Artists in Progress 2020
By establishing the body’s presence within the space and time of the spectator as the workshop’s central axis, participants came in conversation with the image, the object and the relational connections that are produced, in order to expand their mode of practice into a new vocabulary of tools, values and notions provided by the field of performance art.
Aerologies
With numb bodies and uncertain looks, we discovered new parts of ourselves, we looked for new ways to create. By exchanging conventional, expected bodily moments, recognizing and breaking the conveniences of bodies, placing dancers in more difficult stories that did not belong to them,
No emotions
Like a novel’s first paragraph, facial expressions always give clues about a performance. A dancers face is without a doubt the most powerful tool to convey personality, to add nuance to a role and develop a deeper connection with the audience.
Reactivate – Nicosia ART Fair
Reactivate – Nicosia Art Fair is an initiative which aims to bring local artists together, and collectively create a space to host expression and creativity in its various forms. Vision is to bring art closer to the public, in an alternative structure that distances itself from the formal way of exhibiting art.
We are the Art
Is Art related to theatres, buildings, funding, business and financial statements? Or Art is related to artists, with their bodies, their braveness, their uninterrupted research, their passions, their culture, their revolutionary goals?
Karfitses / Pins – Homage to Christoforos Savva
Kartses / Pins is a homage to Christoforos Savva, inspired by three of his works: Circles and Squares, Sphere and Rising Form. A dance–performance, upon observing the fluidity, the play of light and movement within the thickly inhabited canvas of pins of the works by Christoforos Savva.
Contemporary Dance Fest
Upcoming national and international choreographers join their forces and their talent to give you a surprising and mesmerizing evening full of dance. The result? An innovative mix of powerful performances, life music and instant composition; all brought together in one vibrant festival.
HOME by Dione Roach
A collaborative video installation by Dione Roach and Toya Akpinar which features some of the PERA students. The installation explores ideas of absence and presence, human landscapes set against a more bare, animalistic aspect of nature.