Graces coming to dance festival
A packed agenda awaits in Limassol for the 15th Open House Festival from Thursday to Sunday, starting with two performances at the Municipal Arts Centre – Apothikes Papadaki.
First, Diamanto Hadjizacharia will present a dance for the end of the world at 6.30pm before Suzana Phialas opens her exhibition titled Pulse at 7pm which will remain on view at the Apothikes until the end of the festival. These events are free to attend yet the evening’s main attraction at Rialto Theatre has ticketed entry.
Silvia Gribaudi will present her piece Graces at 8.30pm, a project inspired by The Three Graces, a sculpture created by Antonio Canova between 1812 and 1817. The work draws from mythology: Zeus’ three daughters – Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia – radiated splendour, joy and prosperity.
Three male figures will take the stage in a space and time suspended between the human and the abstract: a place where male and female meet without roles and dance to the rhythm of nature itself. On stage there will be three male performers together with Gribaudi, who likes to define herself as ‘author of the body’ because her poetics elevates imperfections to an art form with a direct, cruel and empathetic comic style without any boundaries among dance, theatre and performing arts.
Over the past ten years, Gribaudi has questioned gender stereotypes, female and male identities and the concept of virtuosity in dance and daily life, expanding beyond clichés and appearances. Graces was realised thanks to the critical, visual and directorial support of Matteo Maffesanti (director, social theatre operator and videomaker) who followed through the entire artistic process with Gribaudi with several working phases involving workshops for local people inspired by the choreographic material developed in the project.
15th Open House Festival
Festival with performances, discussions, and parallel workshops. By Dance House Lemesos. October 3-6. Throughout Limassol. Tel: 25-340618. www.dancehouse.com.cy. Tickets on www.more.com