Music and dance performance
"O topos en o adropos"
The monumental work of the great Cypriot painter Adamantios Diamantis (1900-1994) "The World of Cyprus" (1967-1972), charcoal and acrylic on Irish linen comprising eleven panels (Leventis Gallery), was the source of inspiration for the performance that will take place on 28/07/22 as a part of the FANEROMENI22 Arts Festival.
The painting captures in a grandiose pictorial composition all the elements that constituted the physiognomy of the people and landscape of his homeland. The Cypriot composer Evagoras Karageorgis approached this great work musically, having created his work “The Story Of A Picture” in 2000.
With these elements of inspiration, through the art of dance, a different piece of art inspired by the painting is created. A performance that revives, through Contemporary Dance, elements of our folk tradition, a journey of memory, celebration and nostalgia, accompanied by live music... The work "The Place and the Man" is an ode to the Cypriot culture. A journey through rhythm and dance to our roots... Three arts together, a patchwork of audiovisual creation, aiming to celebrate and to honour our culture.
'It was the best world I've ever known. Heavy, rough and confident in good and bad, it carried its age-old legacy.' Adamantios Diamantis
Participants:
Eleana Charalambous - Choreographer, Dancer
Sotiris Sotiriou - Dancer
Emily Cutler - Dancer
Ioulia Charalambidou - Dancer
Maria Charalambous - Dancer
Evagoras Karageorgis - Composer
Natalie Neophytou - Musician
Eva Stavrou - Musician
Evangelos Christodoulou - Musician
Duration: 60 -70 minutes
Date: Thursday, 28 July 2022
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Address: Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 86-90 Faneromenis Street, 1011 Nicosia
Information: 22 128157
Free entrance
Doors open at 20:00
On the evenings of the Faneromeni22 Arts Festival events, the museums and exhibitions of the Cultural Foundation will be open until midnight.
All necessary protective measures will be taken during the events in compliance with state guidelines for the health and safety of visitors and staff.
During the events, photos and/or videos will be taken. The pictures of visitors of the events may be used for promotional purposes or may be provided to the media or uploaded on the Internet. By attending the events, the public automatically gives to the organizers the right to use the photos/videos taken.