13th EUROPEAN DANCE FESTIVAL

Up coming June in Lemesos and Nicosia

The European festival of contemporary dance is now one of the longest and most successful events in the cultural life of our country. Starting 13 years ago by an organization of the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture which relied on the cooperation with the embassies of European countries, the festival has managed to become an event of high prestige for which there is increasing interest in participating. This festival has developed very rapidly from a substandard form of organization and production in Nicosia to being a high level and professional organization based in Limassol, hosted and co-hosted at the RIALTO theatre.

The transfer of the organization in Limassol at Rialto Theatre, was fruitful and due to appropriate technical infrastructure managed to attract major teams from the global dance scene thereby reaching to put Cyprus on the international map of dance events.

The last few years the festival diversified again in the organizational structure by introducing a more modern selection of performances. While in the past, teams were chosen by the vast majority of embassies and the corresponding services of the countries represented. The last 2-3 years a system of three proposals from each country was introduced which is evaluated from a designated committee from the Cultural Services and proposes which team to call.

Moreover, the choice has resulted to the reduction of the duration of the festival, as it was not obliged to accept any more redundant representations so that it can be held in June. Maintaining a free transfer from Nicosia to Limassol, institutionalized the transfer of some of the performances in Nicosia at Pallas Theatre, giving the opportunity to the public of Nicosia to attend both current trends and patterns of dance and to raise in this way the Cypriot teams that stood out from the Platform of Contemporary Dance.

In this year's 13th organization, 10 teams from Europe and three teams from Cyprus combine a program with different motifs, themes, techniques and trends which present an outstanding interest due to the general reflection of the contemporary dance world, developing a variety of art forms which listen more and more to social issues and occasions.

Organization:
Cultural Services - Ministry of Education & Culture and Rialto Theatre
In collaboration with the embassies and cultural centers of the participate countries

Supported by:
Lemesos Municipality, Dance House Lemesos, Nicosia Municipality

Free transportation from Nicosia
Departure from Hilton hotel - Time 19:00

Entrance €5 / For all the performances €20
Free admission for students and dance professionals

All performances start at 20:30

Information:
Rialto Theatre - 77 77 77 45 and Pallas Theatre - 22410181
e-ticket: www.rialto.com.cy