ODE A performance by Elena Antoniou in collaboration with Maria Spivak

@RIALTO THEATRE, 27 September 20:30 & 28 September 18:30 & 20:30

Choreographer-performer Elena Antoniou and musician Maria Spivak meet on stage for the first time in ODE. Following LANDSCAPE—which continues, for a third consecutive year, to travel across European festivals with the support of Onassis Stegi—the new chorographic work traces a path that shifts the gaze, the space, the time, and the relationship with the spectator.

In ODE, the two artists redefine each institutional venue as a field of attunement, standing at the threshold where rupture meets rebirth. The gaze becomes a force — it does not divide, but sees with an eroticism that longs to draw near, to unite. Vulnerability becomes a passage to another kind of strength. Hierarchies and roles recede. Presence asserts itself: becomes sound, movement turns to vibration, and coexistence becomes an act of re-claiming space.

ODE is a powerful, melodic, dense state — an act of embodied poetry. A gesture of transition: from dominance to a language of elevation. As Audre Lorde reminds us: “Your silence will not protect you."

HIGHLIGHTS

Elena Antoniou is a Cypriot artist, choreographer, and performer whose work LANDSCAPE, supported by Onassis Stegi, has toured over the past three years to some of Europe’s most renowned festivals, earning exceptional acclaim for both its content, its stage conception and performance (“She delivers a performance that is both deeply personal and defiantly political — a vital new voice on the contemporary dance stage”). On 13 & 14 September, the work takes the stage at Rome’s Short Theatre Festival. Next stop: London, where it joins the legendary Dance Umbrella—one of the world’s foremost dance festivals—on 24 & 25 October. The journey continues in Bologna at the vibrant Gender Bender Festival on 7 & 8 November 2025.

Maria Spivak is a Cypriot artist, composer, and songwriter. Her most recent full-length album was released by the London-based Ecstatic Recordings, and she has toured across Europe, performing at some of the most iconic venues for electronic and alternative music, including Café Oto, the Athens Conservatoire, Dampfzentrale, Badaboum, among others. Her music has 

been featured on platforms such as NTS, Rinse FM, and BBC Radio 6. She is currently preparing her new album, scheduled for release in 2025, while a live performance at Café Oto in London is set for this coming October.

Concept/ Choreography/ Performance: ELENA ANTONIOU

Music/ Performance: MARIA SPIVAK

Dramaturgy: ODYSSEAS I. KONSTANTINOU

Art Direction: CHRISTOS KYRIAKIDES 

Lighting Design: VASILIS PETINARIS

Photography & Graphics: SAINT

Production Coordination: LOUKIA VASSILIOU

The performance is produced within the frame of the "Terpsichore" programme of the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture.

The performance is suitable for ages 16+               

RIALTO THEATRE

Saturday 27 September 20:30 &

Sunday 28 September 18:30 & 20:30 

Tickets: € 12 / 10 

E-ticket: www.rialto.com.cy

Info / BoxOffice: 77 77 77 45

(Mon - Fri 10:00-15:00 and 90’ prior to the performance.