot bar by the beach.
Opening day
The festival begins on June 5 at 6.30pm, followed by Maria Papageorgiou’s performance Together-ing at 7.30pm. The work uses a simple, repeated movement vocabulary to create a woven landscape in which performers practice trust and negotiation in public space.
Embodied Gardens by Rhyzome Choreographic School runs throughout the festival, starting at 6.30pm on June 5. Invited artist Ria Alexandrou will work with the Municipal Garden as a civic and choreographic space, with audiences and visitors invited to explore and take part.
A zine with scores, texts and images accompanies the project, and a live performance activation will take place on June 6 at 12pm with flautist Eva Stavrou.
At 9pm, G-Spot beach bar will host an open-air cinema on the seafront, with a curated selection of dance films and moving-image works screened against the horizon.
Second day
The second day begins with a garden tour at 10.30am with Nikos Nisiphorou, followed by the live performance of Embodied Gardens at 12pm. Are you Listening? by Andrea Louca is scheduled for 4.30pm.
The programme also includes Where The Divide meets the Horizon by Elias Klark, which explores the body’s relationship to silence in a society saturated with noise. The work asks why silence can generate discomfort and how the body seeks refuge in constant activity.
At 7.30pm, the solo performance Stand/Wait/Move will take place in the garden through a series of verbal instructions including “stand,” “turn,” “stop,” and “repeat.”
