European Dancehouse Network Atelier Cyprus
AKAMAS: NATURE EMBODIED
20- 23 April 2017
Droushia Heights Hotel, Droushia village
Performances, sharings and discussions with local and invited artists from the member Dance Houses of the European Dance House Network (EDN) to research ecological art methodologies as they pertain to a particular contested site in order to generate new artistic and ecological resonances.
The shared work will take many forms and might include photographic documentation and readings of reflective writing as well as discussions and sharing around eco art practice and creative methodologies as they relate to this site and to the participating artists’ own practices and future work. The sharing will happen primarily at the site of exploration and experimentation.
The European Dancehouse Network (EDN ) ATELIER 20 – 23, is a collaboration of Dance Gate & the Akamas Project of the European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017. The performances taking place during the EDN ATELIER are part of the SITES EMBODIED CYPRUS FESTIVAL (14- 23 April) organized by Dance Gate Lefkosia Cyprus in the framework of the Cultural Decentralization Programme 2017 of the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education & Culture in collaboration with the Communities of Droushia and Androlikou.
AKAMAS PROJECT PAFOS 2017 PROGRAMME
The natural environment –as a vital space for survival, for man’s spiritual development and creation– is an inextricable part of culture. Therefore, the European Capital of Culture, Pafos 2017 has included in its programme the natural environment of a particularly beautiful area of Cyprus, that of the Akamas peninsula, setting the basis for the promotion and protection of the environmental and cultural value of this natural area and the sustainable development of the communities of Akamas.
Welcome
Arianna Economou: Director at Dance Gate ( EDN partner)
Georgia Doetzer: Director of the Pafos European Capital of Culture 2017 Festival
Keynote Speakers
Nancy Holmes and Denise Kenney: Associate Professors, University of British Columbia— Okanagan, Canada, Co-Directors of the Eco-Art Incubator research project, Kelowna, B.C., Canada.
Supporting Speakers
Daniella Mouyiannou: Coordinator of the Akamas Project- Pafos 2017
Marina Christodoulidou: Curator, “The ephemeral in the Arts”
Speakers/ Artists/ Performers
Sevim Akpinar Dance Group (CY), Isabel Andrés (DE/ES), Yiannis Avraamides (CY), Zoe Balasch (DE/ES), Bernadette Divilly (IR), Geopetics Group: Anna Tzakou, Marios Chatziprokopiou and Antonis Antoniou (GR), Athina Georgiou with Anna Tsiarta and Georgia Andreou (CY), Lara Haworth (UK), Ida Johannesen (NO), Harry Koushos & Alexandra Waierstall (CY), Nina Ossavy (NO), Pick Nick Group (CY), Natalie Tsingis (CY), Nefeli Tsiouti (CY), Milena Urgen Koulas & Giorgos Koulas (CY)
PROGRAMME
19:00
Registration
9:00-11:00
Welcome by Arianna Economou- Director Dance Gate (EDN partner)
Welcome by Georgia Doetzer- Director of the Pafos European Capital of Culture 2017 Festival
Presentation by Daniela Mouyiannou : Coordinator of the Akamas Project Pafos2017
Pavlos Papacharitou: Representative of the Cyprus Environmental Department
11:15-11:30
Coffee break
11:30- 13:00
Keynote speakers Denise Kenney & Nancy Holmes: The practice of Eco Art Incubator and the application of their work in Cyprus.
Presentations by invited artists and workshop participants:
Sevim Akpinar (CY), Isabel Andrés (DE/ES), Zoe Balasch (DE/ES), Bernadette Divilly (IR), Geopetics Group (Anna Tzakou, Marios Chatziprokopiou and Antonis Antoniou(GR)), Nana Georgiou (CY), Lara Haworth (UK),Ida Johannesen (NO) Nina Ossavy (NO)
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
14:30-16:30
FESTIVAL VISIT
Eco Art Incubator workshop site specific performances and actions. Performances to be announced on the 18th of April on the website and facebook of Dance Gate Lefkosia
www.cyprusdancegate.org www.facebook.com/dance.lefkosia/
16:45 -18.45
Bus trip to Smigies mountain and Forestry Department Observatory Point where one has magnificent views of the whole peninsula and the mountain peaks are named after the passage of Aphrodite with her lover Adonis during their amorous meetings. Meeting point: Droushia Heights Hotel Lobby.
19:00-20:30
FESTIVAL VISIT
Invited Performances at Droushia Open Air Theatre and DROUSHIA Village Hall:
1. “ Sounding Silence” solo performance by choreographer Alexandra Waierstall and performer Harry Koushos
2. “ BIOS” by Choreographer and performer Nina Ossavy (Norway)
3.”SheLL” a trio dance performance by Sevim Akpinar’s Dance Group (CY)
21:00
Dinner break
10:00-12:00
FESTIVAL VISIT
Eco Art Incubator workshop site specific performances and actions. Performances to be announced on the 18th of April on the website and facebook of Dance Gate Lefkosia
www.cyprusdancegate.org www.facebook.com/dance.lefkosia/
12:00- 14:00
Visit to the Eco Art Project Paths on Common Ground-Works in situ areas and communities. This project aims to highlight the relationship between art and nature, open a dialogue on crucial issues and create an important legacy in contemporary art in Cyprus. Susan Vargas, visual artist is the assistant curator and Daniella Pistenti Mouyiannou the coordinator of the project .
The Atelier Visit will be guided by the curator of this project Thouli Missirloglou
14:00-15:00
Lunch break
15:30
Bus to Androlikou Village
Meeting point: Droushia Heights Hotel lobby
16:00- 17:30
FESTIVAL VISIT
Performances at Androlikou Village
1. Bernadette Divilly (Ireland) Performance & Presentation at the Androlikou Elementary School
2. ‘Sounding Silence’ Harry Koushos ( CY) by Alexandra Waierstall / at Androlikou Square at the square of Androlikou
3.Performance by Geopoetics: Anna Tzakou, Marios Chatziprokopiou and Antonis Antoniou (Greece). New creation at a selected spot between Androlikou & Pitokopou villages.
17:30- 19:30
FESTIVAL VISIT
Eco Art Incubator workshop site specific performances and actions. Performances to be announced on the 18th of April on the website and facebook of Dance Gate Lefkosia
www.cyprusdancegate.org www.facebook.com/dance.lefkosia/
20:00- 21:00
Dinner break
21:00
FESTIVAL VISIT
Performances at Droushia Open Air Theatre and Droushia Community Hall.
1.“Glimpses” Video-dance Performance by Athina Georgiou and Anna Tsiarta/ performer Georgia Andreou,
2. “ Happiness “ Milena Urgen Koulas solo performance with Giorgos Koulas– percussion
3. “Wild greens” film by Art Group Pick Nick www.picknickworks.org
10:00-11:30
Panel Discussion: Denise Kenny, Nancy Holmes and artists participating in the Eco Art Incubator workshop.
12:00
Official opening of Eco Art Project Akamas, Pafos 2017
Visits to all the installations and Art Works of the ECO ART programme*
*Paths on Common Ground-Works in situ. Works will be created during the workshop happening April 17-22 and these works will be exhibited in situ from April 23 to the end of August in the Mylopetres area in the Arodes village. The curator of the project Thouli Misirloglou, invited visual artists Costis Velonis, Stavros Panayiotakis, Hermann Pitz, Mimmo Rubino, Rinos Stefani, Marinos Tsaggarakis, Horst Weierstall, and performers Marios Hadjiprokopiou, Antonis Antoniou and Anna Tzakou to create their works in Akamas natural areas and communities. The project will highlight the relationship between art and nature, open a dialogue on crucial issues and create an important legacy in contemporary art in Cyprus. Susan Vargas, visual artist is the assistant curator and Daniella Pistenti Mouyiannou the coordinator of the project.
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
